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Engraved rococo fountain design with two putti holding a fishing net, an obelisk, balustrade and winged figure.

Design for Fountain with Two Putti with a Fishing Net

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate showing three rococo wall brackets with urn-topped vases and scrolling ornament, from a French design book.

Design for Three Wall Brackets with Vases

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design for wainscoting with a central mirror over a settee, flanked by panels with a candelabra and a clock.

Design for Wainscoting with a Mirror

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etching of an allegorical scene with a reclining bearded man, a winged putto with trumpet, a veiled figure and animals.

The Genius of the Painter

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Engraved rococo design for an apartment door with ornate panels, floral urn overdoor, sconces, and flanking upholstered chair

Projet de Porte d'Appartement fait pour M.e la Baronne de Bezenval

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo chandeliers, two gueridon stands, and a wall bracket holding a vase with a bird finial.

Design for Two Chandeliers, Two Gueridons, and a Wall Bracket with a Vase

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a trumeau mirror with an arched scrolled crest above a marble console table, with French captions.

Design for Upper Part of a Trumeau with a Mirror and a Console Table

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a lace collar and draped cloak, with an inscription below.

Portrait of Paulus Pontius, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Etching of a fashionable dandy in a feathered hat and long coat walking through a garden with a pagoda and plants.

Petit Maître (Dandy)

François Boucher, 1750

Engraved plate of a rococo covered terrine with scrolled handles, leafy ornament and a cabbage finial, numbered 80.

Terrine

Pierre Germain, 1740

Engraved grotesque ornament panel with two satyrs holding a temple, flanked by birds, dogs, scrolling foliage and a face mask

Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels

Agostino Veneziano, 1530

Wood engraving of three children resting under a tree with a dog, a farmhouse and hanging laundry behind them.

The Nooning

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of a rococo salon interior with carved paneling and mirrors, plus a carved table foot below.

Vuë du même Sallon par le bout des Sophites (View of the Same Salon), plate 86, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnie…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Hand-colored peep-show of costumed carnival figures dancing in a Venetian-style square with arcaded buildings.

The Carnival of Venice (Peep-show)

Martin Engelbrecht, 1730

Hand-coloured engraved monogram letter wrapped in flower garlands with a floral crown above, titled Cahier de Chiffres.

Title Page

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraving of a woman with a parasol on a beach, with two people in a rowboat and waves on the sea behind her.

"On the Beach, Two are Company, Three are None"

Winslow Homer, 1870

Title page of a French book on interior decoration, Recueil de décorations intérieures, by Percier and Fontaine, Paris.

L'Une des Faces de la Chambre à Coucher de Mme G. à Pari

Charles Percier, 1810

Engraved perspective view of an ornate vestibule with columns, arches, a staircase, urns and sphinx figures.

Vestibule en Perspective

Johann Nepomuk Maag, 1700

Black circle with white interlace knotwork around a heart-shaped medallion, with four flower and scroll corner ornaments.

The First Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved bookplate design shaped as a fan with a female figure in an oval medallion and ribbons reading Colonial Dames of Ame

Design for a Bookplate: Colonial Dames of America

Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, 1890

Engraved plate of an ornate covered ciborium with a cross finial, putti on the stem, and rococo scrollwork on the base.

Ciboire (Ciborium), plate 80, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Hand-colored plate of stylized flowers and fern-like foliage in pink, teal, orange and blue on a cream page.

Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales, a l'usage des déssinateurs et des Peintres

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved plate of rococo ornamental designs with scrollwork, shells, floral garlands and a vase motif, numbered 37.

Designs for the Border of the Biblical Chronology for the King , 3rd Plate, pl. 37 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Hand-colored design of an ornate double goblet with blue scrollwork, gilded bands, and grotesque masks on pale paper.

Double Goblet, from the series Allerley Gebuntznierte Fisirungen

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraved plate of a rococo cabinet corner with ornate scrollwork, a window onto trees, and a painted panel of winged figures

Vue de l'angle du même Cabinet; Vue de l'angle du même cabinet, montrant à gauche une grande fenêtre et à droite le t…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved oval design with helmeted Athena at center, flanked by winged griffins, sphinxes and scrolling ornament on a dark gr

Athena, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Engraving of cherubs playing with a trumpet and drum under a tree, framed by a carved pediment with a medallion portrait.

Jeux d'Enfants

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Engraved rococo ornament plate with scrolling acanthus leaves and a central floral rosette, numbered 16.

Plate 16 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Jacques Juillet, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrolls, smoke, flames, a dragon and shells around an empty central oval.

Design for Cartouche: Allegory of Fire

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraving of an ornate ewer with dragon spout, scrolled handle, and a figure of Neptune holding a trident.

Pitcher with a Figure of Neptune, from "Insignae Ac Planè Novum Opis Cratero Graphicum (A New Artistic Work, Eminent…

Matthias Zündt, 1550