Architectural Designs and Decorative Prints

Various historical artistic designs including ceiling studies, city maps, and allegorical prints, reflecting intricate details and narratives.

Cossack game, 1817, 1817 print. gameboard Board game with a spiral with compartments numbered from 1 to 63, which expresses the fright and surprise with which the Parisians looked at the arrival on the French bottom of the soldiers of the Allied army (Cossacks). In the corners of faces on Moscow: the Kremlin, the red square, the main gate and the house of Mr. Paschkoff (the later Lenin library). Different compartments show Cossacks and Weapons. In midfield a performance of the Cossack Camp on the Champs Elysée, March 31, 1814, and the rules in Dutch and in French. The Hague paper etching / engraving board-games. board-games of chance. the soldier; the soldier's life Moskou. Paris. Champs-Elysées. Kremlin

Design for a Ceiling (recto). Studies of an Arcade (verso). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Dimensions: Overall: 10 3/8 x 19 7/8 in. (26.3 x 50.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Poznań Iconography of Poznań, The Capital of Greater Poland, Zajeta 21/13 / JULY 1655. Monogramista LAP

Trap des age, 1634 - 1647 print A staircase of the old age: a men's staircase. On the steps of the stairs, in the form of a bridge, there are men between the ages of 0 and 100. Under the bridge a representation of the Last Judgment. Left front a putto and front right. A tree on either side of the performance. At the bottom of the text: of the people on and Nedergangh falls d'aoe soet and Dander Bangh. paper the ages of man represented by a staircase. Death as skeleton

Plate showing the mosaic found in Palestrina, depicting the course of the river Nile overflowing in Upper Nile toward Mediterranean. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Mosaique (Mosaics).

See here, ô Children! the four main fabrics together; Air, water, fire and earth / reads her in the event, / thinks further what a force lies in her Operation, / and streel with this print your sentences by 't looks. Four medallions with representations of the four elements. Between the medallions a trophy with flowers, fruits, weapons and musical instruments. A verse in two columns in the undermaster. Numbered at the top right: No. 64.

Two panels of grotesque decoration, with winged human figures, birds, and griffins, from a series of panels of different dimensions representing grotesques Enea Vico Italian Publisher Tommaso Barlacchi Italian 1541

Woodcut by Sebald Beham showing the village church festival (Dorfkirchweih), depicting figures, decorations, and communal celebrations after 1535.

Cossack game, 1817, 1817 print. gameboard Board game with a spiral with compartments numbered from 1 to 63, which expresses the fright and surprise with which the Parisians looked at the arrival on the French bottom of the soldiers of the Allied army (Cossacks). In the corners of faces on Moscow: the Kremlin, the red square, the main gate and the house of Mr. Paschkoff (the later Lenin library). Different compartments show Cossacks and Weapons. In midfield a performance of the Cossack Camp on the Champs Elysée, March 31, 1814, and the rules in Dutch and in French. The Hague paper etching / engraving board-games. board-games of chance. the soldier; the soldier's life Moskou. Paris. Champs-Elysées. Kremlin

Family tree of the Habsburg house with Rudolf I of Habsburg, Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1629 print Family tree of the Habsburg house with Rudolf I of Habsburg at the bottom. The print belongs to a series consisting of six prints, one of which is title print. Prague paper engraving family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table

Drawing, Ceiling Vault Decoration, Camera da Letto, Sala di Cornelia di Palazzo Cavina, Faenza; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and ink on laid paper; 25.7 x 21.2 cm (10 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

Stefano Della Bella, Screen Depicting the Italian Rebus of Love Screen Depicting the Italian Rebus of Love

Two Maps of Ancient Rome with a River God and Romulus and Remus before 1704 Jan Goeree Dutch. Two Maps of Ancient Rome with a River God and Romulus and Remus 336077

Houten bouwsel / Wind blaast tegen een spinnenweb; Hinc Fortius Ibo / Ardentior Ibo; Symbola Divina et Humana Pontificum Imperatorum Regum.An emblem with two performances. Above a wooden structure or house. Under a spider web. The wind blows against it. The invoices of Eduard I and Eduard II of England.

Monogram onder de hand van God / Drie Gratiën; Manus Domini Protegat Me / Has Habet Et Superat; Symbola Divina et Humana Pontificum Imperatorum Regum.An emblem with two performances. Above a monogram under a hand in the clouds and thereby the year 1536. Under a landscape with the three gratients. The inventions of Charles V and his wife Isabella from Portugal.

Netherlands, Amsterdam, Ratelband and J. Bouwer, The heirs of the widow J., To understand the contents of this print thoroughly, Look up the texts described below, And take the Bible book and open it, They will give you the meaning and true explanation, verso - stamped, Block with five stories from the Old and New Testament in one representation: the Fall of Man, Noah's Ark, the journey through the Red Sea, the baptism of Christ and the fall of Lucifer. At the top the Bible references to the five stories. Numbered top right: 61., print, popular print, prints, popular prints, height 415 mm, width 310 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher, 1550 - 1650, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, colours, print maker, printmaker, 1782 - 1793

Ottoman flag, conquered in November from the Neuhäufel fortress, Johann Martin Will -, Copper Engraver

Fireworks behind a building with angelots by etch (TF)

Cœnotaphiorum (title page) 1563 Hans Vredeman de Vries Netherlandish Title page made up out of a strapwork frame with inserted trophies and ornaments related to the theme of Death. The title inscription is placed in a horizontal central compartment. Below the image is a Latin inscription, made up out of four lines, divided over two columns.. Cœnotaphiorum (title page) 402129

Britannia. Unknown Artist; English, 19th century. Date: 1889. Dimensions: 258 × 350 mm. Woodcut in black on cream laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Cartoon in Leiden student almanak, 1865. Cartoon with many different humorous scenes from student life. This prints in a separate folder in the front of the almanac. Cartoon in the student almanac of the University of Leiden of the year 1865.

Krakow Castle taken, 1605, 1605 - 1607 print Krakow Castle (Krakow Castle) besieged by Krefeld (from November 4) and taken for Spinola by the troops under the count of Bucquoy, November 7, 1605. With caption of 13 lines in German. Nummered in the bottom left: 357. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching Victory, position was Castle Krakow

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Floor plan, in a nutshell perspective and from above, for part of a fortress, fort or reinforcement. Below that a face on a fortress surrounded by water ('artinkilie'). In the corner at the top right, the number 66 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching / engraving fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. landscape with tower or castle. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). ships (in general)

Quarter Plan for a Coved Ceiling. Artist: Antenore Ridolfi (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado ca. 1538- ca. 1575); with annotations by Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1529-1566 Rome). Dimensions: sheet: 10 7/8 x 6 15/16 in. (27.7 x 17.7 cm). Date: ca. 1561. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vreingvuren in The Hague at the Peace of Westminster, 1674, Isaac Sorious, 1674 print Vreingvuren in The Hague at the celebration of the Peace of Westminster on February 19, 1674. On the canal, the fireworks in a dragon on a canal is phased out. Above that in a laurel wreath the Vrede, the Hollandse Leeuw and two provincial layers. Left and right the victory and the fame with medallions with portraits of the most important people. At the bottom of a map of the Netherlands and northern France. Numbered below: 2. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving maps of separate countries or regions. festivities (+ illumination, fire-works ~ festive activities). bonfire, fire-works The Hague

Capitals and other fragments from Albano; Archaeological finds from Albano and Castel Gandolfo; Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo. Capitarians and other fragments from ruins in Albano. Above left a sheet with text with nails on the wall. Numbered at the top right: Attn. XXI.

Designs for Plates Taken from Oudry's Illustrations to La Fontaine's Fables after 1755 After Jean-Baptiste Oudry French. Designs for Plates Taken from Oudry's Illustrations to La Fontaine's Fables 398629

Citadel van Antwerpen, ca. 1570, c. 1580 - c. 1635 print The Citadel of Antwerp, seen from above, ca. 1570. The statue of Alva Central in the courtyard is partly polished from the copper plate, but still recognizable. At the top of the weapons of Philip II and the city of Antwerp. Low Countries paper etching fortress Citadel of Antwerp (16th century)

Design for a Medal: Seated Women Being Crowned by a Winged Genius, Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), undated, Graphite, pen and black ink, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines, Mount: 11 x 7 7/8 inches (27.9 x 20 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 inches (14 × 9.8 cm), and Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 inches (10.5 × 6.4 cm), allegorical, crown, genre subject, seated, wings, woman

Design for a platter. Artist: Erasmus Hornick (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1520-1583 Prague). Dimensions: sheet: 17 1/8 x 11 in. (43.5 x 27.9 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Siege of La Rochelle, third border from top to right, the entrance from Roy to La Rochelle" (Lieure 661, Meaume 514). Etching. 1629-1630. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99596-25 Etching, engraving

Analysis of beauty, pl. 1 , Sculpture. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints

Vase Placed in Center of a Tempietto with Lattice, an Arch at the Top from Veelderleij niewe inventien van antijckesche sepultueren diemen nou zeere ghebruijkende is met noch zeer fraeije grotissen en compertimenten zeer beqwame voer beeltsniders antijcksniders schilders en all constenaers...Libro Secundo 1557 Johannes van Doetecum I Netherlandish. Vase Placed in Center of a Tempietto with Lattice, an Arch at the Top from Veelderleij niewe inventien van antijckesche sepultueren diemen nou zeere ghebruijkende is met noch zeer fraeije grotissen en compertimenten zeer beqwame voer beeltsniders antijcksniders schilders en all constenaers...Libro Secundo 408539

The new entertaining / goose game / le nouveau jeu d'oie. Goose board game with spiral with 63 numbered boxes. In different squares a representation of a goose. In midfield the title and rules in Dutch and in French in bookpress. Leged at the bottom right of midfield: 3.

Allegory on the intake of Geertruidenberg, 1593, 1593 - 1595 print Allegory on the intake of Geertruidenberg by the Staatse Army under Prince Maurits, 25 June 1593. Centrally seen the city with closed port over the water of the Biesbos, in the foreground the Spruitende Oranjeboom. In oval accompaniment with the weapons of Maurits and Brabant, personifications of the fame (Fama), caution (prudentia), justice (Justitia), strength (fortitudo) and moderation (temperantia). Decorations with trophies consisting of objects associated with warfare (left) and products of agriculture, hunting and fishing (right). With caption of 3 verses of 8 lines each in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Siege, position war. The Four Cardinal Virtues. Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa) Geertruidenberg. Biesbosch

Fireworks displays in eighteenth century Russia, 1740-1796

Panorama on the wood market, 1803. View of the interior of the painted panorama of Paris with visitors. At the bottom of the building in which the panorama was seen from outside. The panorama was to visit from September 1803 to April 1804 on the Houtmarkt (the current Jonas Daniël Meijerplein) in Amsterdam. Separate print from the Nederlandsche Mercury of 1803 or 1804, with corresponding printed description.

Woodcut illustrations of a renaissance kitchen and equipment. From 'Opera dell'arte del cucinare' by Bartolomeo Scappi (c. 1500 - 1577), an important Italian Renaissance chef. He acquired fame in 1570 when his monumental cookbook Opera dell'arte del cucinare, was published. In the book he lists approximately 1000 recipes of the Renaissance cuisine and describes cooking techniques and tools

Louis XV (king of France), Paris, Huquier, Gabriel, Meissonnier, Juste Aurèle, Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier, Ornament with steps to a terrace on which two sphinxes, This print is part of a album., print, album sheet, ornamental print, prints, height 125 mm, width 220 mm, French, 1695 - 1772-06-11, print maker, printmaker, 1738 - 1749, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1693 - 1750-07-31, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgeverij, 1710-02-15 - 1774-05-10, granter of privilege

Deez 'OS, Zoo big and fat He is / fed with grass and hay, / in terms of slaughterers do not miss. / Notwithstanding zyn fairy. Recording Date: 2014-04-17

Amsterdam, Chevalier, Nicolas, Medal with an emblem and the names of Spanish kings, verso center - written, Design of a round medal with, in ten concentric circles, the names of Spanish kings and their years of reign, starting with King Bermudo I and ending with King Philip V. In the center of the medal an emblem with three figures and the motto: 'Concedat laurea linguae'., print, prints, 16, diameter 73 mm, Work conception, 1661-06-01 - 1720, after a design by, 1713 - 1713, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker

Study for a Ceiling n.d. Jean Jacques Lagrenée French. Study for a Ceiling 343454

Project for a Canopy, Pen and ink, brush and gouache water color, graphite on paper, Two out of eight sides are shown form the inside. Supported by poles, of which the top of one is shown. Their capitals are connected by a frieze with a crest border from which lambrequins are suspended. The left one of the upper triangles shows a girl carrying a flower basket upon a pedestal. A candelabrum decorates the right one, including swans, a peacock, and other birds, and a putto holding a garland., France, ca. 1785, ornament, drawing, drawing

Des Herculis Feuerwerck auf dem hohen Walle in der Churfürstl. Sächs: Residenz Stadt Dresden verbrennet den 28 Februarÿ Ao. 1678, Brock fireworks collection, 1678

Ball Scene (TF)

Wall paintings in the Baths of Titus, Rome. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Paul Weindl from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.

Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Northern Netherlands, t' Arminiaens Testament, Het Arminiaans Testament, 1618, Detailed allegorical representation in which the Arminians are mocked. Central to the representation is a tower with small scenes of the activities of the Arminians in the cities of Utrecht, Leiden, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Gouda, Schoonhoven, Hoorn, Alkmaar and Kampen. On the tower are the innkeepers and personifications of Envy, Deceit, Slander, Temptation and Error. In the foreground angels with a banner with the provincial coats of arms. On the left and right towers with the Dutch Lion and Prince Maurits. In the air fly Fame and Time. Two columns with the legend with the explanation of the letters in the representation glued on either side of the representation., print, picture, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 354 mm, width 380 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, Work concepti

Card No. 5. (In the central part of the apocalyptic composition of the biblical flood) Schleuen, Johann Friedrich (1739 1784), Chodowiecki, Gottfried (1728 1781)

Experimentation of M. Montgolfier Aerostatic Machine on November 21, 1783 at the Castle of La Muette 1783 at the Castle of La Muette The campion. "Experimentation of Mr. Montgolfier Aerostatic Machine on November 21, 1783 at the Castle of the Muette". Water-loud colored.

Drawing, Decorative Motifs; Designed by Romolo Achille Liverani (Italian, 1809 - 1872); Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper

Deshima. Design drawing for a panel of lacquerwork with representation of the island of Deshima (NG-NM-9346).

Partial design by Melchior Michael Steidl showing figural and ornamental framework for a fresco ceiling, executed in gray feather, wash, and light watercolors with sparse white highlights.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Floor plan for a fortress, fort or reinforcement (square). Below that a face on a city (bapaume). In the corner at the top left the number 93 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city France

Entertain your eyes, youth! in seven planetes. / Every run in his circle. They therefore finds it (...). Leaf with a large representation of a staircase with seven celestial bodies: Marcurius, Mars, Luna, Sol, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Under the stairs a bow with a representation of symbolic attributes, including a harp and a book. Under the show a verse in two columns. Numbered at the bottom right: N. 186.

Talbot, Thomas, P., Aeg., London, Hondius, Jodocus (I), The Vnion of the Roses of the famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Vnio Rosarvm Lancastrensis et Eboracensis Familae, Crowned Tudor Rose with Arms, verso - stamped, A crowned rose, as the heraldic emblem of England, representing the house of Lancaster and the house of York, united by Henry VII. In the centre the escutcheon of England with the motto: Diev et mon Law. Around it numerous coats of arms, surrounded by an oval with a border inscription in Latin. At the bottom left and right two cartouches with text; on the left in Latin and on the right in English. At the top left the portrait of Henry VII and at the top right the portrait of Elizabeth of York, both in an oval surrounded by roses., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 516 mm, width 372 mm, 1563 - 1612-02-12, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, after a design by, Engels, compiler

Fireworks in Utrecht in honor of Willem IV, 1747; Illumination of the fireworks by the Heeren Students ran stubbornly in honor of his heogheit. in Utrecht. 1747. 27. July. Fireworks lit on the Neude in Utrecht Commissioned by the students of the University of Utrecht in honor of the appointment of Prince Willem IV to Stadtholder of the Republic and his visit to the city of Utrecht on July 27, 1747. Subsequent state with a central representation of Stretching the fireworks, surrounded by smaller representations of the allegorical decorations on the temple on the stellage.

Circi Maximi Descriptionem, Print made by Nicolas Beatrizet, 1507 or 1515-ca. 1565, French, after Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1500-1583, after Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1500-1583, Published by Pauli Gratiani, active 1582, Italian, Published by Pietro de Nobili, active 1582, Italian, Published by Michele Tramezzino, active 1525-1571, Italian, Published by Antonio Lafreri, 1512-1577, French, 1553, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 16 x 21 5/8in. (40.6 x 54.9cm)

Schön newes Modelbuch (Page 42r) 1608 Sigismundus Latomus German Published by Sigismundus Latomus, Frankfurt a.M.Illustrated and hand-colored title page, 94 pages of designs for lace and embroidery.. Schön newes Modelbuch (Page 42r) 685099

Drawing, The Collecting of Bitumen above; Catching Night Moths below; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Subject: Pliny the Elder (Roman, 23 - 79 CE); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper; 13.9 × 9.5 cm (5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

Map of the Heerlijkheid Maarsseveen; A part of the Heerlyckheyt of Maerseveen. Floor plan of a part of the Heerlijkheid Maarsseveen. At the top of a decorated banderole with the title. Banderol is decorated with flowers and wears the coat of arms of the Joan II Huydecoper of Maarsseveen and that of his wife Sophia Coymans. Left underneath a large banderole with face on Goudestein, a countryside in the glory. Along the river Vecht hiking a few couples and a shepherd. On the river boats and swimming swans. The allegorical figure of fame comes from behind the Banderol. She blows on a trumpet with a banner and drives away a devil. The rest of the print consists of a map of Maarsseveen. In the left area a legend with above the coat of arms of Maarsseveen. To the left thereof a scale. At the bottom left and right pictures of an arcadic landscape with putti, hardworking farmers and shepherds. Two yachts scenes in the top right corner.

Embroidered Picture (England); silk, silk wrapped wire, mica

Fireworks in Utrecht in honor of Willem IV, 1747; Illumination of the fireworks by the Heeren Students ran stubbornly in honor of his heogheit. in Utrecht. 1747. 27. July. Fireworks lit on the Neude in Utrecht Commissioned by the students of the University of Utrecht in honor of the appointment of Prince Willem IV to Stadtholder of the Republic and his visit to the city of Utrecht on July 27, 1747. Central representation of the statement for it Fireworks, surrounded by smaller representations of the allegorical decorations on the stellage temple. Signature at the top right: N. 2.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration 1800-1900 Anonymous, Italian, 19th century Italian. Design for a Ceiling Decoration 390387

Italy, Mariani, Gian Maria, Florence, Massi & Landi, Parigi, Alfonso (il Giovane), Bella, Stefano della, Le nozze degli dei favola, Liberetto in honor of the wedding of Ferdinando II de'Medici and Vottoria della Rovere, Sesta scena di tutto Cielo, verso - stamped, View from the audience of a stage separated by four pillars. Above a curtain and the coat of arms of the De'Medici family. Between the pillars dancers in various formations. Top center the gods, top left and right musicians., print, ornamental print, prints, Sixth scene: heaven, height 202 mm, width 285 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1637 - 1637, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, 1606-07-13 - 1656-10-17, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese119. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Entertainment UWE eyes, Youth! In the seven planeties. / Each running in his circle. / So they are called (...), 1856 - 1900 print Leaf with a large representation of a staircase with the seven celestial bodies: Marcurius, Mars, Luna, Sol, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Under the stairs an arc containing a representation of symbolic attributes, including a harp and a book. Under the show a verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: N. 41. Print Maker: Amsterdamprint Maker: Amsterdampublisher: Turnhout paper letterpress printing planets; planetary system, solar system

The engraving with a building a showing of the eternal struggle of good with evil based on Christianism. unknown

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Topographic plan in the shape of a fan (A. de Vesme LVI (third section, questionable pieces and pieces whose engraving or drawing is assigned wrongly to Della Bella), Dutuit 47) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Zodiac by Battista Agnese, Watercolor on parchment, 1546, circa 1500-1564, Usa, New York, New York Public Library, 25,5x17,9

Planisphaerium braheum sive strutura mundi totius ex hypothesi teyonis braehi in plano delineata; Schenck, Pieter (1660-1711), Valck, Gerard (1651 cars 1652-1726), Cellarius, Andreas (1596-1665); 1711 (1711-00-00-1711-00-00);

La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 24 (recto). Author: Matthias Mignerak. Dedicatee: Dedicated to Marie de Medici (Florence 1575-1642 Colgne). Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (23.5 x 18 cm). Engraver: Title by Pierre Firens (French, born Paris 1641). Publisher: Published by Jean Le Clerc , Paris. Date: 1605.Written by Matthias Mignerak, title page engraved by Pierre Firens, French, born Paris 1641, dedicated to Marie de Medici, Florence 1575-1642 Cologne, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is printed upon a grid and is decorated with a tree of fruit. Perched in the center of the tree is a bird. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sketches of andirons. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Layout Design for a Bookplate, Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), undated, Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink border lines, Mount: 11 x 7 7/8 inches (27.9 x 20 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 6 1/8 × 4 1/2 inches (15.6 × 11.4 cm), and Sheet: 4 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (11.4 × 7.3 cm), bookplate, design, genre subject

Print (France)

The stairs of old age. A staircase of the age: a parent staircase. On the stairs of the stairs, in the form of a bridge, men and women are aged at the age of 0 to 100 years. Under the bridge an allegorical performance with different objects, including a column, a skull, a crown and a miter. Under the show a twelve arrangement fresh in two columns. Numbered upper left: No. 47.

Coats of Arms with Corner Portraits of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: English 16th Century.

Presented at the National Assembly on July 18, 1791. (IT)

Print (France)

Funeral procession with torch -ons and students, Frans Hogenberg (Rejected Attribution), 1592 print Funeral procession with torch -ons and students, with different coats of arms and rules in German at the top of the performance. Print belonging to: Spiegel of transience, series with fourteen prints that depict the funeral of Willem II, Duke of Gelre. paper etching funerary ceremonial

Gondola with allegorical figures; Disegno della Seconda Barca Nell'INGRESSO Dell'amba.re (...). Ornamented gondola with allegorical figures. Title in cartouche mid up. Explanatory list of numbers in undermarge. On verso a drawing in brown ink from a man's face with mustache and beard. The print is part of an album.

Gefechte Auf Halbinsel Kinburn Am , Oktober , Unknown

Adelhertz nine set shielded - his princely eyes ..., Figure 13

THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES

World map. South Pole. Map by Antonius Florianus. Engraving by 16th century.

Citadel of Antwerp, ca. 1570; The castle of Antwerp / Le Chasteau d'Anvers. The citadel of Antwerp, from above, ca. 1570. The statue of Alva Central in the courtyard is partially polished from the copper plate, but still recognizable. At the top of the weapons of Philip II and the city of Antwerp.

GAME OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Game of the French Revolution ". Estampe.

Ivore Pronkschotel; Show bowl of ivory. .

Étienne Delaune drawing of Venus mourning Adonis, executed with pen, ink, and brush washed with bister on parchment.

Rome, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo, Archaeological finds from Albano and Castel Gandolfo, Pianta dell'Anfiteatro eretto da Domiziano, Amphitheatre of Domitian, verso - stamped, A plan and elaborated details of the so-called Amphitheatre of Domitian. Bottom left a bird's eye view of the remains of the amphitheater. Title in the middle. Numbered at the top: Tav. XI., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 356 mm, width 525 mm, Italian, 1720-10-04 - 1778-11-09, print maker, printmaker, 1764 - 1764, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Turnhout, Brepols, Philippus Jacobus, Trap des ouderschaps, Degres des ages, verso - stamped, Een trap des ouderschaps: een parentap. On the steps of the staircase, in the form of a bridge, stand men and women aged from 0 to 100 years. Under the bridge a representation of the Last Judgement and three smaller representations, including a representation of marriage, communion and confirmation. To the left and right of the representation trees with representations of death and burial in their crowns. Numbered lower right: No. 20., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 348 mm, width 405 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Belgisch, 1778 - 1845, publisher, uitgever, 1800 - 1833, paper, papier, houtsnede, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

A fine paper graphite sketch by Francesco Borromini showing the lantern of SantIvo alla Sapienza in Rome with sketches and lettering, dated 1632/33-1644.

Sampler, Isabella Grant, Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: counted and uncounted stitches; cross, satin, back and couching stitches on plain weave foundation, with velvet appliqué, Within a curving floral border a text:, 'The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea all which it inherit shall dissolve, And like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind. From Shakespeare. Isabella Grant Aged 12', With three floral motifs and a large building with peacocks on the terrace and trees at each side. The building is said to be Inverary Castle, the seat of the Duke of Argyle. Isabella Grant was the daughter of a farmer on the estate., Scotland, ca. 1800, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Collection of French Costume Designs or Portrait Types; Title Page. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century; Anonymous, French, 19th century; Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand (French, Briançon 1747-1825 Turin). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (16.9 x 25.1 cm). Date: ca. 1785-90.Oval cartouche decorated by a garland of roses and ribbons, with two circular insets featuring a waistlength female portrait type in late eighteenth-century costume with a fichu and a oversized bonnet. ThetTitle inscription, originally done in graphite is partly erased and has become illegible. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Limitation party of the Altyd Memorial victory and Battle of Waterloo / Fells on the 16, 17 and 18 Juny 1815, 1806 - 1830 print Leaf with a large representation of a memorial bee to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. In the middle, a group of children dance around a column with an image on it. A group of people are watching around it. Banderollen and medallions hang on ribbons with texts and names on top. Under the image a verse in three columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 121. Publisher: Zaltbommelprint Maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing reunion, memorial gathering (~ veteran soldiers). group dancing

Bibiena, Francesco Galli, Italy, Mastrozzi, Federico, Stage designs by Francesco Galli Bibiena, Dissegno della prima Scena Comparsa nella Pastorale, che per il Possesso della Santità di Papa Innocenzo XII, Pastorale, first scene, Design for a stage scene, verso - stamped, Design for a stage scene with figures on clouds under a starry sky. A winged figure sits on a carriage drawn by two horses. Italian title and text in bottom margin., print, prints, Unclear., height 495 mm, width 381 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1722, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, 1659 - 1739

The two ships at one of the Ladrones or Mariana Islands, 1600, 1646 print The two ships at one of the Ladrones or Mariana Islands, September 15, 1600. Part of the illustrations in the report of the journey around the world by Olivier van Noort in 1598-1601. No. 13. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions. maps of separate countries or regions Mariana Islands

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Pyramid of Caius Cestius 1582 Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla Italian This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears to have offered one standard, bound set of pri

Sketch for the Lobau Gallery of the Paris City Hall: Medieval Scene: Saltimanks and Musicians Hector Jean-Baptiste d'Espouy (1854-1929). Medieval scene. Saltimanks and musicians. Sketch for the Lobau Gallery of the Paris City Hall. Oil on canvas, 1890.

Map of the city of Venlo and the Fort Sint -Michiel, Daniël Marot (I), 1673 - 1752 print The Hague paper etching fortified city. plan ~ architecture Venlo. Fort Sint-Michiel

Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite, on off-white laid paper, Intended to be executed in marble and gilt bronze. Below, an oblong pedestal, upon three steps supported by calices. Alternative designs are suggested for the protruding corners of the pedestal. Above these are standing women with cornucopias. The front of the pedestal is decorated like an entablature; in the frieze hang festoons with circular portrait medallions above them. In the center is an oblong pedestal with two griffins disposed obliquely at the corners, carrying a festoon. Between them is a tablet with relief showing two women, the left of whom wears a crescent in her hair. Above, sculpture in the round of two seated captives supporting a globe, showing Europe, upon their shoulders. At top, Saturn stands on one foot, supporting a dial marked with Roman numerals. Plan at upper right and inscription throughout.

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