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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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

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

Engraved plate of a rococo silver monstrance with sunburst rays, cherub heads, wheat and grapes, and a scrolled base.

Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglis…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved garden design with a fountain, cherubs, a heraldic shield, and two armored figures beside a tall tree.

Design with a Young Cadet with his Tutor in a Garden with a Fountain

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a bearded saint sitting in a landscape with a book and bell.

Virgin and Child in the Clouds

Michel Lasne, 1630

Engraved plate of an ornate keyhole escutcheon with scrolls, acanthus leaves, two birds and human masks.

Plate 9, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Hand-colored print of two hunters resting under a fruit-laden tree with dogs, game birds, and a servant preparing food.

Repast of the Hunters

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Engraved design plate of a rococo ewer with scrolling acanthus ornament, curved handle and flared spout, numbered 18.

Buirre pour les Évèque

Pierre Germain, 1710

Woodblock print of curling blue waves, a pine-covered cliff, Mount Fuji in the distance and a sailboat on the bay.

Great Wave at Satta Beach, Suruga, from the series The Thirty-Six Views of Fuji (Fuji Sanjuroku Kei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1850

Engraved dedication page with rococo frame, workshop scene of craftsmen at top, French text block, and grotto vignette below.

Dedication Page

Jean Lamour, 1760

Engraved plate of rococo frame borders with scrollwork, shells, a crown and a stag head design.

Developement de bordures pour une chasse du Roy., Deux détails..., 6th Plate [Two details for the frame of a Hunting…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo design for a pier glass with ornate carved paneling, two chairs, and a console table below.

Plate 2, Projet d'un Trumeau de glace pour un grand cabinet fait pour le Portugal (Project for a Pier Glass for a Lar…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Green-grey chiaroscuro print of a nude man seen from behind, reclining by a stream under large trees.

Nude Man Seen from Behind (Narcissus?)

called Parmigianino Francesco Mazzola, 1530

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a shell-topped niche holding an armored nude figure, flanked by scrollwork, garlands a

Plate 22, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved rococo title page with a cartouche, winged trumpeter, crowned eagle shield, lion, and obelisk in a landscape.

Design for Cartouche

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved page of rococo ornamental borders with a crowned cartouche bearing fleur-de-lis and scrolling frame sections.

Development de bordures du Portrait du Roy, Cartouche aux armes du roi..., 4th plate, pl. 38 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurel…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etched portrait of an elderly man in a skullcap and dark robe holding a quill pen and paper before a drape.

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing-Master (The "Large Coppenol")

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Hand-colored engraved monogram letter made of flower garlands and ribbons, topped by a crown of pearls and flowers.

Decorative Monogram Design

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Hand-coloured chinoiserie garden plate with pavilions, arched bridges, parasols, hanging bells and birds among flowering shru

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

Anne Allen, 1790

Etching of three women's heads in caps, one asleep with closed eyes at lower center, by Rembrandt.

Three Heads of Women, One Asleep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Black and white illustration of a man playing violin beside a fireplace and punch bowl, with seated onlookers in a room.

Fiddler at a Punch Party

Benjamin West Clinedinst, 1890

Etching of a woman in a headwrap leaning over an open book, absorbed in reading, with fine crosshatched lines.

Woman Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved ornamental design with an arch, grotesque masks, garlands, seated figure, lions and figural panels below.

Design for Grotesque Ornament

the elder Jean Berain, 1690