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Allegorical Prints and Decoratives

Engravings featuring allegorical themes and decorative motifs, including putti and floral arrangements, conveying elegance and historical richness.

The image of a dove, symbolizing the Holy Spirit, is framed ornamentally with floral motifs, three foxes and fantasy figures with bows and arrows, Two snakes attack the dove of the Holy Spirit, print maker: Caspar Luyken, publisher: Jacob Lindenberg, Amsterdam, 1705, paper, etching, h 116 mm × w 149 mm
The image of a dove, symbolizing the Holy Spirit, is framed ornamentally with floral motifs, three foxes and fantasy figures with bows and arrows, Two snakes attack the dove of the Holy Spirit, print maker: Caspar Luyken, publisher: Jacob Lindenberg, Amsterdam, 1705, paper, etching, h 116 mm × w 149 mm
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A sacrifice to the god Priapus. A young wife makes an offering to a term of Priapus. Sacrifice au Dieu Priape. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois dHarcanvilles Monumens du Culte Secret des Dames Romaines, Sabellus, Capri (Monuments to the Secret Cult of Roman Women, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. Based on imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.
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Chalk and ink study 'Apotheosis of Napoleon' by Andrea Appiani, featuring elevated white highlights and wash technique.
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Ornament of fountain and two trophies, anonymous, 1700 - 1800, draughtsman: anonymous, 1700 - 1800, paper, brush, brush, brush, h 153 mm × w 264 mm
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Nef, c. 1542 - c. 1580 print NEF: ship decorated with sea creatures, mythological representations and fish, some of which driven by children. On the bow is the head of a saat. Amor sits on a fish on the back plecht. The lid is open. There are napkins in the NEF paper engraving
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Italy, Bella, Stefano della, Tesi, Mauro Antonio, Vases, Seven vases, The body of the vase on the left is decorated with birds., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 87 mm, width 205 mm, Italian, 1730-01-15 - 1766-07-18, print maker, printmaker, 1740 - 1766, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Mask with Two Heads; Mask with Two Serpent Heads, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Graphite on cream laid paper, Italy, 1800-1825, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Two allegorical portraits. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Weapons of seven Brussels noblemen, Wenceslaus Hollar (Rejected Attribution), 1646 print Engel with scales surrounded by the family arms of seven Brussels families: Rodenbeecke, Sleeus, Sweerts, Serhuygs, Steenweeghe, Coudenbergh and Serreloffs. paper etching / letterpress printing
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Drawing, Design for brooch with head of Medussa; Italy
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Titz Atelier für Architectur, New Year's congratulations Map 1874 (1874-1874): Three putti the attributes of the architecture and torch. Pressure on cardboard, 16.3 x 20 cm (including scan edges) Titz Atelier für Architectur : Neujahr Glückwunsch Karte 1874
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Livia Drusilla pleasuring her husband Emperor Augustus on a bed. Auguste et Livie. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois dHarcanvilles Monumens du Culte Secret des Dames Romaines, Sabellus, Capri (Monuments to the Secret Cult of Roman Women, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. Based on imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.
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Netherlands, Letter of Wishes with Neptune, verso - stamped, Letter of Wishes with blank cartouche within a decorative frame with representations of putti, sword fighters, a hunting scene and allegorical figures with palm branch and blindfold. The figures consist largely of curls (calligraphy)., print, popular print, letter of wish, prints, popular prints, height 412 mm, width 330 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1700 - 1899, paper, etching, etchings, colours, print maker, printmaker
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Netherlands, Letter of greeting with village scenes, verso - stamped, Letter of greeting with blank cartouche within a decorative frame with village scenes, people drinking on benches in front of an inn and above a castle. Numbered bottom center: 25., print, folk print, letter of greeting, prints, folk prints, height 420 mm, width 334 mm, height 385 mm, width 325 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1899, paper, papier, etching, etchings, kleuren, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher
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Konrad Kurzbold, Graph Mim Lahangou
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Strapwork Cartouche with Putti and a Lion's Mask 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian. Strapwork Cartouche with Putti and a Lion's Mask 367102
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Dance of death (right half), 1643 - c. 1687 draughtsman: Zwolleafter design by: Europe paper. watercolor (paint). ink brush draughtsman: Zwolleafter design by: Europe paper. watercolor (paint). ink brush
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A Boy Standing Between a Thistle Plant and a Rose Bush, Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England, Jacques Jean Pasquier, French, died 1785, Etching on paper, France, 1760, Print, Print
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Wall Decoration for Cosimo III de' Medici, Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652 - 1725, Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk, graphite on white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Statue of the armoured king, galloping to the left (to be executed in high relief), standing upon a console before a background of rose marble. Frame of metal with blue marble as inner part. On the top two winged putti upon a volute, holding with their right hands a blue ball with three golden lilies and lifting with their left hands a royal crown., Florence, Italy, ca. 1690, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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Design for a fresco, pendulum filling with a cartouche of letters, crowned by papal emblems, Design for a pendulum filling, draughtsman: Perino del Vaga, 1511 - 1521, paper, pen, h 302 mm × w 96 mm
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Copper engraving by Telman von Wesel titled 'Capeline Four', created around 1500, depicting four figures or objects arranged in detailed composition.
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Antonio Daniele Bertoli's Tondo depicts the Robbery of Orithyia, executed with gray brush, cut out and glued onto paper.
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Design for a glass window with a cartouche. Draughtsman: Jan de Bray (rejected attribution). Draughtsman: Pieter Jansz.. Dating: 1632. Measurements: h 307 mm × w 168 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Different coins and three images of sphinxes, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print The coins and images are numbered from I to VII. The whole is numbered at the top right: tab. Ii. paper engraving / etching sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure. coin
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Drawing, Design for a Pendentive; Italy; pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite support: off-white laid paper on secondary paper support
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Designs for various masks and animal heads such as lions, rams, Medusa, satyrs, sphinxes and sea creatures. All objects are numbered. Print is part of an album with a series of six ornaments. Masks and heads, print maker: anonymous, Germany, after 1817, paper, etching, h 204 mm × w 271 mm
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Design for a Bucket-Like Vessel with a Handle of Interlaced Figures, on a Body Adorned with Bucrania, Garlands, and Three River Gods. Artist: Girolamo Genga (Italian, Urbino () 1467-1551 near Urbino). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 6 7/8 in. (21.1 x 17.5 cm). Date: 1540-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Vignette with a coat of arms with a lion on it, print, prints, height 66 mm, width 52 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure
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Amsterdam, Chevalier, Nicolas, Medal with a motto and the names of the electors of Mainz, verso center - written, Design of a round medal with, in six concentric circles, the names of the electors of Mainz and their years of reign, starting with Archbishop Gerlach and ending with Anselm Frans van Ingelheim. In the center of the medal a motto with an arm holding a medallion. The motto of the motto reads: 'Germanie ledum costvis rigidusque satelles'., print, prints, 46, diameter 70 mm, Work conception, 1661-06-01 - 1720, after a design by, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker
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Vignet with Minerva teaching.
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Menning with an emblem and the names of French kings, Anonymous, After Nicolas Chevalier, 1715 print Design of a round medal with, in eight concentric circles, the names of French kings and their government years, starting with King Rudolf I and ending with King Louis XV. In the middle of the medal an emblem with Ceres and Minerva, who crowns the globe with a laurel wreath. The motto reads: "Laudes Agnoscere Possis". Amsterdam paper etching seal (symbol of sovereignty). king. Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Ceres (Demeter). globe. crowning with laurel (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities)
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Cupid and an eagle. Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 13/16 in. (11.1 × 14.8 cm). Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Series/Portfolio: From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua; see New Hollstein 1182-1187.. Date: 1652.Cupid riding an eagle, embracing its neck, as it walks to right towards an altar, on which stands a bowl with smoking offering. From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Oval with the Olympic gods in the clouds, 1608 print From left to right: Venus and Amor, Vulcan, Mercury, Neptune, Minerva and Hercules. At the top of musicing putti. Leaf from series consisting of a title page and 11 sheets with designs for watch covers. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving more than one musician with instrument. the Olympian gods together: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Minerva, Vulcan, Vesta (or Bacchus)
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Plaque depicting Diana visiting Endymion. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898.
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Noordelijke Nederlanden, Hooghe, Romeyn de, Dubbelkoppen van prins Willem III en zijn tegens in het jaar 1672, Portret van Willem III als Mars, 1672, Northern Netherlands, Rond portret van prins Willem III. Bij omkeer shows the print the god of war Mars. First print in a series of six portraits of William III and his opponents in the year 1672. Below the portrait a two-line verse., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 145 mm, width 120 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1672 - 1672, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etsen
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Haarlem, Enschede, Izaak, Ostade, Isaac van, Vinne, Isaac Vincentsz. van der, Sletvink, Funny figure, in the caption in the overview print this figure bears the name: Sletvink. Part of the booklet: XXXVI. aartige cijfers, geinventeert door Izaak van Ostade tot Haarlem 1731-1732., print, prent, volksprent, boeken, height 49 mm, width 42 mm, height 195 mm, width 155 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1665-10-24 - 1740-04-15, print maker, prentmaker, 1731 - 1732, paper, papier, houtsnede, Work conception, 1621-06-02 - 1649-10-16, naar ontwerp van, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher
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Anonymous head study in pen and brown ink wash from the 16th century.
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Study sheet with drawing examples: heads and animals. Second print from a series of drawing examples of unknown size. Study sheet with heads and animals. Above left Portrait of Albrecht Dürer to Melchior Lorch. At the bottom left puffer and a fantasy animal on a walrus. At the bottom right two fighting dogs.
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Cartouche with two putti pulling on the wings of an eagle; Cartouches; Raccolta di Varii Cappricii ..
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The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Leo. Artist: Philip Speakman Webb (d.1915). The 12 signs of the zodiac, designs for stained glass for a circular tracery light with a pencil diagram showing the position of each design in the tracery.
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Fannière brothers, brooch love riding a lion (main title), 1855. Graphite, gouache on gray cartonet. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Design for an ink set, Gabriel Huquier (Possible), Juste Aurèle Meissonnier, 1738 - 1749 print This print is part of an album. paper etching ink-well. work of applied art
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Design for a Bookplate of Adolf von Gross. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Chair of Medee', c1675. Costume design by Jean Berain the Elder for the Thesee, (1675), by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Found in the collection of the National Library, Paris. By the French artist Jean Berain.
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Coat of Arms of Sebald Beham Made 1544 Germany. Originally from Nuremberg, Beham produced numerous small-scale engravings, including the two heraldic subjects seen here (1919.2290 and .2291). He transcribed these circular images onto dark hexagons, with his signature and the date below. Beham made both in 1544, long after he settled in Frankfurt, having been driven from his hometown for religious reasons. Nonetheless, he specified his origins as well as his adopted home in the text around the rim of the coat of arms at right.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Hans Sebald Beham
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Confalonieri, Giovanni Battista.
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Two love gods (amor) connected by a ribbon; Mutui Amoris Symbolum. Two love gods (amor) are connected by a ribbon. The one holds a burning torch bladder the other blows on a trumpet. There is a Latin fresh under the show.
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Engraved portrait of William Cowper (1731-1800) an English poet and hymnodist. Dated 19th Century
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), vignettes for the book Les Triomphes de Louis le Just XIII by the name by Jean Valdor. Three rounds with Latin legend. Nineteenth issue of a suite of 34 pieces. (A. de Vesme 952-957. Incomplete; Dutuit manuscript, Italian school, page 83. n ° 166) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Design For a Clock, pl. XX from 'Recueil d'Ouvrages Curieux de Mathematique et de Mecanique, ou Description du Cabinet', Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, French, 1677 - 1745, Engraving on paper, France, 1719, Print, Print
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Two Hearts. Dated: 1628. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.
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Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and ink, brush and brown- grey wash on paper, Top row: Hercules battling Hydra with torch. Captions written in graphite over medallions: Ercole ammazza lidra. Hercules strangles lion of Nemea. Caption: ercole amazza il leone nemeo. Hercules carries boar, ercole porta il cignale al evristeo. Hercules holds horns of bull Achelous, ercole vince il frume Acheloo. Hercules captures stag Ercole ammazza...la cerva. Hercules taking heavens on his shoulder, Ercole airta atlante. Hercules resting beside killed dragon, Ercole ucide il drage nel orti/ esperidi. Bottom row: Hercules strangling Antaeus, Ercole sofoca Anteone. Hercules slaying Hypolyta, ercole doma la Ammazoni. Hercules battling eagle for delivering Prometheus, Ercole libera Prometee. Hercules chaining Cerbenus, Ercole incatena il Gerbee. Verso: Nine medallions outlined, showing Hercules battling Hydra., Italy, 1758-1823, f
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Spring and Summer: two heads made from flora typical of those seasons ca. 1580-1620 Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century Italian. Spring and Summer: two heads made from flora typical of those seasons. Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century. ca. 1580-1620. Etching. Prints
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Allegory of the Republic holding a pique with the Phrygian cap and supported on a beam of arms, symbol of Union (TF)
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Augsburg, Anonymous, after Johannesa Nilson, 1731 - 1775 print Cartouche with a personification of the city of Augsburg with attributes of arts and sciences, personifications of rivers and the symbol of the city: a pine cone. Publishing number 52. Augsburg paper etching / engraving ornament ~ cartouche. personification of a city, town-patron(ess) Augsburg
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Galatea () ca. 1509 Pinturicchio One of twenty-two panels (14.114.1-.22) forming the ceiling from the Palace of Pandolfo Petrucci, called Il Magnifico, Siena. The general distribution and partition of the ceiling appears to derive from that of a vaulted and painted ceiling in Nero's Golden House in Rome. Many of the individual figures also seem to derive from antique works of art- especially sarcophagi.. Galatea (). Pinturicchio (Italian, Perugia 1454-1513 Siena). Italian, Umbria. ca. 1509. Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels. Paintings-Decorative
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Amore Con La Lira Sorrail Leone: In Cameo, Le gemme antiche figurate, Agostini, Leonardo, 1593-ca. 1670, Bellori, Giovanni Pietro, 1615-1696., Bussotti, Giovanni Battista, Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, 1615-1669, Etching, 1686, Etching. Plate 55 from vol. 2.
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Medal with the portrait of Charles VI and the names of the Bohemian kings. Design of a round of medal with, in four concentric circles, the names of the kings of Bohemia and their government years, starting at King Vresislav II and ending at Ladislaus of Bohemia. In the middle of the medal the portrait of King Charles VI of Bohemia.
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Hab.t de Hapae from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers'. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 3 3/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8.1 × 5.3 cm). Date: 1700-1799. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Out of insult he do: Félicien Rops, patronymic study, by Eugène Demolder, with some brutal reproductions of unpublished currencies of Rops, Paris: René Pincourde, 1894 Dewiza Félicana Ropsa Rops, Félicien (1833 1898)
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Cupid, Roman god of love, driving a chariot of Bacchus, god of wine. The biga chariot is drawn by two leopards. In carnelian. Carro di Bacho. In corgnola. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.