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Engraving of Roman archers and horsemen attacking a giant coiled serpent in a forest landscape with palm trees.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved floor plan of a first-floor country house layout with labeled salon, bedchambers, cabinets, and central staircase.

Plan du premier Etage, d'une Maison de Campagne

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of a haloed woman walking through woods with drummers, a piper, and onlookers beside a rocky hill.

The Dance of St. Mary Magdalene

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Etching of robed figures and draped women beside a tall column, with a domed rotunda in the distance under radiating light.

Scene Inspired by Antiquity

Thomas Christian Winck, 1700

Engraving of a thorn-crowned figure presented to soldiers and bearded onlookers before tall columns, with a halberd raised at

The large "Ecce Homo"

Vespasiano Strada, 1610

Etching of a costumed procession with drummers, flute players, and pike bearers in plumed hats, by Jacques Callot.

Entrée de Monsieur de Macey (Entrance of the Monsieur de Macey), from Le Combat à la Barrière (Combat at the Barrier)

Jacques Callot, 1620

Engraved architectural section of a theatre showing tiered boxes, a proscenium with columns, and a balcony, in green-gray ink

Section of the House and Proscenium

Saverio Avesani, 1710

Engraved frieze of hunters on horseback and foot attacking lions, an elephant, hounds and winged creatures beneath a tree.

Wild Animal Hunt (frieze)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Engraved plate of a decorated parade chamber with canopied bed, tapestries, columns and lettered architectural key below.

Decoration d'une chamber de parade vüe du côté du Lit, plate 82 in De La Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de…

Jacques-François Blondel, 1730

Etching of two robed men at a temple gate, with a kneeling beggar at their feet and a crowd on steps beyond.

Peter and John at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Etched rococo design page with scrolling ornamental borders, a small cartouche, and two landscape vignettes with trees.

Design for Ceiling Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved elevation of ornate iron gates with a central fountain of a sea god and rococo crowned cartouche, Place Royale Nancy

Dessein des grandes Grilles posées sur la Place Royale de Nancy en 1755 par ordre de S.M. le Roy de Pologne

Jean Lamour, 1760

Engraved ornamental plate with scrollwork, acanthus leaves, winged female figures and a cherub, on a page of an album.

Plate 6, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Sepia engraving of a rococo scrolling ornament with curling acanthus leaves and foliage on a ruled background.

Plate 11 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved frieze with a boar hunt and centaurs above, and hunters among swirling acanthus scrolls below.

Designs for Friezes

Jean Le Pautre, 1640

Engraving of a water mill with waterwheels, millers at work, horses carrying grain sacks, and a river landscape with boats.

A water mill

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved decorative frieze in red ink with scrolling foliage, putti, a lyre and a central title band.

Title Page from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Etching of a seated man reading beside a table with a skull, open book, and crucifixion triptych, with a window at right.

Abraham Francen, Apothecary

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved plate of ornamental locksmith designs with scrollwork, a keyhole escutcheon, a rosette and a wrought-iron balustrade

Plate 5, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of the Virgin and Child seated with angels, putti and God the Father in clouds above, beside a stone sarcophagus.

Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Engraved design plate of a rococo silver centerpiece and two tureens with putti, scrollwork and candle branches.

Projet de Sculpture en Argent d'un Grand Surtout de Table et les Deux Terrines...Executée pour Millord Kinston (sic)…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

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

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

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

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

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

Engraving of a Bacchanal with nude revelers, satyrs, and putti around a wine barrel beneath a grapevine.

Bacchanal

Andrea Mantegna, 1400

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

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