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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Etching of nymphs bathing by a stream near a rocky cave, with cattle, sheep, and shepherds in a wooded landscape.

Nymphs Bathing Near a Cave

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo hanging censer on chains, with a second censer above and an incense boat on a ledge.

Encensoir; Encensoir, 5th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved design of Zephyr and Flora with a putto in a garden with classical busts, on a book page.

Design with Zephyr and Flora in a Garden

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Etched rococo cartouche with a painter at an easel beside a child at a fire, framed by scrollwork and scaffolding.

Design for a Cartouche Representing an Allegory of the Painter

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Hand-colored print of a seated shepherdess with sheep beside a tall flowering tree and a distant castle.

A Little Shepherdess

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Black and white ornamental frieze with two birds perched on arches, flanked by scrolling foliage, flowers and wreath motifs.

Frieze with Birds, Flowers, Wreaths and Scrolls

Theodor Bang, 1590

Etching of a helmeted warrior beside a draped woman at a tree, with a winged child seated at their feet.

Mars, Venus, et l'Amour

Simone Cantarini, 1640

Pen drawing with green wash of a bound man beside a tree, surrounded by studies of feet and a scallop shell.

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

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1680

Red-toned ornamental arabesque panel with a bearded grotesque mask, fruit garlands, a fruit basket and acanthus scrolls.

Arabesque Panel, from "Recueil d'Ornemens à l'usage des jeunes artistes"

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1770

Portrait of a Man with a Fur Cap

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Hand-colored ornamental design of small blue flowers, pink buds and feathery foliage within a thin ruled border on cream pape

Ornamental Design with Small Blue Flowers, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinat…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Colored chinoiserie design of figures with parasols on wooden bridges, framed by garlands, flowers, vases and birds.

Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres", no. 2

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Engraved plate of a rococo dressing mirror frame with scrollwork and putti, with a carved ornament design below.

Miroir de Toillette., Mirior de toilette, 5th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved horizontal frieze of swirling acanthus scrolls, a small bird, and a figure holding fruit at right.

Frieze

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etching of a decorative trophy of arms with a winged helmeted figure, ram and horse heads, spears, and cherubs above a curved

Trophy of Arms (Un trophée d'armes au-dessus d'un cintre)

Jean Le Pautre, 1640

Etching of an elderly woman in a headscarf and plaid shawl leaning on a stone windowsill beside a wooden door.

La Mere Gireaud

Australian Mortimer L. Menpes, 1880

Book Ornament of a Classical Ruin with the Medallion Portrait of Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764)

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1760

Etching of a reclining painter with palette beside an easel and portrait in a cluttered studio, with an assistant at a table.

Painter at Easel

Michael Hartwagner, 1700

Engraving of a nude woman riding a rearing unicorn through a landscape under swirling clouds, with a distant castle.

Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved rococo fountain design with a reclining Venus, cascading water, a cherub, and a classical colonnade behind.

Design for Fountain with Venus

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of St John the Baptist seated on rocks in a wilderness with a lamb, staff, waterfall and rays of light above.

St John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved plate of a rococo ceiling with a central allegorical scene of figures, clouds, and cherubs in ornate scrollwork fram

PLAFOND DE PEINTURE; Plafond du même cabinet, 4th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo salt dishes, snuff boxes, and ewer designs with scrolling foliage and grape clusters.

Sallieres et Tabatières [Salt Dishes and Snuff Boxes], plate 69 in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo title page with dedication text, coat of arms, two allegorical figures, and a building under construction.

Troisieme Livre de Cartouches

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved design of an ornate hand mirror with a medallion showing a chariot in the sky above a cauldron and fire.

Hand Mirror with Scenes from the Story of Medea

Etienne Delaune, 1560

Engraving of a workshop where men grind olives with an ox-driven millstone and press oil beside clay jars and barrels.

Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, crowned coat of arms, flags, and an archer, bearing the text Cinquième Livre.

Title Page

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved plate of rococo wrought iron designs: two sign brackets, a round grille, a curved door grille and a frieze.

Deux Potences de fer, pour pendre des Enseignes, ou lanternes

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved vignette of a floral wreath with a mask, sheet music, trumpet and lute, with printed caption below.

Vignette No. 1, from "IIme Suite de Ciels de Lampes et Fleurons"

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraving of the Virgin seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, with cherubs below and a hazy sky behind.

Virgin Seated On the Clouds

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1500