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Engraved plate of two horizontal bands of rococo scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers and tendrils on a pale ground.

Plate 15 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved rococo candelabrum design with foliage and five candles, above a smaller panel showing a fountain in scrollwork.

Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo snuff box designs above two ornate sword hilts, with scrollwork and floral decoration.

Differents Desseins de Tabatieres, premiere planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes], p. 49 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aur…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo design with two ornamental panels, scrolls and foliage, one showing putti before ruins under a sunburst.

Design for Two Panels of Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a salon corner with women holding flowers, cherubs, scrolled cartouches and an arched interior view

Projet de l'angle d'un Sallon portatif pour le Roy (Design for a Corner of a Salon), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Au…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Hand-colored print of a large tree on a rock with two figures in 18th-century dress and flowering shrubs.

Print - Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Engraving of children and a seated man beside a cabinet, with a parrot, palm trees and flowering branches, titled La Veue.

La Veue (Sight) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Engraved Renaissance grotesque plate with a central niche of two figures shaking hands, sphinxes, birds, and scrolling foliag

Plate 18, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of the Madonna and Child on clouds above winged angels, one holding scales, with a serpent in the foreground.

The Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Adoring the Madonna and Child

Diana Mantuana, 1580

Engraved ornamental plate numbered 11 with scrolling foliage, a central mask medallion, and a door knob design.

Plate 11, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of nymphs bathing by a stream near a rocky cave, with cattle, sheep, and shepherds in a wooded landscape.

Nymphs Bathing Near a Cave

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo hanging censer on chains, with a second censer above and an incense boat on a ledge.

Encensoir; Encensoir, 5th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved design of Zephyr and Flora with a putto in a garden with classical busts, on a book page.

Design with Zephyr and Flora in a Garden

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Etched rococo cartouche with a painter at an easel beside a child at a fire, framed by scrollwork and scaffolding.

Design for a Cartouche Representing an Allegory of the Painter

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Hand-colored print of a seated shepherdess with sheep beside a tall flowering tree and a distant castle.

A Little Shepherdess

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Black and white ornamental frieze with two birds perched on arches, flanked by scrolling foliage, flowers and wreath motifs.

Frieze with Birds, Flowers, Wreaths and Scrolls

Theodor Bang, 1590

Etching of a helmeted warrior beside a draped woman at a tree, with a winged child seated at their feet.

Mars, Venus, et l'Amour

Simone Cantarini, 1640

Pen drawing with green wash of a bound man beside a tree, surrounded by studies of feet and a scallop shell.

Proofs of four plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter K

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1680

Red-toned ornamental arabesque panel with a bearded grotesque mask, fruit garlands, a fruit basket and acanthus scrolls.

Arabesque Panel, from "Recueil d'Ornemens à l'usage des jeunes artistes"

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1770

Portrait of a Man with a Fur Cap

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Hand-colored ornamental design of small blue flowers, pink buds and feathery foliage within a thin ruled border on cream pape

Ornamental Design with Small Blue Flowers, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinat…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Colored chinoiserie design of figures with parasols on wooden bridges, framed by garlands, flowers, vases and birds.

Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres", no. 2

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Engraved plate of a rococo dressing mirror frame with scrollwork and putti, with a carved ornament design below.

Miroir de Toillette., Mirior de toilette, 5th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved horizontal frieze of swirling acanthus scrolls, a small bird, and a figure holding fruit at right.

Frieze

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

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

Brown wash drawing of Judith holding Holofernes's severed head while a maidservant looks on, with draped figures.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Alphonse Alexandre Leroy, 1820

Engraved plate of ornate wrought-iron railings, balcony, pilaster and grille designs with French labels.

Plate 94 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Engraving of a haloed figure preaching to a crowd under a tree, with a hilltop town and birds in the sky behind.

Sermon on the Mount

Michel Lasne, 1590

Etching of a bearded magus and a youth beside a horse, with a groom and an owl on a branch above.

Magus and Youth, with a Horse and Groom, plate 19 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved print of two winged cherubic figures embracing on a cloud, one raising a laurel wreath.

Cupid and Psyche

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Barthel Beham, 1530

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with curly hair and a mustache, turned toward the viewer on a pale sheet.

Self-Portrait of Anthony van Dyck, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Engraved rococo fountain design with a seated nude Diana, stag and hounds, hunting horns, a ruined tower and an oak tree.

Design for Fountain with Diana

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved title page with allegorical figures in clouds, Latin inscription naming Earl Cowper, horses and putti below.

Memorial to William Earl Cowper

François Boucher, 1720

Engraved portrait of Desiderius Erasmus in a black cap and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

Flemish Lucas Vorsterman, 1630