Architectural and Decorative Designs

Richly detailed prints showcasing ornamental design elements and intricate patterns suitable for architecture and interior decor.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Gerrit, Man engrossed in book and woman by cow, verso - stamped, In the center a standing man reading a book. Above that a half-length figure with two faces, a crown on his head, a baby under his arm, and in the other hand a scythe. In the center below a woman leaning against a monument and next to her a cow., print, ornament print, prints, height 280 mm, width 170 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1690 - 1710, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

An oil sketch on canvas by Carlo Innocenzo Carloni showing putti arranged in three-frame composition, emphasizing figures and movement.

Ornament tailpiece. 1701 - 1800. Miserotti, Domenico, active 18th century. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Tree stump with armor between two vases; Opere di Polidoro da Caravaggi (...). Tree stump with a short coat of arms, helmet and cloak between two shields, decorated with leaf refrences. Both vases have two ears. The left vase is decorated with dancing women.

Neptune's Kingdom. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques de Gheyn II after Willem Danielsz van Tetrode.

A cartouche set against a large shell, containing an empty escutcheon., 1610 - 1664, Etchings, 9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in. (24.5 x 18.5 cm), Paper / Sheet 9 15/16 x 7 9/16 in. (25.2 x 19.2 cm), Material Cream laid paper

Toolmaster on horseback, Jost Amman, 1573 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper warfare; military affairs. the soldier; the soldier's life. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. (military) camp with tents

Two Roundels with Victories in Chariots, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper, Chariot of Victory holding trophy is directed toward right. Janus temple shown at temple shown in background. At bottom chariot holding Victory and roman symbol directed toward left. Triumphal arch dedicated toward Caesar shown in background., Italy, 1798-1800, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Ino poisons the harvest of the Kingdom of Thebes, René Boyvin, After Léonard Thiry, 1563 print The whole is framed by an ornamental list of putti and mythological figures. paper engraving the story of the Argonauts: the quest for the Golden Fleece. aggressive, unfriendly activities and relationships of Ino. poisoning

Wood engraving, England, by Thomas Bewick.

Romulus and Remus are thrown into the Tiber / Romulus and Remus protect a herds of sheep, Giovanni Battista Fontana, 1568 print Leaf with two prints. Left, a rectangular manneric decorative frame, with a romulus bust above, and two text boxes below. In the central section two men who throw the young twins Romulus and Remus in the Tiber River. In the background a city and the Wolvin who finds the twins and she sucks. On the right, a rectangular manneric decorative frame with two text boxes below. In the central section Romulus and Remus as young men with spears, a herd of sheep help to protect. In the foreground they beat a lion. In the background a landscape and run after three people. In the text boxes text in Italian. print maker: Italypublisher: Venice paper etching early life, prime youth of Romulus and Remus. (story of) Romulus and Remus Tiber

Drawing of Neptune by Jonas Silber executed with ink and brush, lavated with Bister on parchment, featuring detailed depiction of the figure and marine elements.

Emperor Domitian embraces his wife Domitia Longina and rebuffs his niece Julia Flavia from the bedroom. Domitien, Empereur, entre Domitia sa femme, et Julie sa niece; il embrasse Domitia, et repousse Julie. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois d'Hancarvilles Monumens de la Vie Privee des Douze Cesars, Chez Sabellus, Capri (Monuments of the Private Lives of 12 Caesars, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. From imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.

Coat of arms with Haan, Albrecht Dürer, 1500 - 1505 print A coat of arms with a climbing lion on it, surrounded by leaves. A helmet rests on the shield; There is a rooster on it. Nuremberg paper engraving armorial bearing, heraldry. helmet. fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.)

Print, Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618-1682, Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716, Etching on white laid paper, Paris, France, France, 1650-60, ornament, Print

The Sledmere Loving Cup 1808 Thomas Rowlandson. The Sledmere Loving Cup. 1808. Etching, printed in brown ink. Prints

Julius Caesar on horseback in frame with ornaments, Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581 - 1656 print Hero from classical antiquity Julius Caesar on horseback. Framing with curling ornaments and various animals such as a cat lurking to a mouse, monkeys and rabbits on which two boys hunt. At the top, two small angels blow on a trumpet. Netherlands paper engraving Julius Caesar (one of the nine worthies)

Frisian with the upper body of a woman with two heads in the middle. Shaded background.

Hevelius: Jan Sobieski, King of Poland.

Wood engraving prints, wood engravings

Recto: Fountain Design with Oceanus and the River Gods Arno and Tiber, Jacopo Zucchi, Italian, ca. 1541- ca. 1590, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper, The figure of Oceanus, crowned with seaweed and spewing water, emerges from a mass of waves at the top of the fountain design. Beneath him, reclining in octagonal basin decorated with marine motifs, are river gods Arno on the right and Tiber on the left. Each river god hoists an urn from which water flows and is joined by his respective attributes: the lion for Florence (Arno) and Romulus, Remus and the Wolf for Rome (Tiber). Alternative treatments for base ornaments are shown., Italy, ca. 1570, tableware designs, Drawing, Drawing

Prophet Joel; Paintings in the Lunetten above the windows in the Sistine Chapel. A lunet with the prophet Joël with a text stream and bare figures.

Onyx with a Roman floats and two centers, Simon Fokke, 1765 - 1767 print An onyx with the image of a Roman floats on which a louwed man with wife and child is sitting. There are two cents in front of the cart, an angel flies in the air with a laurel wreath. A richly decorated list around the Onyx. The Onyx would be sold on September 11, 1765 in the Munt in Amsterdam. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching chariot, triumphal car. ornaments, jewels. centaurs

Vignette with a weapon and two griffins ..

Ornament Panel Depicting the Abduction of Hélène, pl. 24 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695-1750, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695-1772, Obelle, Etching on off-white laid paper, Panel with scene showing the abduction of Hélène on a terrace with balcony and stairway, a canopy at top. The scene is framed with volutes, acanthus leaves, rosettes, and shells., Paris, France, 1748, ornament, Print, Print

Part of Fries on Schouw in the Midwikskamer of the Town Hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, After Artus Quellinus (I), 1663 print Part of Frisian on one of the two fireplaces in the Midwikskamer of the Town Hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. On that Frisian, of which this performance is part, there are allegorical representations with regard to good advice ("good raedt"), or mind, insight and/or wisdom. See RP-P-AO-22-EQ-2 and RP-P-AO-22-EQ-E-3 for the other parts of the Frisian. The performance is explained in the register (RP-P-AO-22-2-2-2). Numbered in the bottom right: 1. At the bottom of the middle: Q. paper etching / engraving allegory, personification of good government. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf. dog City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Lion of Juda overcomes the dragon. The crowned lion of Judah, a symbol for Christ from the Bible book Revenge the dragon. The lion is raised by two putti. Under the dragon the firmament. Completely under an empty cartouche flanked by cherubs.

Drawing (Italy); Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823)

The element water, intermediary draughtsman: Jacob de Wit, draughtsman: anonymous, 1705 - 1754, paper, brush, h 131 mm × w 132 mm

Étienne Delaune drawing of Pelops and Hippodamia, executed in pen, ink, and bister wash on parchment, showing the mythological pair.

The month of May, musician in a boat, approx. 1600, 1650 - 1675 print Round show with the month of May. An elegant company of two pairs make music and entertain itself in a rowing boat, ca. 1600. With the sign of the twins. With edge in Latin. Print no. 5 in the series of the twelve months of the year depicted in scenes from folk life. Low Countries paper engraving May and its 'labours'. Taurus (zodiacal sign of April). rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. couple of lovers. more than one musician with instrument Low Countries

Koopman, WN, Noordelijke Nederlanden, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Membership card for the Vaderlandsche Sociëteit in Utrecht, 1795, Northern Netherlands, verso - stamped, Proof of a membership card for the Vaderlandsche Sociëteit in Utrecht, founded in 1795. Three putti around a medallion with the motto 'Voor Eendragt en het Algemeen Welzyn'. The putti carry as attributes the spear with a liberty cap, the scales of Justice and a sword with a wreath of oak leaves., print, engraving, membership certificate, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 111 mm, width 130 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1795, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

The spout is held up by a child sitting on the shoulders of a man hanging against the belly of the jug. From a series consisting of a title sheet and 20 sheets, Jug in the shape of a snail shell, in the ear is a woman Vases, jugs and bowls with grotesques (series title), print maker: Balthazar van den Bos, Cornelis Floris (II), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, Netherlands, (possibly), 1548, paper, engraving, h 222 mm × w 174 mm

Various dressed up and partying companies, Anonymous, 1718 - 1757 print There are seven small landscapes with music, dancing and eating companies on the print, many of them dressed up. The performances are numbered handwritten. Amsterdam paper etching historical costume. dress-up party. music - CC - out of doors. one person dancing alone. drinking

Amsterdam, Marot, Daniël (I), Netherlands, Ceilings, Trompe-l'oeil ceiling with mythological representation, Ceiling with rectangular centerpiece with a mythological representation supported by terms. The long sides supported by two arches. In the corners are consoles with a mask and a vase. From a series of 6 (possibly 12) sheets., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 191 mm, width 267 mm, 1663 - 1752-06-04, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Metal cut by Hans Holbein the Younger after 1524 depicting the symbol of Saint Luke, representing the evangelist and author of the Gospel of Luke.

Engraving depicting diagrams of a snake and the dissected head of a snake. The illustration is set within an ornate frame.

Drawing (Italy)

Two Genii, 1544. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

A vase and its cap (left); goose and silver cup (middle); pomegranate, glass vase with some fruit and clay pots (bottom), Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Francesco Cepparoli from a drawing by Vanni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume II, plate 58, 1757-1787, Naples.

Call letter with representations of the passion. Greeting letter with unwritten cartouche inside a decorative frame with representations of the passion of Christ. Numbered at the bottom right: No. III.

First day of creation: God creates heaven and earth, Nicolaes de Bruyn, after Maerten de Vos, 1581 - 1656 print First day of creation: God creates heaven and earth. In medallion with a Bible text in Latin from Genesis 1, within rectangular frame. Netherlands paper engraving division of light and darkness

Man subjects a harpy; Wanderings of Aeneas; L'ENEA Vagante Pitture Dei Caracci. Sheet with two performances of consoles with naked men, soldiers of Aeneas, sitting on harpies. The print originally belonged to Liber 22 of the Atlas of Michiel Hinloopen (seem to book 10).

Plate 2: Design for a Frieze with Felines holding up a Garland and the Medici Coat of Arms in the Center, Plate 2 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami) ca. 1645-50 Stefano della Bella Italian. Plate 2: Design for a Frieze with Felines holding up a Garland and the Medici Coat of Arms in the Center, Plate 2 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami) 397794

Edelsmids bouquet with Ranken, 1635 print Bouquet with leaves and flowers, at the top of an iris, at the bottom of a number of figures to Jacques Callot and two dogs. From series of 6 magazines with bouquets for goldsmiths with legumer ornaments and at the bottom of figures to Jacques Callot. after design by: Parisafter design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper engraving

Étienne Delaune drawing of Orestes killing Clytemnestra, executed with pen, ink, brush, and Bister wash on parchment.

Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-1498 - 1543), Letter C, woodcut

Four Herms, Studies after the Carracci, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white heavy wove paper, All four drawings of herms flanked by putti and supporting bracket; lower left drawing of herm flanked by male and female satyr, and two female herms., Italy, Italy, 1821-22, figures, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folio

Design for a decorative painting with a fountain flanked by a triton and a nereid and crowned by a boy with a big fish, Design for a decorative painting with a fountain, draughtsman: Dionys van Nijmegen, 1715 - 1798, paper, brush, h 385 mm × w 252 mm

Netherlands, Zaandam, Roode & Zn, widow HJ de, Westzaandam, Knip, Pieter, Children act in your duty, Towards the enjoyment of the senses, verso - stamped, The five senses depicted in five medallions surrounded by vines and animals. Below the representation a six-line verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No 8., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 415 mm, width 328 mm, Dutch, 1746 - 1808-10-01, seller, 1792 - 1803, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher, uitgever, print maker, prentmaker

Wood engraving prints, wood engravings

Cupboard with medallion symbolizing with a fool, hope and hugging. .

L'Attente de l'Enfantement de la Vierge (Expectation of the Virgin Mary), December 18th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. L'Attente de l'Enfantement de la Vierge (Expectation of the Virgin Mary), December 18th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

A faun and a Bacchante having sex on top of a sheep. A faun plays a tibia flute in front of a term of Priapus with torch. Un Faune avec une Bacchante. 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.

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Orpheus enchanting the animals with his music, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 27, height 33 mm, width 173 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1540, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching

Several antique oil lamps, 1700 - 1749 print Leaf with different excavated antique oil lamps. Probably from a Dutch work of around 1750. Netherlands paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Aztec bas-relief depicting ancient warriors. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Cologne, Altzenbach, Wilhelm, Germany, Kling, Joseph, Still life of cheese and fruit with an ornamental border, verso - stamped, At the back a company of three figures, at the front draperies around columns and a man at the still life. The representation is surrounded by a wide ornamental border consisting of flowers, vegetables and fruit., print, prints, height 141 mm, width 222 mm, height 285 mm, width 380 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1668 - 1680, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, German, publisher

Drawing, Decoration of a Frieze; Filippo Marchionni (Italian, 1732-1805); Italy; black crayon, pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper; 12.7 x 40.5 cm (5 in. x 15 15/16 in.)

Three putti with seven blank coats of arms, Pieter Jansz, 1657 - 1662 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.)

Design for Ceiling and Frieze, Alfred Stevens, 1817-1875, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 x 11 1/2in. (22.9 x 29.2cm) and Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 1/2 inches (23.2 × 29.2 cm), architectural subject

Coupole du Salon de la Paix (Cupola of the Salon of Peace) pl. 44. Dated: published 1752. Dimensions: sheet: 75 × 91.8 cm (29 1/2 × 36 1/8 in.) plate: 71 × 70.7 cm (27 15/16 × 27 13/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Baptiste Massé (designer) and engravers Michel Aubert and Laurent Cars after Charles Le Brun.

Eisen, Charles Joseph Dominique, Pedestal with half-figures, verso - stamped, Pedestal with two female half-figures on either side of a cartouche with text AM, ID. EI, 1749. On the right in the landscape a man stands next to a vase on a column., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 191 mm, width 171 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1749 - 1749, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, French, 1720-08-17 - 1778-01-04

Drawing, Mars and Juno; Mercury and Diana set in Diagonal Composition; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper; 14.2 x 21 cm (5 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

A 16th-century copper engraving by Monogrammist AC depicting the triumph of Bacchus, showing mythological figures and celebratory composition.

Germany, Monogrammist RB, Frisian with a vase with leaves in the middle, verso left - stamped, The vase has two ears in the shape of fish. Hatched background., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 26 mm, width 63 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1600, 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Print (France); Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.) Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Two Ancient Vases. Date/Period: 1725. Both done in pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash. Jeweils Feder in Braun, braun und grau laviert. Height: 283 mm (11.14 in); Width: 176 mm (6.92 in). Author: Pier Leone Ghezzi.

Three putti with seven blank coats of arms. Design for a print.

Frisian with six bubbles in Lauwerkranzen ..

Simson destroys the temple of the Philistines, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1596 - 1633 print Simson breaks the main pillars of the temple and bedelft themselves and a group of Philistines under the rubble. print maker: Haarlempublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Samson breaks the pillars; the temple of Dagon collapses, killing all that are in it

Garofalo (Attributed to) / 'Two winged putti supporting an escutcheon on top of a cornice'. XVI century. Wash, White lead, Pencil, Grey-brown ink on blue paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Sheet with Nine Antique Medals, 1825. Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863), L'Artiste. Lithograph with beige tint stone; sheet: 26.8 x 36.2 cm (10 9/16 x 14 1/4 in.); image: 22.2 x 31 cm (8 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.).

Minchiate Florentine. Set of 56 cards. The four of cuts Anonymous. Florentine Minchiate. 56 cards game. The four of cuts. Floor, brush colors. 1650-1700.

Greek coin of the 4th century BC with representation of the delphic tripod and the cult of Apollo. Greece ancient history. Old engraving illustration

Six children with a cartouche with the alphabet, Heinrich Aldgrever, 1535 print Plat decoration with a cartouche with the Latin alphabet. On the left are three children of whom two hold the cartouche and one a torch. On the right a child is on the ground, a second is on his back and holds the cartouche and a third has a paegaai on his hand. Germany paper engraving letters, alphabet, script. ornament ~ cartouche. child

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