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Engraved grotesque ornament with putti, winged manticores, an urn, goats and a bearded mask among acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Putti and Manticore

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraved octagonal ornament plate with symmetrical scrolling foliage, grotesque masks, and birds, numbered 2 at upper left.

Plate 2, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Hand-colored engraving of an asymmetrical rococo cartouche framed by rock, roots, leaves and small red flowers.

Design for Asymmetrical Cartouche

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a waterfall, classical columns, an urn and rocaille scrollwork framing a landscape with animals.

Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New concepts for screens)

François Boucher, 1730

Engraved rococo wainscoting design with a double door, landscape panels with figures, and a cherub scene above.

Design for Wainscoting with a Double Door

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrollwork, grapevines, a lion mask, bottles, fruit and a hanging hare.

Design for a Cartouche

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo candlestick with scrolled shaft and floral base, plus a small garden scene below.

Design for a Candlestick, plate 75, from Cinquième Livre d'Ornemens, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of two rococo pier glass frames with scrolling ornament, birds and a small figure, by Thomas Chippendale.

Pier Glass Frame

Thomas Chippendale, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrolled borders set against a rocky grotto and waterfalls, on a book page.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking the Continent of Asia

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a five-branch candelabra with candles, a cherub and scrolling foliage, above a decorative title car

Projet de grand Chandelier à branche pour le Roy., Chandelier à cinq branches avec un dragon, 2nd Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo shell-shaped salt dish designs above an ornate nef with sea creature figures.

Differents Desseins de Sallieres [Various Designs for Salt Dishes], pl. 63 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of a standing woman in flowing drapery with a river, bridge, and hilltop castles in the landscape behind her.

Debora

Netherlandish Jacob Matham, 1580

Engraved design of an ornate footed ewer with a looping handle, satyr figures, a child and a lion mask on its body.

Ewer with Handle

Flemish Cornelis Floris II, 1540

Hand-colored ornamental botanical design of purple and red fern fronds, green sprigs and berry clusters on a pale ground.

Ornamental Design with Triangular Purple and Red leaves, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usag…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved ornamental plate with winged griffins, an urn, nude figures, scrollwork and a small cityscape medallion at top.

Plate from Opus de ludicro picturae genere (A Work About the Playful Style of Painting)

Luca Bertelli, 1560

Engraved rococo design for a pendulum clock on a panel, with a winged female figure, cherub and scrolling ornament.

Projet d'une grande Pendule placée sur un paneau (Design for a Pendulum Clock Placed on a Panel), plate 97, in Oeuvre…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rinceaux ornament with a putto among acanthus scrolls, rosettes, a ribbon bow, and musical instruments below.

Rinceaux Design with Putto, plate 3, from A New Book of Ornaments Useful to all Artists

Simon Gribelin II, 1700

Title page with a heart-shaped garland of colored flowers and ferns framing handwritten French text, by Jean-Baptiste Pilleme

Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs iéales"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved rococo design of an ornate silver candelabrum with scrolling foliage, with a smaller landscape cartouche panel below

Dousieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier/Livre de Chandeliers de Sculpture en Argent

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a nude male figure with a spear beside a tree in an oval, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and putti.

Paris, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Engraved plate showing two rococo candelabra with tulip-shaped candle cups on branch-like stems wrapped in flowers.

Girandolle à branche de porcelaine garnie d'or (Girandolle with Porcelain Branches Covered in Gold), plate 69, from O…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of Saint Anne holding the Christ Child with the Virgin Mary in an interior with a balustrade, tree, and birds.

St. Anne, the Virgin and the Christ Child

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraved rococo design of a covered tureen with shell body, acanthus scrolls, and foliage finial, numbered 78.

Pot à Oille

Jacques III Roëttiers, 1740

Etched bust portrait of a man with curled hair, mustache, lace collar and draped cloak, with a caption below.

Portrait of Justus Sustermans, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Etched ornamental plate with two ram heads, acanthus scrolls, ribbons and hanging fruit garlands, symmetrical grotesque desig

Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved rococo ornament with two seated figures in chinoiserie dress, one holding a parasol, beneath scrollwork and a foliag

Conversation Chinoise

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Etched rococo cartouche design with a tiger on top, a cherub, grapevines, and a waterfall pouring into a basin.

Design for a Cartouche Surmounted by a Tiger

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo fountain design with scrolling trelliswork arches, figures, a lion, and a helmet among trees and rays of ligh

Design for Fountain with Trelliswork Arches

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo altar cross with radiating rays, cherubs and a seated figure on a scrolled pedestal.

Croix d'Autel (Cross of the Altar), plate 79, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meisson…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Pope Pius VI (1775-1799)

Francesco Piranesi, 1780