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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

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