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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a well, with a water jar and a town with figures in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Engraved ornament plate of a vase with scrolling foliage, flowers, and fantastical birds and insects on either side.

Plate 5, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

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

Engraved plate of rococo chandeliers, two gueridon stands, and a wall bracket holding a vase with a bird finial.

Design for Two Chandeliers, Two Gueridons, and a Wall Bracket with a Vase

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a trumeau mirror with an arched scrolled crest above a marble console table, with French captions.

Design for Upper Part of a Trumeau with a Mirror and a Console Table

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a lace collar and draped cloak, with an inscription below.

Portrait of Paulus Pontius, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Etching of a fashionable dandy in a feathered hat and long coat walking through a garden with a pagoda and plants.

Petit Maître (Dandy)

François Boucher, 1750

Engraved plate of a rococo covered terrine with scrolled handles, leafy ornament and a cabbage finial, numbered 80.

Terrine

Pierre Germain, 1740

Engraved grotesque ornament panel with two satyrs holding a temple, flanked by birds, dogs, scrolling foliage and a face mask

Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels

Agostino Veneziano, 1530

Wood engraving of three children resting under a tree with a dog, a farmhouse and hanging laundry behind them.

The Nooning

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of a rococo salon interior with carved paneling and mirrors, plus a carved table foot below.

Vuë du même Sallon par le bout des Sophites (View of the Same Salon), plate 86, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnie…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Hand-colored peep-show of costumed carnival figures dancing in a Venetian-style square with arcaded buildings.

The Carnival of Venice (Peep-show)

Martin Engelbrecht, 1730

Hand-coloured engraved monogram letter wrapped in flower garlands with a floral crown above, titled Cahier de Chiffres.

Title Page

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraving of a woman with a parasol on a beach, with two people in a rowboat and waves on the sea behind her.

"On the Beach, Two are Company, Three are None"

Winslow Homer, 1870

Title page of a French book on interior decoration, Recueil de décorations intérieures, by Percier and Fontaine, Paris.

L'Une des Faces de la Chambre à Coucher de Mme G. à Pari

Charles Percier, 1810

Engraved perspective view of an ornate vestibule with columns, arches, a staircase, urns and sphinx figures.

Vestibule en Perspective

Johann Nepomuk Maag, 1700

Black circle with white interlace knotwork around a heart-shaped medallion, with four flower and scroll corner ornaments.

The First Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved bookplate design shaped as a fan with a female figure in an oval medallion and ribbons reading Colonial Dames of Ame

Design for a Bookplate: Colonial Dames of America

Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, 1890

Engraved plate of an ornate covered ciborium with a cross finial, putti on the stem, and rococo scrollwork on the base.

Ciboire (Ciborium), plate 80, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Hand-colored plate of stylized flowers and fern-like foliage in pink, teal, orange and blue on a cream page.

Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales, a l'usage des déssinateurs et des Peintres

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved plate of rococo ornamental designs with scrollwork, shells, floral garlands and a vase motif, numbered 37.

Designs for the Border of the Biblical Chronology for the King , 3rd Plate, pl. 37 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Hand-colored design of an ornate double goblet with blue scrollwork, gilded bands, and grotesque masks on pale paper.

Double Goblet, from the series Allerley Gebuntznierte Fisirungen

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraved plate of a rococo cabinet corner with ornate scrollwork, a window onto trees, and a painted panel of winged figures

Vue de l'angle du même Cabinet; Vue de l'angle du même cabinet, montrant à gauche une grande fenêtre et à droite le t…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of cherubs playing with a trumpet and drum under a tree, framed by a carved pediment with a medallion portrait.

Jeux d'Enfants

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Engraved rococo ornament plate with scrolling acanthus leaves and a central floral rosette, numbered 16.

Plate 16 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Jacques Juillet, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrolls, smoke, flames, a dragon and shells around an empty central oval.

Design for Cartouche: Allegory of Fire

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo covered oil pot and a two-branch candlestick with snuffer and tray.

Pot a Oil., Terrine, 5th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of cadets and officers around a map table in a striped military tent, with a cannon and a coat of arms above.

Le Corps des Cadets

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Etching of Leda seated nude beside a swan by a pond, framed by a draped curtain and trees, with Latin and German captions.

Leda and the Swan

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1740

Albrecht of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Etching of tall pine trees silhouetted against a pale sunset sky over dark foliage and a distant horizon.

Sunset

John Charles Robinson, 1880

Engraved design of two ornate knives with carved handles, one with a bearded head and figures, the other with an eagle on top

Two Knives

Flemish Aegidius Sadeler II, 1640

Engraved rococo design of a wall niche with a fountain, sculpted figure, and ornamental panelling, with a title inscription a

Design for Wall Niche with a Fountain

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo candlestick with scrolling stem and floral ornament, with a garden pavilion engraving below.

Chandelier, 5th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of three ornate keyhole escutcheons with scrolling foliage, and cherub figures on the right design.

Plate 4, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660