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Engraved vertical ornament panel with a central armored Mars figure, grotesque masks, putti, horsemen, and dense scrollwork.

Ornament Panel with Mars

Nicoletto da Modena, 1500

Engraved design plate of ornate scissors and a cane handle above a rococo garden sleigh, from Meissonnier's Oeuvre.

Ciseaux et Pomme de canne [Design for Scissors and Cane Handle, 3rd Plate], pl. 44 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved strapwork ornament with a central mythological roundel, swans, a satyr, serpents, and grotesque figures.

Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene

Flemish Pieter van der Heyden, 1560

Engraved decorative frieze in red ink with scrolling foliage, putti, a lyre and a central title band.

Title Page from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved ornamental panel with a female head, scrolling foliage, putti, and an oval landscape with classical ruins.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head Flanked by Foliage, plate 11 from the Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraving of a bound, crowned figure presented before soldiers and a crowd beside a classical colonnade and balcony.

Ecce Homo

Cornelis Cort, 1570

Etching of a crowded tavern where a violinist plays while men drink and gather around a bench with a dog.

Violinist Seated in the Inn

Netherlandish Cornelis Dusart, 1680

Engraved plate of rococo wrought-iron balcony and grille designs with scrollwork, flanked by decorative urns on pedestals.

Diverses Pieces d'Ouvrages de Serrurerie

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched page with two rococo cartouches framing a village with a thatched barn, and a stone arched bridge over a river.

Design for Two Cartouches

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etching of Christ crucified between two thieves, with a crowd of mourners and onlookers below in an oval frame.

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: An Oval Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Circular engraved design with a bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, surrounded by ornate allegorical figures and foliag

Design for a Tazza with a Portrait of William of Orange as Commander of Wisdom

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a cap, looking down at his hands holding a rolled white cloth.

Raccolta di teste

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770

Etching of a seated man reading beside a table with a skull, open book, and crucifixion triptych, with a window at right.

Abraham Francen, Apothecary

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved rococo design plate with cartouches, wall brackets, candle arms and small putti scenes, titled Desseins de Cartouche

Desseins de Cartouches et D'Agraffes

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of four rococo ornamental clasp designs with scrolled and shell-like forms on a bound book page.

Desseins D'Agraffes

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of ornamental locksmith designs with scrollwork, a keyhole escutcheon, a rosette and a wrought-iron balustrade

Plate 5, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of the Virgin and Child seated with angels, putti and God the Father in clouds above, beside a stone sarcophagus.

Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Engraved design plate of a rococo silver centerpiece and two tureens with putti, scrollwork and candle branches.

Projet de Sculpture en Argent d'un Grand Surtout de Table et les Deux Terrines...Executée pour Millord Kinston (sic)…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved ornamental plate with a central horned grotesque mask, scrolling foliage and hybrid creatures, numbered 4.

Plate 4, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Engraved plate of Rococo ironwork designs, including stair railings, scroll grilles, and four balusters.

Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 95 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Engraved plate of two horizontal bands of rococo scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers and tendrils on a pale ground.

Plate 15 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved rococo candelabrum design with foliage and five candles, above a smaller panel showing a fountain in scrollwork.

Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo snuff box designs above two ornate sword hilts, with scrollwork and floral decoration.

Differents Desseins de Tabatieres, premiere planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes], p. 49 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aur…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo design with two ornamental panels, scrolls and foliage, one showing putti before ruins under a sunburst.

Design for Two Panels of Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a salon corner with women holding flowers, cherubs, scrolled cartouches and an arched interior view

Projet de l'angle d'un Sallon portatif pour le Roy (Design for a Corner of a Salon), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Au…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Hand-colored print of a large tree on a rock with two figures in 18th-century dress and flowering shrubs.

Print - Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Engraving of children and a seated man beside a cabinet, with a parrot, palm trees and flowering branches, titled La Veue.

La Veue (Sight) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Engraved Renaissance grotesque plate with a central niche of two figures shaking hands, sphinxes, birds, and scrolling foliag

Plate 18, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of the Madonna and Child on clouds above winged angels, one holding scales, with a serpent in the foreground.

The Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Adoring the Madonna and Child

Diana Mantuana, 1580

Engraved ornamental plate numbered 11 with scrolling foliage, a central mask medallion, and a door knob design.

Plate 11, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660