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Engraved plate of a rococo interior with an ornate mirror, fireplace, cherubs and painted side panels.

Cabinet de Mr. le Comte Bielenski (sic), Grand Maréchal de la Couronne de Pologne executé en 1734; Chiminée avec glac…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrolls, a standing dog, a resting sheep, a hat, a flute and foliage on a page.

Design for a Cartouche with Pastoral Motifs

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Hand-colored engraving of a decorative letter F monogram with a floral garland, leopard-spotted ribbon, and a feathered crown

Decorative Monogram Design: Letter F

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with three kings bearing gifts beneath a star, with attendants and a horse.

The Adoration of the Magi

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Etching of a couple embracing in a room, the man's shadow cast on the wall beside them, with a lit candle on a table.

Dibutades Tracing Her Lover's Shadow

Franz Ignaz Oefele, 1700

Engraved plate of numbered rococo cartouche and frame designs with a scale grid at top center.

Les Plans

Pierre Germain, 1740

Engraved rococo ornamental border plate with scrollwork, floral garlands and paired year numerals in cartouches.

Designs for the Border of the Biblical Chronology for the King , 2nd Plate, pl. 36 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo fireplace design with an ornate mirror, flanking mirror panels A and B, candelabra and a scale bar in feet.

Chiminée decorée de glaces (Fireplace Decorated with Mirrors), in Livre de décoration de lambris (Book of Panelling D…

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1690

Proofs for four plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter I

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1680

Engraved sheet with a grid of fifteen ornate two-letter monograms surrounded by scrolling acanthus leaves, each with a letter

Engraving: Monograms of Two Letters

Nicolas Langlois, 1770

Title page with handwritten text inside an oval garland of colored flowers, leaves and vines, marked number 1 at bottom.

TItle page for "Nouvelle Cahiers de fleurs idéales"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Mezzotint of an infant in a lace bonnet seated on a velvet cushion, with a laurel wreath and crown on the wall behind.

Portrait of James Stuart, The Prince of Great Britain &c

John Smith, 1690

Engraved rococo design for a mirror and chimney piece with scrollwork, a central mask, foliage, and candle sconces.

Design for Upper Part of a Mirror and Chimney Piece

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Pen drawing with green wash of an ornamental letter G with a mermaid holding a trumpet, plus putti heads and a rooster.

Proofs for four plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter G

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1680

Engraving of the Entombment: mourners lower Christ's body into a tomb, with three crosses and a city on the hill behind.

The Entombment

Diana Mantuana, 1590

Engraved plate of eight rococo balcony railing designs with ornate scrolls and foliage, with a scale bar in feet below.

Diferents Desseins de Moitie de Balcons

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of an armored knight on horseback passing Death with an hourglass and a horned devil, with a dog and castle behind.

Knight, Death, and the Devil

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved ornamental plate with a centaur wrestling an eagle in a central oval, framed by grotesque scrollwork and figures.

Plate 26, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved plate of rococo snuff box designs and gold sword guard ornaments by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, numbered page 50.

Differents Desseins de Tabatières, deuxième planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes, second plate], pl. 50 in Oeuv…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an empty oval, a helmeted figure with spear, globe, scrolls and laurel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Liberal Arts

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Etching of a boy standing before a seated bearded elder, with turbaned onlookers and a reader in an arched interior.

Joseph Telling his Dreams

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of allegorical figures beside a classical marble head, a scroll and a fluted column, with a draped woman pointing a

Frontispiece or dedicatory page

Felice Giani, 1780

Engraved rococo interior with a wind dial in a niche above a fountain, beside a glazed door opening onto a garden.

Cadran à Vent de Me le Duc de Mortemart en 1724 (Design for a Barometer for the Duc of Mortemart in 1724), plate 98,…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved print of Juno with a peacock in a round landscape frame, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and figures.

Juno, Plate 1, from the Judgement of Paris

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1590

Engraving of nude Juno with a peacock in an oval landscape, framed by an ornate scrolled border with animals and putti.

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

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Engraved rococo design of a mustard pot with swirling scrolls, acanthus leaves, and a shell motif on a scrolled foot.

Moutardier

Pierre Germain, 1740

Engraved panel with a large decorative letter A surrounded by scrollwork and three putti holding globes.

Panel with the letter "A" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"

Lukas Kilian, 1620

Etched rococo cartouche with a trophy of arms, flags, a parasol, and a small figure in Chinese dress among scrolls.

Tophée d’Armes d’un Grand de la Chine

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Etching of a drunken man and woman stumbling down a village street past timber houses, a tree, and a crowd.

The Drunken Couple

Netherlandish Cornelis Dusart, 1680

Engraved plate of a rococo ceiling design with cherubs, scrolled ornament and a carved fireplace below, by Meissonnier.

Projet du Plafond d'une Maison seise rue de Rochouard (Design for Ceiling of the House of Francois Petit), plate 95,…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740