Historical Decorative Medallions

Ornate medallions featuring playful children and mythical scenes, combining intricate designs and mythology from previous centuries.

St George on horseback piercing a devil, print maker: Caspar Luyken, Jacob Lindenberg, 1705

Germany, Jamnitzer, Christoph, sheet of the 'Neu Grotesken Buch' 1610, Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610, Four horizontal ovals with putti on sea creatures, Top left a putto with a horn full of flowers on a dragon, top right a putto with a branch of flowers, lying on a fish with claws, bottom left a putto hanging around the neck of a seal and bottom right a putto on the back of a dragon. Sheet from a series of surface decorations with grotesques, cartouches, ovals, mascarons, putti and fantastic creatures. The series consists of three title pages, two text pages with the dedication and the preface and 60 pages, divided over three books., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 142 mm, width 184 mm, 1563-05-12 - 1618, print maker, printmaker, 1573 - 1610, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Medallion with two children, armed with polishing. The children are on either side of a vase with leaf rights. Shaded background.

Imperial Court, Augsburg, Engelbrecht, Martin, Hildt, JS, Wachsmuth, Jeremias, Some Vases Decorated to the Newest Façade, Ornamental Vases with Birds, verso - stamped, Two rocaille ornamental vases. The left vase is decorated with two birds and a fantasy creature. Print number 183., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 211 mm, width 298 mm, German, 1711 - 1771, print maker, printmaker, 1721 - 1756, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1684-09-16 - 1756-01-18, publisher, granter of privilege

Grotesque for an Oblong Panel, Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732-1805, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper, In the center is a candelabrum with a bearded mask sticking out an enormous tong, below, with a cup in the center. From it emerge two animals heads, with ribbon-like reins which are held by a fantastic bat flying on top. Laterally are half-figures of a satyress at left, giving a stem to a satyr at right to eat. He satyr has an animals head, is facing her, and is supporting a bowl. The half figures rise from scrolls with a fantastic male sphinx below at left, head at right. At left a mermaid, at right a satyress and plants., Italy, 1730-50, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Herald (Announcer of theTriumph). Artist: Hans Burgkmair the Elder, German, 1473-1531

The fall, 1528 - 1583 print Both Adam and Eva are kneeling on a volute, with a stick on which a banner hangs. They reach for the apples on the tree in the middle. From series of 6 magazines. France (possibly) paper engraving

Design for a Sword Pommel with a Crouching Satyr. Artist: Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528-1598 Frankfurt). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (3.2 × 2.3 cm). Date: 1592-93.Pommel design trimmed from the center right of larger plate with another pommel design to the left and hilt designs above and below (Jessen I.114.2). At center of oval design, a crouching male figure with goat's legs and insect wings holding onto scrolling tendrils at either side. Above, a basket of fruit flanked by draped cloth. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Initial letter S with putto ca. 1538 Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder. Initial letter S with putto 700371

A 16th-century copper engraving by Monogrammist AC showing anatomical depiction of a vagina alongside a warrior and a nobleman, emphasizing figure and composition.

Four vases, Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1754 print Four vases. The top two are decorated with putti. At the bottom left a vase decorated with two old men sitting on lions, below a vase with four sirens. Around the vases small sketches of groups of people in landscapes and a Schildeirjen collection. paper etching vase ~ ornament

Switch jug with two saters; Gift jug. The donate can stand on a balustrade from a balcony with people, the handle points to the left. From series of 6 sheets, second edition.

Two ornamental ranks, 1507 - 1511 print Two Frisians of leaf vines on two sheets. Both cut off, stuck on top of one leaf. Two children play in the tenders of the bottom Frisian. Low Countries paper engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. human races; peoples; nationalities (+ babies and children)

Number of children. A number of children and geniuses bear a wreath of laurel blades; At the top right one of the children holds a laurel branch.

Four rows of Frisians; Differents Morceaux d'Ornementes Pour Seruir Aux Frises Corniches et Architraues. The lower fries is divided into two parts with an urn whose handle changes to a leaf drink on the right. Leaf 3 from series of 6 sheets.

St. Jerome. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

Master of the E Series Tarocchi, Clio, c 1465 Clio

Triumphar on which a flow god is; Triumphers of grotesken and rollerwork. The car moves on over water by means of a scoop wheel and a wheel. Two saters pull, two women pushing. Sheet from series of 8 blades with triumph trolles of grotesken and rollerwork with saters, animals and various other creatures, decorated with trophies, garlands and leaf refines.

Sater, sitting in scrollwork, Anonymous, 1548

Panel of Ornament with Two Nude Boys Standing on the Legs of a Satyr. Heinrich Aldegrever; German, 1502-c.1560. Date: 1549. Dimensions: 104 × 41 mm (image/plate/sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Glorification of the Host. Dated: c. 1700. Dimensions: overall: 29.5 x 26.3 cm (11 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.). Medium: pen and iron gall ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 18th Century.

On the shell is a woman holding a water lily. Also seated on the dragon's back are a man with a fish tail blowing on a shell and a man with an oar. One of 7 partially numbered sheets taken from a series of 10 sheets of pendants. Three pearls hang from each pendant., Pendant with sea dragon with a double shell on its back Bullarum inaurium (...) (series title), print maker: Adriaen Collaert, Hans Collaert (I), publisher: Philips Galle, Netherlands, (possibly), 1582, paper, engraving, h 172 mm × w 90 mm

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Frisian with two children between vines, verso bottom center - handwritten, Frisian with vines. In the center is a naked boy holding the vines, on the left a second naked boy., print, engraving, ornamental print, prints, engravings, 17, height 39 mm, width 96 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1549 - 1549, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Ornament with Wild Folk. Dated: c. 1460/1465. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Follower of Master E. S.

Initial letter Q with coat of arms. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (6.1 × 6.1 cm). Date: mid-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ewer with Handle, Cornelis Floris II, Flemish, ca. 1513-14 - 1575, Hieronymus Cock, Netherlandish, ca. 1510 - 1570, Engraving on white laid paper, The handle is at upper right; a man is bound to it by a harness at his waist. On the right side of the body a man astride a grotesque mask supports on his shoulders another man who grasps the handle. Also astride masks are a putto, at center, and a bearded man with a shell, at left., Netherlands, 1548, metalwork, Print, Print

Louis XIV (king of France), Paris, Poilly, François de (I), France, Lepautre, Jean, Jugs in ornamental frames, Two jugs facing left, The body of the jug on the left shows sea gods, the surrounding frame consists of leaf tendrils, putti, women and garlands of leaves., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 153 mm, width 221 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1669 - 1693, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1623 - 1693-04-01, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Letter E with three sitting children; Alphabet with children ..

WAPNentrofee, René Boyvin, After Rosso Foreentinerino, After Lenoneard Thane, C. 1551 - c. 1580 print Mars and Venus lie on the cloud. In the background, Vulcanus is ready to throw just over them. From series of 6 magazines. paper engraving

The Fall of Babylon, from the Apocalypse n.d. Jean Duvet French. The Fall of Babylon, from the Apocalypse 386235

Design for the Decoration over an Arch with the Personification of Justice. Artist: Anonymous, Italian. Dimensions: 5 5/16 x 2 1/16 in. (13.5 x 5.2 cm) maximum; drawing partially silhouetted.. Date: 1680-1730. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a Vase by René Boyvin. Édouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889)

Mask with a mustache whose points end in a cord with a brush, c. 1600 - c. 1650 print The cord hangs through the leaf -shaped ears. Leaf belongs to 11 for partly numbered magazines from a series of 18 entitled 'Pourtraicture Ingenieuse de Plusieurs Façons de Masques ...'. It concerns the second edition of a series described under Orn Cat I-78.1 to 11. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving

Emblem of Lucrezia Gonzaga before 1566 Giorgio Ghisi Italian. Emblem of Lucrezia Gonzaga 336040

Rocaille cartouche with eagle; Rocaille coats of arms. Rocaille cartouche with the imperial eagle with the ordinary necklace of the golden fleece.

Paris, Moncornet, Balthazar, Son, Nicolas de, Callot, Jacques, Lefebure, Francois, Livre de fleurs & de feuilles pour servir a l'art d'orfeverie, Goldsmith's bouquet with tendrils, recto lower right - handwritten, Bouquet with leaves and flowers, at the bottom a number of figures after Jacques Callot., print, engraving, ornamental print, prints, engravings, ornamental prints, verso lower left - stamped, Calot fe., height 201 mm, width 159 mm, French, 1600 - 1668-08-11, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Cartouche with two rams caps, two putti and a crown; Twelve cartouches; Nouvelles Inventions the cartouches. .

Bassin with variant for the handle, Jean Lepautre, After 1666 - Before 1682 print The left handle consists of a nymph with a dolphin, the right from a mask with a console. From a third edition. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Trophy with Two Vases and a Cuirass 1600-1800 After Polidoro da Caravaggio Italian. Trophy with Two Vases and a Cuirass 344641

Folkema, Jacob, Capital letter S with image of Aeneas, verso - stamped, Capital letter S with the image of Aeneas pulling a branch from a tree. The Sibyl of Cumae ordered Aeneas to find a golden branch if he wanted to descend into the underworld. Thanks to two doves, Aeneas found this branch., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 28 mm, width 28 mm, Dutch, 1692 - 1767, print maker, prentmaker, 1702 - 1767, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Germany, Italy, Veneziano, Agostino, Album leaf with five prints with fables, a woman with a banner and male herms, Album leaf with five cut-out prints: two male herms, two representations of fables and a woman with a banner., print, prent, ornament print, album leaf, prints, ornament prints, height 430 mm, width 292 mm, Italian, 1490 - 1536, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1536, fourth quarter 16th century, 17th century, 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), pasting, vier kwart 16e eeuw

Étienne Delaune drawing titled 'Truth daughter Time,' executed with pen, ink, and brush, washed with bister on parchment.

Departure of the angel Rafael History of Tobias (series title), The angel Rafael makes himself known to Tobit, Anna and Tobias. They kneel on the floor. Around the show an inscription in Dutch and in Latin., The angel makes himself known, Tobias and his family lie down, Crispijn van den Broeck, 1601 - 1652, paper, engraving, d 166 mm

The Monogrammist bg's late 15th-century copper engraving depicts the coat of arms of the Rohrbach and Holzhausen families, highlighting heraldic symbols and composition.

Earth. Dated: 1568. Dimensions: sheet: 25.9 x 17.9 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper proof without text. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Wenzel Jamnitzer Jost Amman I.

Ornament with winged woman. Fragment of table with ornamental decoration.

Coat of arms, held by an angel.Famila swap (top left a fence, at the top right a lion, under a winged arm, supporting a turtle) held by an angel, in oval. Belongs to a portrait of a bearded man.

Come with Wife and Draak, Theodorus van Kessel, After Adam van Vianen (I), After Christiaen van Vianen, 1646 - 1652 print The bowl has a flat bottom. On the edge is a woman who washes her foot in an elegant way. Utrecht paper etching

Wittenberg, Cranach, Lucas (I), Cross with Mary and Child, verso lower left - stamped, Cross with Mary and Child on base decorated with putti. On the verso of this book illustration is a fragment of German text and part of an image of a chalice or reliquary., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 131 mm, width 60 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1509 - 1549, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Amsterdam, Netherlands, Trophies, Trophy with quiver and lances, In between hang shells, coral, leaves and dead birds., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 391 mm, width 140 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1675 - 1700, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Esau Selling His Birthright Artist's working dates 1538-1583 France. Engraving on ivory laid paper . Étienne Delaune

Brown-black pen drawing by the Straßburger Meister depicting the coat of arms of Martin Hieblin, pastor at Freiburg Münster, around 1512-1513, with a window tear.

The weapons of the city of Leiden in the middle of four medallions (Bartsch 168) Lucas de Leyde. The weapons of the city of Leyde in the middle of four medallions (Bartsch 168). Burin. 1510. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 BC-17 AD). Latin poet. Metamorphoses 2-8 AD. Book IV. Engraving depicting the death of Pyramus and Thisbe. Italian edition. Venice, 1584.

The Sledmere Loving Cup 1808 Thomas Rowlandson. The Sledmere Loving Cup. 1808. Etching. Prints

Four rows of Frisians, Jean Lepautre, After c. 1667 - Before 1716 print The lower frieze is divided into two courses, both with rolling and leaves. Leaf 4 from series of 6 blades, each with four rows of Frisians, some of which are divided into two courses. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

It is by a divine effect ... (IT)

Triton in battle with a sea monster; Reliefs in the Loggia of Rafael. A triton, with a woman's figure on his back, fighting with a sea monster.

Etienne Delaune (aka Étienne Delaune) (French, ca. 1519 - 1583). Several Gods of Classical Antiquity (Plusieurs Divinités de l'Antiquiteé Paienne), plate 1, 1578. From Several Gods of Classical Antiquity (Plusieurs Divinités de l'Antiquiteé Paienne. Engraving.

Dish with four children and two putti; Frisians with leaf refines, sometimes with children or putti. Dish with a group of four children from whom two wear a putto on their shoulders, in a border of leaf refines with three medallions. Women's heads were depicted in the medallions. The edge has a shaded background. One of 11 sheets.

Cardinal PortoRero and the Battle of Malplaquet, 1709; Don Louis Emanuel von Portocarero (...). Cardinal PortoRero and the Battle of Malplaquet, 1709. A representation of the battle between the Allies and the French on September 11, 1709 put in an architectural frame with various allegorical figures. Centrally, the lying Cardinal PortoCarero (which is seen as the altitude of war) looks at the front right, death paints a portrait of the Cardinal who dies 3 days after the battle on September 14, 1709. Sheet in the bound set of plates released under the Title: RepraesTatio Belli ... of Spanish Successions-Krieg CA. 1720.

Augsburg, Kilian, Lucas, Germany, Newes Gradesca Büchlein, Plane decoration with grotesques, verso lower left - stamped, On the sheet are two friezes, in the upper one an inn is depicted, in the lower one a procession. Sheet 11 from a series with grotesque plane decorations with lobe ornaments., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 147 mm, width 192 mm, Work conception, German, 1579 - 1637, after a design by, 1607 - 1607, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Water Jug with Diving Figures by Theodore de Quessel, 17th century

Match; LVCIFER. A three-peak devil with six wings stands with his feet in a cave and to his chest in a globe in which people float. Illustration for Dante Alighieri's Divina Comedia. Two figures, characterized by D and V (Dante and Virgilius) inspect the devil in different places. They look at his three cups, descend by the globe and view his feet in the cave. On either side and under explanatory text in Latin.

Creation of EVA; Dance dance. God creates Eve from Adam's rib in paradise. The text gene I & II is in the margin above the print.

Italy, Bonasone, Giulio, Amori sdegni et gielosie di Giunone, Love, anger and jealousy of Juno, Juno sends Famine after Crasiton, verso attachment sheet - stamped, Juno, accompanied by her peacock, stands next to Famine (Hunger), who is scratching at the ground at the foot of a tree. Juno sends Famine after Crasiton. Below a four-line verse in Italian. The representation is set in a decorative frame with female figures and shields., print, prints, height 135 mm, width 103 mm, Italian, 1510 - 1576, print maker, printmaker, 1501 - 1580, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Frieze, Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618-1682, Etching on paper, Europe, France, 1663, Print, Print

Suleiman II, Sultan of Turkey.

Erasmus Hornick, Fancy Pitcher Fancy Pitcher

Paris, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Pillement, Jean Baptiste, Avril, Jean Jacques (I), Petits Parasols Chinois, Man under a double parasol, verso - stamped, In a landscape a man sits on an arched platform under a double star-shaped parasol., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 240 mm, width 160 mm, French, 1744 - 1831-11-26, print maker, printmaker, 1773 - 1773, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1728-05-24 - 1808-04-26, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Hood; around 1660-OK. 1670 (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);

This 1897 illustration shows the Genius of Wine and is taken from a mosaic at Pompeii. The ancients regarded the Genius as a higher power that creates and maintains life, assists at the begetting and birth of ever individual, determines the person's character, tries to influence the person's destiny for good, accompanies the person through life as a guardian spirit, and lives on in the Lares after the person's death. This motif was uncovered in Pompeii, the Roman town buried in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. It was part of a mosaic.

Grotesque figure in the form of a thicky can .. grotesque fat figure, to the right, folded hands over the belly (like a can). On his head lid from PUL; Ear as a handle. Left and right a thin grotesque. From series of 12.

Helmet with helmet and looking sitting lion, crest with climbing lion and hatching horse as helmet sign, Coats of arms, draughtsman: Jost Amman, 1572, prepared paper, pen, brush, h 211 mm × w 201 mm

Mask with a Wreath of Laurels and a Wreath of Oak Leaves, Seen from Below, from Divers Masques ca. 1635-45 François Chauveau French From a series of nineteen plates with grotesque masks dedicated to Jean de Leins, goldsmith to the Queen of England and published by Jacques van Merlen in Paris. The plates are not numbered and appear in various orders.. Mask with a Wreath of Laurels and a Wreath of Oak Leaves, Seen from Below, from Divers Masques 425536

Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), France, Lepautre, Jean, Bordures de Tableau a la Romaine, Three decorations for frames, Decorations for the middle of the top or bottom of frames. From first edition., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 214 mm, width 144 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1655 - 1657, first quarter 10th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, provider of privilege

Soldier with Coat of Arms, Dirck Vellert, 1522 print paper engraving the soldier; the soldier's life. armorial bearing, heraldry

Hans Holbein the Younger, Letter S Letter S

Two Victories in Roundels, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush with brownish grey wash on rough laid paper, Vertical rectangle top: circular medallion with Victory in chariot, directed toward left. Bottom: ovoidal medallion with two female genii raising wreaths above, panoply. Caption above top medallion, 'Vittorie;' and bottom medallion 'Vittore', Captions, as in 1901-39-3259: 'Vittorie.' Verso: part of pen sketch similar to 1901-39-3259., Italy, 1812, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Composition of three faces and the head of a RAM. Composition of two faces of bearded men, the face of a younger man and the head of a ram. In the four corners ornamental masks.

Mythological Figures. Dated: c. 1561. Dimensions: Overall: 15.5 x 9.6 cm (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.) mount: 20.4 x 14.3 cm (8 1/16 x 5 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash over red chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper; laid down. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Taddeo Zuccaro.

Can in the form of a snail house, on the spout is a man who blows on a horn, Balthazar van den Bos, after Cornelis Floris (II), 1548 print The horn forms the ear and tranquility at the other end on the back of a dog. Coming from a series consisting of a title page and 20 magazines. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving

Family tree of Frederik and Ottheinrich van Palts -Neuburg (plate 15), Jakob Clauser, After David Kandel, 1535 - 1594 print Basel paper letterpress printing family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table

Man under double parasol; Petits Parasols Chinois. In a landscape, a man is in a bow-shaped surface under a double star-shaped parasol.

Two angels on either side of two playing dogs, 1594 print Netherlands paper engraving

Four oval cartouches with putti on sea status; Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610; Leaf of the "Neu Grotesken Buch" 1610. Above left a putto with a lance, at the top right one putto with a stick, at the bottom left of a putto that is in the water in the water and at the bottom right of a putto with a flower in the hand. Leaf from a series of flat decorations with grotesken, cartouches, ovals, mascarons, putti and fantastic beings. The series consists of three title sheets, two text sheets with the assignment and the preface and 60 sheets, spread over three books.

Lions Juggling the Medici Balls, Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on gray paper, Six lions, in various attitudes, juggle with large balls, representing the palle” on the Medici arms., Florence, Italy, ca. 1550, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Decorated Capital Letter S, Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, Giovanni Passari, Italian, Engraving on paper, Letter S before St. Stephen suffering his martyrdom., Rome, Italy, ca. 1715, ephemera, Print, Print

Combat 1620-1650 France. The very small scale and closely trimmed oval shape of this decorative engraving invite close looking. The nude wrestlers onstage in the middle of the scene have discarded their clothing, leaving it in a pile in the foreground. Watching from the sidelines are soldiers in classical armor and nobles wearing the fashionable high ruff of the early 17th century. The central action of the wrestlers is charged with homoeroticism; the two naked men grapple in a tight embrace as each struggles for dominance. This engraving originally belonged to a larger sheet with Antoine Jacquardís signature and two decorative friezes.. Engraving on cream laid paper . Antoine Jacquard

Victories of King Willem III in Ireland, 1690; The Glorieuse campaign from William de III king of great Britannien Neffens some quantified actions of the events and confredpled in the year 1690. Large print on two blades in which the victories of King Willem III are celebrated in Ireland and the victories of the Allies in France in the year 1690. Upper half with centrally worked on the Boyne on July 11, 1690. With fame in the sky and at the front of the English unicorn and the Dutch lion. Six smaller scenes of the battle between Willem III and Jacobus II on either side. Lower half with the open compartment intended for the almanac under the struggle at Naples surrounded by six tokens. On both sides smaller scenes of the battle between Willem III and Jacobus II in Ireland and between the Allies and France, to the right the conquest of Canada by the English.

Gothic-style engraving depicting naked women pampering an old man, whilst another man looks on.

Two friezes, both with raptors, Michiel le Blon, c. 1611 - c. 1625

Hans Burgkmair, known as the old (1473-1531). The triumph of the Emperor Maximilien I: a hundred and two board (Dornik-Eger 36, Bartsch 81). Xylography, 1512-1519. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Drawing, Germanic emperor, glory, glorious memory, glorifying, glorific, history, illustration, historical book, memory, narration, drawing, triumph, 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th century, engraving

Ornament with a Mask Held by Two Genii Made 1544 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Hans Sebald Beham

Putto, standing on a decoration of volutes and leaf refines. Shaded background. Fragment of decoration for the sheath of a dagger, the leaf is not present as a whole.

Decorated Capital Letter I, Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, Giovanni Passari, Italian, Engraving on paper, Letter I before St. John, kneeling and pausing in his writing., Rome, Italy, ca. 1715, ephemera, Print, Print

Caltnadel print by Meister von 1515 depicting a decorative band with a gable and cherub head, created in the first third of the 16th century.

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