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Pastel floral motif with teal fern fronds, rose and grey bell flowers, and orange anemones on pale paper.

Fantastic flower motif from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded preacher in a fur collar and ruff, with books and a draped curtain behind him.

Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved elevation of a garden gate with iron grille, stone pilaster, rococo scrollwork and a putto holding a flower urn.

Porte de Cour ou de Jardin

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved architectural elevation of a rococo salon wall with windows, ornate scrollwork and molding profiles.

Projet du Sallon de la Princesse Sartorinski en Pologne (Project for the Salon of the Princess Czartoryski in Poland)…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Engraved rococo design plate showing two snuffboxes, three watchcase lids, and three wall brackets with scrolled ornament.

Design for Two Snuffboxes, Three Watchcase Lids, and Three Wall Brackets

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo ornamental panel with scrolls, a crowned figure, a seated figure holding grain, and fruit at the base.

Puzza tenant son fils Horus Divinitéz qui préside aux grains et fruits Chez les Chinois

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraving of a Bacchanal with nude revelers, satyrs, and putti around a wine barrel beneath a grapevine.

Bacchanal

Andrea Mantegna

Engraved plate of rococo ironwork designs showing two balcony railings, a grille cornice, corner ornament, and four decorativ

Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 96 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Etching of a smiling young woman with curly dark hair, seated and draped in a shawl, with loose hatched lines.

Study of a Young Woman

Australian Mortimer L. Menpes, 1880

Engraved plate of six rococo cartouche designs with scrolling ornamental frames arranged in two columns on a cream page.

Desseins de Cartouches

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved design of a rococo silver monstrance with radiating rays, cherubs, wheat, grapevines, and a scrolled base.

Silver monstrance executed in 1727

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1730

Engraving of putti playing with drum and military instruments beside a helmeted warrior, with a portrait medallion above.

Putti Playing with Instruments of Battle

Michael Hartwagner, 1700

Engraving of a bearded winged figure seated on clouds atop a lion, reading a scroll against radiating light.

Saint Mark, seated on a Lion

Giulio Romano, 1510

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a seated dog, hunting horn, grapevines, scrollwork and a basket of fruit.

Design for a Cartouche with Crayfish (Horizontal)

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Brown wash drawing of Judith holding Holofernes's severed head while a maidservant looks on, with draped figures.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Alphonse Alexandre Leroy, 1820

Engraved plate of ornate wrought-iron railings, balcony, pilaster and grille designs with French labels.

Plate 94 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Engraving of a haloed figure preaching to a crowd under a tree, with a hilltop town and birds in the sky behind.

Sermon on the Mount

Michel Lasne, 1590

Etching of a bearded magus and a youth beside a horse, with a groom and an owl on a branch above.

Magus and Youth, with a Horse and Groom, plate 19 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved print of two winged cherubic figures embracing on a cloud, one raising a laurel wreath.

Cupid and Psyche

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Barthel Beham, 1530

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with curly hair and a mustache, turned toward the viewer on a pale sheet.

Self-Portrait of Anthony van Dyck, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Engraved rococo fountain design with a seated nude Diana, stag and hounds, hunting horns, a ruined tower and an oak tree.

Design for Fountain with Diana

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved title page with allegorical figures in clouds, Latin inscription naming Earl Cowper, horses and putti below.

Memorial to William Earl Cowper

François Boucher, 1720

Engraved portrait of Desiderius Erasmus in a black cap and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

Flemish Lucas Vorsterman, 1630

Susan and Child Facing Each Other

Mary Cassatt, 1880

Engraving of an ornate covered goblet with scalloped bowl and lily-of-the-valley sprigs decorating its lobed panels.

Covered Goblet with Lilies of the Valley

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520

Engraved plate of a rococo silver monstrance with sunburst rays, cherub heads, wheat and grapes, and a scrolled base.

Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglis…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved garden design with a fountain, cherubs, a heraldic shield, and two armored figures beside a tall tree.

Design with a Young Cadet with his Tutor in a Garden with a Fountain

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a bearded saint sitting in a landscape with a book and bell.

Virgin and Child in the Clouds

Michel Lasne, 1630

Engraved plate of an ornate keyhole escutcheon with scrolls, acanthus leaves, two birds and human masks.

Plate 9, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660