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Two etched plates of putti: left a flute-playing cherub above a lyre player, right a helmeted child with shield and wolf.

Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

Michael Hartwagner, 1770

Engraved plate of a bowknot pendant with floral ornament and a pear-shaped drop, numbered 3 in the corner.

"Pendant in the Form of a Bowknot," Plate 3 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved plate of a rococo mirror frame with cherubs above, and below a side view of a sculpted writing box.

Côté de l'Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas., Écritoire pour le comte de Maurepas, 1731, 6th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo two-branch candlestick above a pair of snuffers and their tray, with scrolled decorative bases.

Bougeoir Mouchette et Porte Mouchette, Plateau avec bougeoir et paire de mouchettes, (1730-1735), 6th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo designs for watch cases and snuff boxes with scrolling ornament and small figural scenes.

Boëtes de Montre [Designs for Watch Cases], plate 54 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of an ornate pendant with a nude figure labeled Temperantia in a central niche, surrounded by scrollwork.

Plate 8, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Engraved pendant design with a central figure labeled FORTITVD, surrounded by scrollwork, drops and ribbon, numbered 7.

Plate 7, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Engraved rococo design of a tureen with scrolling shell ornament, on a book page above a centerpiece design.

Design for Tureen, from Dixieme Livre des Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonier, plate 62 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meiss…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo candlestick with scrolled ornament above a small garden scene with an arch and figures.

Design for Ornament from Cinquieme Livre d'Ornemens, plate 32, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Jus…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate showing ornate rococo sword handles and smaller snuffbox designs with curling scrollwork.

Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du marriage du Roy en 1725 [Gilt Sword Handle in Honor of the King's Marriage in…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a grotesque mask, winged griffins, an oval cameo portrait and scrolling ornament.

Design for Cartouche with Cupid, a Horse and Spears from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, 1790

Etched page of ornamental designs with reclining putti and a central ecclesiastical trophy with crosses and candles.

Design with Crowning Elements, Including Groups of Figures or an Ecclesiastical Trophy

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1770

Engraved page of rococo ornament designs with scrolls, reeds, foliage and a fish, with a central title cartouche.

Ornament Design with Fish Motif, from Livre des Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], pl. 16 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aur…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate showing rococo sword guards, a central sword handle, and small ornamental objects in scrolling designs.

Garde d'Epées d'or pour les presens du Marriage du Roy en 1725., troisième planche [Sword Handle in honor of the King…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved ornamental design with a central floral cross, oval pendants with ribbon bows, and a woman playing a lute.

"Ornamental Design with Cross at Center," Plate 2 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved plate of rococo ornamental frame borders with scrolls, shells, foliage, a crown and a bull's head.

Developement de bordure pour la chasse du Roy, Quatre détails..., 7th Plate [Four Details of the Frame for the Huntin…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etched plate of five ornamental fillet designs with floral motifs, ribbon bow and French caption, from a goldsmith design ser

"Five Different Fillets," Plate 6 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved plan of a rococo porcelain writing set with shell and scroll ornament, plate 45 from Meissonnier's Oeuvre.

Plan de l'Ecritoire de Porcelaine [Design for Porcelain Writing Set, Plan, 2nd pl.], pl. 45 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved page of six rococo vegetable ornament designs around a central title cartouche, by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740.

Ornament Design with Two Dead Birds lying on Acanthus Branch, from Livre de Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], p…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Colored print of a young woman in a white bonnet holding a green milk jug, inside an ornate gilded oval frame.

The Milk Woman

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1770

Grayscale sketch of wolves attacking a steer on an open plain, with a pack running in the background under a hazy sky.

Lobo Showed the Pack How to Kill Beef

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pen drawing of a classical frieze with three seated women, a shield-bearing man at right, and a figure with sheaves at left.

$100 Federal Reserve Note

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Engraved page of rococo border designs with a crowned fleur-de-lis cartouche and scrolling corner and edge segments.

Development du bordure pour le portrait du Roy., Deux coins de la bordure..., 5th Plate, pl. 39 in Oeuvre de Juste-Au…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etching of a seated nude woman in a headscarf bathing her feet, set against a dark hatched background.

Woman Bathing Her Feet at a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside the tree of knowledge, with a serpent, parrot and animals in a wooded setting.

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Hand-colored paper doll costume with a blue bodice, yellow full skirt and pink sash, shown without a head on a cut-out base.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Agathe from the opera "Der Freischutze" (The Freischutz)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraved ornamental plate showing a scrolled urn with plant fronds, dragon grotesques and tassels on a pedestal.

Plate 44 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodblock print of a crowded ferry on a blue river, with a pine shore, thatched houses, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Ferry at Rokugo, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kawasaki, Rokugo Watashi-bune Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Hand-colored botanical plate of red and pink Amaryllis aulica flowers with green leaves on a white background.

Amaryllis aulica

Engraved interior with a man handing a letter to a woman at a harpsichord, another woman reading nearby, under classical arch

Le Billet Doux

Nicolas Delaunay, 1770