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Engraved plate of a covered urn with a standing robed figure, draped side figures and ring handles, on a book page.

Vase Design

Charles Dupuis, 1750

Engraved vertical title page with an oval cartouche, scrolling foliage, putti and birds, for a book of arabesques.

Title Page

Claude Louis Desrais, 1780

Engraving of a tavern scene with a seated man flanked by two women and two uniformed soldiers beside a draped curtain.

Le Double Engagement

Claude Louis Desrais, 1770

Engraving of a tavern scene with a couple embracing, a sleeping drunk man, and a man pouring wine beside a table of bottles.

La Triple Y Vresse

Claude Louis Desrais, 1770

Engraved medallion of Hercules and a kneeling woman before a royal portrait on an altar, with classical temple behind.

Médallion Pour L’année Jubilaire, Ou Cinquantième du Règne de Louis XV

Saint-Aubin Gabriel de, 1760

Engraved page of eight heraldic coats of arms with crowns and leafy mantling, each labeled with a French name plate.

Six Coats of Arms

Jean-Raymond de Petity, 1760

Engraved oval vignette of a seated allegorical woman gesturing to a round grain market hall, with a putto and sickle beside h

Nouvelles Halles Aux Grains et Farines

Hubert François Gravelot, 1760

Engraved allegorical print with seated figure, standing woman, laurel medallion portrait, cherubs and classical columns.

Tableau Allégorique, pour L’Année Jubilaire du Regne de Louis Le Bien-Aimé

Hubert François Gravelot, 1760

Engraved oval vignette of a columned church facade with a procession of clergy and crowd, framed by foliage and religious emb

Pose de la Première Pierre de la Nouvelle Église de Ste. Geneviève

Saint-Aubin Gabriel de, 1760

Engraved vignette of allegorical Paris and a river god beside an equestrian statue of Louis XV in a city square.

Inauguration de la Statuë de Louis XV

Saint-Aubin Gabriel de, 1760

Engraved oval medallion of a drummer and officers watching soldiers drill before buildings, framed by military trophies.

Établissement de L’école Royale Militaire

Saint-Aubin Gabriel de, 1760

Engraved plate of three coats of arms: Paris's ship shield at top, and two smaller crowned shields with labels below.

Three Coats of Arms

Jean-Raymond de Petity, 1760

Engraved portrait of a woman with a jeweled upswept hairstyle, pleated lace ruff, and pearl necklace, dated 1600.

Portrait of Catherine-Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil (1579-1633)

Flemish Hieronymus Wierix, 1600

Engraving of a kneeling Christ reaching toward an angel with a cross while sleeping disciples lie in the foreground.

Agony in the Garden, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping Christ child, with two angels above and a caption with a coat of arms below

The Madonna With Sleeping Child

Jean-Baptiste Michel, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beneath pink blossoms, one holding a sword, pale blue band below.

Pentaptych: Five girls with theater puppets

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1800

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds, crowned by two figures, with apostles below beside an open tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Black crayon drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, arm raised, set among dense dark foliage strokes.

Nude

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraved print of a plumed cavalry standard-bearer on a prancing horse holding a banner, with soldiers behind him.

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Standard-Bearer

Georg Philip Rugendas, 1720

Engraving of the Virgin Mary with a starry crown, standing on a crescent moon and holding the infant Christ amid radiating li

The Virgin with the Starry Crown

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etched portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, lace collar and dark cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman I, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Engraved bust portrait of a balding man in a cravat and jacket, with a handwritten signature below, on a foxed sheet.

Portrait of Frèedrich Christoph Perthes

Julius Caesar Thaeter, 1840

Engraved design of a rococo bedchamber paneling with an alcove bed, bust cartouche, door, commode and clock.

Dessin de Lambris d'une chambre a coucher avec lit en niche

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Engraved vertical ornamental panel titled L'Ete showing urns, cherubs, scrolls, and two nude figures on a book page.

L’Eté

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Title Page from "Second Licre Contenant Differens Desseins de Pendules Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Black and white lithograph of a busy city street with pedestrians, storefronts, a street lamp, and a horse cart.

Lafayette Street

Childe Hassam, 1910

Black and white print of the Virgin and Child surrounded by angels and saints in a columned church interior.

Glorification of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of bearded men in turbans beside a carved stone pedestal with a lion mask, a seated figure in the foreground.

Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of a dense wooded landscape with two figures crossing a wooden bridge beside a rocky ledge and a distant view.

Wooded Landscape, With Two Figures on a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Sketch of a woman in a loose robe reading in a tufted armchair beside a doorway.

Déshabille

Childe Hassam, 1910