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Engraved ornamental plate with acanthus scrolls, a central nude figure, and a grotesque creature among the foliage.

Plate 3, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Pencil and wash arabesque garden scene with a staircase, thatched pavilion, two figures, and stylized foliage in blue and red

Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, no.1

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central rider on a winged horse, surrounded by scrolls, putti, griffins and foliage.

Plate 21, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved plate of three ornate wrought-iron staircase balusters with scrolling foliate panels and lettered component keys.

Rampes d'Escaliers a Grands Paneaux, avec Pilastres, et Console

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of three ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, palmettes, garlands, cherub medallions and an urn.

Three Friezes, plate 4 fr

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Etching of Christ bound before a seated judge under a draped canopy, with soldiers and a crowd around the platform.

Christ Before Pilate: The Large Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of a rococo cartouche with a seated man smoking a pipe, a standing figure with a fan, and flags and a trident.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Country of China

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Etching of an allegorical scene with a seated plumed man, a herm bust, a trumpeting cherub, a lamb and a rabbit.

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Engraved ornamental plate with a central archer figure in a cartouche, surrounded by scrolls, masks and animals.

Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

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

Title page with an oval wreath of colored fronds and flowers around French script, numbered No. 3.

Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs Idéales" No. 3

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved dedication page with a laurel-crowned bust, winged genius, putti, and inscription cartouche over books and a cannon.

Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies, frontispiece for Paolantonio Paoli, Rovine della città…

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Etching of a robed man gazing up at a stag with a glowing crucifix between its antlers, in a rocky landscape with a horse.

Saint Eustace

Elisabetta Sirani, 1650

Engraved rococo design of a trumeau mirror above a commode in paneled wall, with ornate scrolled frames and a scale bar.

Trumeau de Glace

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

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

Designs for Friezes

Jean Le Pautre, 1640

Engraved plate of ornamental scrollwork with a female figure, acanthus leaves, and rosettes, numbered 12, on a cream page.

Plate 12, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of figures on ladders lowering Christ's body from a cross beneath shafts of light, with mourners gathered below.

The Descent from the Cross

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

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 rococo fountain design with a trident-holding figure, cascading water, and a classical palace with colonnade in the

Design for Fountain with an Anchor

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Rococo title page with ornate scrollwork, putti and garlands framing text naming François de Cuvilliés père et fils.

Title Page

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo snuff box and cane handle designs with pastoral scenes, plus round watch case designs below.

Differents desseins de Tabatières, et pomme de canne, cinquième planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes and a Cane…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of two draped figures in a garden beside a stone niche with an urn and cherub, framed by trees.

Design with Two Figures in a Garden

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Engraved plate 15 showing wrought iron railing designs and acanthus scroll ornaments, printed page on cream paper.

Plate 15, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Engraving of seated Japanese deity Amida above rococo scrollwork, with a robed man reaching toward waves and clouds.

Amida Divinité Japonaise qui préside à la Navigation, Et maniere dont on se noye à son honneur

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by mocking soldiers and onlookers in front of an arched doorway.

Crowning of Thorns, illustration from "The Passion"

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1500

Engraved plate of Christ on the cross within an ornate rococo frame, with putti and clouds around the figure.

Christ on the Cross, plate 118, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a central armored Mars figure, grotesque masks, putti, horsemen, and dense scrollwork.

Ornament Panel with Mars

Nicoletto da Modena, 1500

Engraved design plate of ornate scissors and a cane handle above a rococo garden sleigh, from Meissonnier's Oeuvre.

Ciseaux et Pomme de canne [Design for Scissors and Cane Handle, 3rd Plate], pl. 44 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved strapwork ornament with a central mythological roundel, swans, a satyr, serpents, and grotesque figures.

Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene

Flemish Pieter van der Heyden, 1560

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

Engraved ornamental panel with a female head, scrolling foliage, putti, and an oval landscape with classical ruins.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head Flanked by Foliage, plate 11 from the Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraving of a bound, crowned figure presented before soldiers and a crowd beside a classical colonnade and balcony.

Ecce Homo

Cornelis Cort, 1570

Etching of a crowded tavern where a violinist plays while men drink and gather around a bench with a dog.

Violinist Seated in the Inn

Netherlandish Cornelis Dusart, 1680

Engraved plate of rococo wrought-iron balcony and grille designs with scrollwork, flanked by decorative urns on pedestals.

Diverses Pieces d'Ouvrages de Serrurerie

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched page with two rococo cartouches framing a village with a thatched barn, and a stone arched bridge over a river.

Design for Two Cartouches

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etching of Christ crucified between two thieves, with a crowd of mourners and onlookers below in an oval frame.

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: An Oval Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Circular engraved design with a bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, surrounded by ornate allegorical figures and foliag

Design for a Tazza with a Portrait of William of Orange as Commander of Wisdom

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a cap, looking down at his hands holding a rolled white cloth.

Raccolta di teste

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 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 rococo design plate with cartouches, wall brackets, candle arms and small putti scenes, titled Desseins de Cartouche

Desseins de Cartouches et D'Agraffes

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of four rococo ornamental clasp designs with scrolled and shell-like forms on a bound book page.

Desseins D'Agraffes

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

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 ornamental plate with a central horned grotesque mask, scrolling foliage and hybrid creatures, numbered 4.

Plate 4, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Engraved plate of Rococo ironwork designs, including stair railings, scroll grilles, and four balusters.

Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 95 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

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