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Engraved plate showing three ornate wrought-iron balcony designs and two decorative keyhole escutcheons with scrollwork.

Entrée de Serrures, Plate 98 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Engraving of an winged angel appearing to a kneeling man beside a tree, with shepherds and sheep in the landscape.

Angel Appearing to Joachim

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraved rococo design of a fireplace with mirror, oval painting, flanking panels A and B, and candelabra.

Cheminée Decorée de Glaces

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of a winged woman in deep thought beside a sphere, polyhedron, hourglass, and sleeping dog under a radiant sky.

Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved rococo garden design of a tiered fountain with a cherub, a tree, an arcaded terrace and two seated figures.

Design for Fountain with a Couple

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo ironwork: keyhole escutcheons, door knockers, hinge, rosette and decorative brackets in a grid.

Diverses Pieces de Menus Ouvrages de Serrurerie

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo fountain design with cascading water, a putto riding a dolphin, a triton, and a tree beside stairs.

Design for Fountain with Putto Riding a Dolphin

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Hand-colored engraving of figures in 18th-century dress with flowers, a garden pavilion, sheep, and a rococo floral border.

The Sense of Smell

François-Thomas Mondon, 1740

Etching of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with an angel beside them and a leafy background.

Madonna and Child with an Angel

Teresa del Pò, 1650

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and cloak, with a Latin inscription naming Franciscus Franck below.

Portrait of Frans Francken, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Hand-colored title page with a wreath of stylized flowers and foliage around French text, numbered No. 2.

Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales" No. 2

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a trident, scrolls, and a dolphin spouting water among waves.

Design for Cartouche Evoking the Sea

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo wainscoting design with a central mirror, console table and two side panels labeled A and B.

Design for Wainscoting with a Mirror and a Console Table

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved floor plan of a country house cellar with vaulted rooms, a staircase, and French labels on a cream page.

Plan des Caves d'une Maison de Campagne

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with a central pastoral scene of a shepherd, sheep, and tree beneath ornate scrollwork.

Design for Cartouche with Central Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, classical columns, fountain, and a putto riding a sea creature with a trident.

Title Page

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a ruff collar and doublet, turned to the left, against a hatched background.

Portrait of Adam van Noort, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Hand-colored print of figures gathering grapes in baskets beneath a tree, with a pink pavilion on a hill behind.

Gathering grapes

Alexis Peyrotte, 1730

Engraved rococo ornament sheet with two vertical panels of scrolls, foliage, putti and figures, numbered 7.

Designs for Two Gueridons and a Wall Bracket with a Vase

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched rococo cartouche design with shield, spear, fruit, foliage, and a camel beside the scrollwork.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of Asia

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved title page with symmetrical arabesque ornament, putti, garlands, medallions and a central flaming urn.

Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1780

Engraving of a busy 16th-century printmaking workshop with workers at presses, benches and inking tables.

Engraving on metal; Engravers on a ship

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved decorative frieze with scrollwork, putti, fruit garlands, a mountain landscape vignette and a circular classical med

Freizes

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Bound page of six rococo ornament engravings with a central title cartouche, plants and shell-like scrollwork.

Ornament Design with Crayfish Motif, pl. 14 in Livre des Légumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament] pl. in Oeuvre de Just…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of ornate rococo wrought-iron gates and bolt hardware, with putti working a forge below.

Plate 86 from Nouveau livre de serrurerie (New Book of Locksmith's Designs)

Pierre Soubeyran, 1770

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