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Etched ornamental design plate with scrolling foliage, lion masks and fruit clusters, numbered 116.

Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraving of a haloed woman walking through woods with drummers, a piper, and onlookers beside a rocky hill.

The Dance of St. Mary Magdalene

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraved rococo cartouche with dogs, a boar, grapevines and a waterfall between scrolled ornamental frames.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking the Season of Autumn and The Chase

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate with four bands of architectural friezes showing sea gods, a griffin, acanthus scrolls, masks, and marine moti

Plate from Frises pour les architraves, cornices, et autres ornements d'architecture (Friezes Intended for Ornamentin…

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Hand-coloured title page with a scrolled French cartouche surrounded by green ferns, red and blue flowers, and a small garden

Title page, plate 1 from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers chinois"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved octagonal ornament with scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers, and grotesque creature heads by Wendel Dietterlin the Yo

Plate 6, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Etching of robed figures and draped women beside a tall column, with a domed rotunda in the distance under radiating light.

Scene Inspired by Antiquity

Christian Winck, 1700

Engraved rococo cartouche frame with shells, seaweed, and a trident evoking water, on a cream page.

Design for Cartouche Evoking Aquatic Elements

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with a pastoral scene of a shepherd, seated figures, a cow and a tower, with French title lettering

Cartouche with Central Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of a thorn-crowned figure presented to soldiers and bearded onlookers before tall columns, with a halberd raised at

The large "Ecce Homo"

Vespasiano Strada, 1610

Hand-coloured ornamental design of a blue-sailed ship beside a willow, flowers and rocks, with a figure and dog in the boat.

Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres" No.3, Inventes…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Etching of a child's head with curls over a stag skull, flanked by two dogs, crossed spears and ribbons in ornamental framing

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Red chalk style plate of tree branches with leaves and flower sprigs, numbered 1 and 2, with French instructional caption bel

Plate 2 from Livre Ier, Principes du dessin dans le genre du Paysage

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770

Engraved rococo ornament design with scrolling cartouche, flower garland, urn and clouds above low foliage.

Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Symmetrical engraved grotesque with a central urn, dolphins, winged lions, putti and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions

Master of the Die, 1530

Etching of a costumed procession with drummers, flute players, and pike bearers in plumed hats, by Jacques Callot.

Entrée de Monsieur de Macey (Entrance of the Monsieur de Macey), from Le Combat à la Barrière (Combat at the Barrier)

Jacques Callot, 1620

Engraved plate of three ornate wrought iron balcony railing designs with scrolls and foliage, with a feet scale bar.

Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons

Pierre-Edmé Babel

Engraved architectural section of a theatre showing tiered boxes, a proscenium with columns, and a balcony, in green-gray ink

Section of the House and Proscenium

Saverio Avesani, 1710

Engraved rococo garden ornament design with scrolling forms, a reclining figure with a sun medallion, and trees behind.

Fantastical Garden Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Portrait of Joseph Zola (1739-1806)

Faustino Anderloni, 1800

Engraved design of a symmetrical wrought iron railing panel with scrolls, fleur-de-lis finials and acanthus leaves.

Panel of a Wrought Iron Railing

Pierre Guillebaud, 1610

Engraved plate of a rococo table centerpiece with candlesticks above a bowl with scrolled feet and putti, from Meissonnier's

Neuvième Livre des Oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier, Surtout de Table/Cuvette de Roy [Ninth Series of Designs from the wor…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etching of two figures in Asian robes playing a gong, bells, and stringed instruments among plants.

L'Ouye (Hearing) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Engraving of a plumed helmeted leader and a seated bearded man at a pedestal with an open book, surrounded by soldiers and cr

Alexander and the Book of Homer

Etienne Delaune, 1560

Elevation and Plan of a Carriage Entrance

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved frieze of hunters on horseback and foot attacking lions, an elephant, hounds and winged creatures beneath a tree.

Wild Animal Hunt (frieze)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Engraved plate of a decorated parade chamber with canopied bed, tapestries, columns and lettered architectural key below.

Decoration d'une chamber de parade vüe du côté du Lit, plate 82 in De La Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de…

Jacques-François Blondel, 1730

Engraved rococo ornament plate with a crested bird, kneeling figures, scrollwork cartouches and an umbrella-holding figure.

Ornament Design with Figures and Birds

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Etching of two robed men at a temple gate, with a kneeling beggar at their feet and a crowd on steps beyond.

Peter and John at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Etched rococo design page with scrolling ornamental borders, a small cartouche, and two landscape vignettes with trees.

Design for Ceiling Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740