Ornamental Designs and Cartouches

Features diverse ornamental sketches including pendants, cartouches, and arabesques, highlighting intricate linework and decorative motifs from various eras.

Cartouche with two compartments Verscheyde Aerdige Compartementen (series title), print maker: Pieter Hendricksz. Schut, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, publisher: Nicolaes Visscher (I), print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, (possibly), 1655, paper, etching, h 253 mm × w 197 mm

Daniel Mignot, Large Pendant, Surrounded by Thirteen Studs, 1593 Large Pendant, Surrounded by Thirteen Studs

Cartouche with two compartments Verscheyde Aerdige Compartementen (series title), print maker: Pieter Hendricksz. Schut, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, publisher: Nicolaes Visscher (I), print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, (possibly), 1655, paper, etching, h 253 mm × w 197 mm

Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); France; etching and aquatint on laid paper

Cartouche with lobby ornament consisting of two compartments; Gifted aereth compunds. At the top is a mask to see and two garlands with fruit hang on the sides.

Ornament with Venus trying to prevent Adonis from hunting and different round ornaments. .

Christ hangs on the cross. A soldier stabs him in the side with a lance. The representation is framed in a cartouche and placed amidst the psalm text printed in a nodal pattern., Crucifixion of Christ The Seven Penitential Psalms (series title) Septem Psalmi Davidici (series title), print maker: Antonie Wierix (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Antonie Wierix (II), (mentioned on object), Melchior Model, (mentioned on object), print maker: Antwerp, publisher: Paris, 1608, paper, engraving, h 153 mm × w 106 mm

Woman with Vleugels, Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573 - 1610 print Console with two fish on a claw. They carry the upper body of a woman with wings. Leaf from a series of flat decorations with grotesken, cartouches, oval, mascarons, putti and fantastic creatures. The series consists of three title magazines, two text magazines with the assignment and the preface and 60 magazines, spread over three books. Germany (possibly) paper etching

Design for a Cartouche or Frame with Four Groups of Military Ornament: Flames and Thunderbolts on bottom; Swags of Bombs at Sides; Sword, Baton, and Laurel Top. 18th century Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century Italian. Design for a Cartouche or Frame with Four Groups of Military Ornament: Flames and Thunderbolts on bottom; Swags of Bombs at Sides; Sword, Baton, and Laurel Top. 340312

Daniel Mignot, Twelve Studs Twelve Studs

Leaf from series with cartouches, 1642 print Fifth print from a series of twelve with copies to a series with cartouches. Cartouche with mask on top and bottom. paper etching ornament ~ cartouche

Leaf from series with cartouches, 1642 print Eighth print from a series of twelve with copies to a series with cartouches. Cartouche decorated with two masks. Two bander rolls on Cartouche. paper etching ornament ~ cartouche

Panel filling with a flying bird ..

Strapwork Design, Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Strapwork with harpies and floral vases frame a square panel at center., Italy, early 17th century, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Framing with coats of arms. Framing with white tastes on black background with inserted coat of arms in the field, leaf out of "Stam and Wapenbuchlein, cloudy and artificial figurn, Sampt whose poetic explanation, also to nobility accommodation both for nobility persons, and allems stabbed by Newem in Kupffer, through Dieterich by Bry Leodiense.

Design for a cartel clock with acanthus motifs, a vase with flowers, a torch, a shepherd's staff, a mask and garlands., Cartel clock, draughtsman: anonymous, 1770 - 1790, paper, pen, brush, h 262 mm × w 197 mm

Cartouche or Epitaaf crowned with shell and mask, c. 1670 - c. 1680 print paper etching

Edge with a mascaron; Obachi copies to prints with decoration for edges and cups; Ornaments for goldsmith work. In the middle, a mascaron hangs in the form of the head of a woman, between four birds. One of 6 partially numbered sheets. Obaches copies to the series described under Orn Cat I-317.

Print, Painted Panel (Boiserie) Design; Designed by Jean-François-Antoine Boulanger (French, active mid 18th century); Print Maker: D.M (active 18th century); Published by Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 - 1776), Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768), Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on laid paper

Design for Two Ornamental Upright Panels, and one Ornamental Basamento (). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century. Dimensions: 12-3/8 x 8-3/4 in. (31.5 x 22.2 cm). Date: 1700-1780. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Design for a bracelet; Italy

Cartouche with mask at the top, c. 1645 - c. 1647 print From the second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after design by: Italy (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Three Frisians of tendrils consisting of leaves, rollerwork and garlands; Liure de Diuerses Frises. Between the tiles are eagles, masks and goats. In the middle are from top to bottom: a closed crown, a sacrificial alley and an octagonal medallion with a tree.

Edge ornament with canopy, 1618 print paper engraving

Leaves with a cherub at the top, Etienne Delaune, 1528 - 1573 print From series, consisting of a title page and 6 sheets with ornaments in the form of a pendant with a decoration of grotesken and leaf vines. France (possibly) paper engraving

Four paintings of Biblical performances in decorated lists, Anonymous, 1875 - 1930 photomechanical print Florence paper collotype picture, painting. frame of painting, etc.. birth and youth of Christ Florence

In the center of the pendant is a peace goddess with palm branch, flanked by two warriors with weapons. No. 8 from series of 10 sheets of pendant fronts. Gems in settings of grotesques and scrollwork, Pendant centered on a goddess of peace with palm branch Monilium bullarum inauriumque ... icones (series title), print maker: anonymous, Hans Collaert (I), publisher: Philips Galle, Netherlands, (possibly), 1581, paper, engraving, h 171 mm × w 116 mm

Rand ornament with two dolphins, 1618 print From series of title page and 11 magazines. paper engraving

Blackwork Print with Four Shweifwerk Motifs Decorated with Swag Combined with Four Small Fillets 1592-1604 Hans de Bull German Blackwork print with horizontal panel at top and bottom and two escutcheon-shaped motifs at center. Flanking the bottom panel are ring bezels, while two outward-facing C-shaped motifs are at top. From a series of six plates.. Blackwork Print with Four Shweifwerk Motifs Decorated with Swag Combined with Four Small Fillets 425409

Second sheet from Livre de Legumes; Livre de Legumes (series of seven sheets with ornaments and vegetables. Second sheet from Livre de Legumes: Series of seven ornament sheets with vegetables. (Fuhring 19)

Cartouche with head of old man, c. 1645 - c. 1647 print The man wears a hat. print maker: France (possibly)after design by: Italy (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Two awards with cartouches and putto; Sixty Different Sorts Of Ornaments (...). Two half designs of awards with rocaille ornaments, cartouches and links with a putto next to a bust with garland.

Designs for Jewelry. Joannes Andreas Pfeffel I (German, 1674-1748); after Friedrich Jacob Morisson (German, active 1693-1697). Date: 1695-1697. Dimensions: 162 x 242 mm (image/plate); 255 x 365 mm (sheet). Engraving on cream laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Johann Adreas Pfeffel, I.

Piping black man in a list of ornaments, Anonymous, 1683 - 1783 print Netherlands paper etching / engraving ornaments ~ art. African Americans. pipe ~ tobacco

Vase with flowers and tibs, Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573 - 1610 print Two branches end in Mascarons, two in fish heads with trunk and two in Hondekoppen. The vase stands on a foot consisting of turtles. Leaf from a series of flat decorations with grotesken, cartouches, oval, mascarons, putti and fantastic creatures. The series consists of three title magazines, two text magazines with the assignment and the preface and 60 magazines, spread over three books. Germany (possibly) paper etching vase ~ ornament. flowers in a vase

Conquest the castle of Milan, 1707; Ubergab und Eroberung der Statt und Schlosses Mayland. Sperm and intake of the castle of Milan by the Allies, 12 March 1707. The central representation of the toppings in a richly decorated ornamental frame with a cartouche at the top of a Castle map. At the bottom of a cartouche with the description of the events in German. Leaf in the bound set of plates released under the title: RepraesTatio Belli ... of the Spanish Successions-Krieg CA. 1720.

Sheet from series with cartouches. Eighth print from a series of twelve with copies to a series with cartouches. Cartouche decorated with two masks. Two banderoles on cartouche.

Coat of arms with three helmets, 1625 print Passionate copy to Theodor de Bry coat of arms in the book Emblemata Nobilitati .... leaf from series of coats of arms with empty compartments. Amsterdam paper engraving

Amsterdam, Blon, Michiel le, Coats of arms, Coat of arms with empty field, print, ornament print, prints, ornamental prints, height 70 mm, width 54 mm, Work conception, German, 1587-07-09 - 1656, after a design by, 1611 - 1625, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Letter P. Peter Aubry; German, 1596-1668. Date: 1630. Dimensions: 244 x 163 mm. Engraving on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Peter Aubry.

Three masks between leaf ranks, Johannes Jacobsz Folkema, After Jean Louis Durant, After 1697 - Before 1718 print Amsterdam paper engraving

Cartouche with two masks; Voorshande new compartemente. At the top of a mask with fanning shapes, at the bottom of a second mask.

Drawing, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper, Cartouche with royal symbols and elements., Italy, 1750-86, ornament, Drawing

Ovale cartouche met rolwerk, c. 1610 - c. 1620 print A mask hangs on both sides in the middle. Amsterdam (possibly) paper etching

Germany, Mignot, Daniel, In timore ac charitate de, Spes, Pendant with Spes, Spes in a frame of scrollwork with two birds, two deer, two dogs and two peacocks. Sheet from a series of pendants with virtues, consisting of a title page and 7 sheets. Three pearls hang from each pendant. Small costume jewellery is depicted around the pendants., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 149 mm, width 103 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1593 - 1616, 16th century, 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Left and right a garland of fruit. At top and bottom a mask is depicted, Cartouche with lobe ornament with garlands Verscheyde Aerdige Compartementen (series title), print maker: Pieter Hendricksz. Schut, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, publisher: Nicolaes Visscher (I), print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, (possibly), 1655, paper, etching, h 253 mm × w 197 mm

Etching by Stefano della Bella depicting cartridges, created in 1646, showing ornamental and decorative design elements.

Cartouche with cherub and winged women, c. 1628 print On the left and right is the upper body of a winged woman, she has no arms, but holds the end of a garland with her mouth. Passionate copy to page 14 from series with cartouches in frames of rolling work with grotesken, garlands and mascarons published by Pierre Mariette. France paper engraving

Front pendant with overarched niche with turret, c. 1570 - Before 1573 print For silk for a pendant. In the middle is an overarched niche with a turret. In the niche there is a jug on an elevation where a flame comes out. At the bottom left and bottom right an almost oval costume ornament. One of 9 sheets from a series of 10 sheets with pendants. Three pearls hang on each pendant. Moreover, two or four small costume ornaments on each leaf. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving During, Trinket, 'charm'

Copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem from the late 15th century depicting a variety of ornamental flowers arranged decoratively on a sheet.

Print (Netherlands)

Cartouche with lobe ornament, at the top a mask with open mouth, Michiel Mosijn, after Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1640 - 1655 print Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

Eleventh book of the work of J.A. Meissonnier: models of goldsmith: Vijfde Blad: toilet mirror; Eleventh book of the work of J. Meissonnier. Vijfde Blad ITU eleventh book of the work of J. Meissonnier: TopestsPiegel.

Two halves of frames and two halves of crown elements, 1610 print Lists and crown elements in the form of a triangle, with empty tablets. Blad 26 from series of title page and 28 magazines. paper etching

Twee festoenen, anonymous, after Artus Quellinus (I), after 1665 - c. 1700 print Upper Festoen with two pigeons, bottom with the coat of arms of Amsterdam. Copy to festons from the Prims Praecipuarum series .../ the first part of the previous statues and the cieraten .../ La Premier Partie .... Amsterdam (possibly) paper etching

Coat of arms with helmet on surface, 1625 print Three leaves can be seen on both sides. Passionate copy to Theodor de Bry coat of arms in the book Emblemata Nobilitati .... leaf from series of coats of arms with empty compartments. Amsterdam paper engraving

Three small motifs and a large motif of leaf vines and flowers, c. 1690 - c. 1700 print Leaf from the second series of 6 blades with examples of ornaments for silversmiths. Amsterdam paper engraving ornament derived from plant forms

Cartouche with fantasy heads, Agostino Mitelli, 1636 print A cartouche with fantasy heads in the edge. The print is part of an album. print maker: Bolognapublisher: RomeBolognaItaly paper etching ornament ~ cartouche

Daniel Mignot, Large Pendant, Lower Left and Right Two Creatures of the Sea, 1596 Large Pendant, Lower Left and Right Two Creatures of the Sea

Two arabesks with vase and medallion, anonymous, 1700 - 1800 print Two vertical arabesk designs. In the left design a fruit basket, vase, medallion and birds. In the right design a round medallion with amor, surrounded by flower vines, leaf motifs and braid. Augsburg (possibly) paper etching ornament ~ arabesque. ornament ~ medallion. flowers ~ ornament. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Drie ornamentrand, Placido Columban, 1776 print At the top left: K. print maker: Englandpublisher: London paper etching foliage ~ ornament

Rocaille Omlijstingen, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Rocaille ornaments with flower motifs. Publishing number 63. Augsburg paper etching Rocaille Ornament

Design for Cartouches Decorated with Sea-Shells, Garlands, Foliage, Volutes and Urns 1609-60 After Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli Italian. Design for Cartouches Decorated with Sea-Shells, Garlands, Foliage, Volutes and Urns 344021

Design of Patch Box Cover, Pen and black ink, brush and olive green, brown watercolor on laid paper, An oval medallion shows a shepherdess and a shepherd with a pipe, is suspended before an oval background., France, ca. 1770, Drawing, Drawing

Cartouche and leaf rank; Ornaments; Disegni, et abbozzi di Agostino Mitelli Intagliati Dal Figluolo di Lui Gioseppe Maria Mitelli. Above a cartouche with flowers in the edge. Under a detail of a leaf drink with curls of leaves. The print is part of an album.

Edge ornament with two winged Hermen, 1618 print From series of title page and 11 magazines. paper engraving

Design for a Breast Ornament, Carlo Ciampoli, c. 1701 - c. 1721 drawing paper. ink pen / brush brooch, agraffe, clasp

Design for Ornamental Arabesque Motifs, Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin, French, 1735-1802, Pen and brown ink with ink wash, graphite on paper, Upper left, a vertical arabesque motif which includes a winged figure terminating in vine tendrills, and above a vase flanked by herms. Lower left, a corner motif of a ceiling cove with two sirens flanking a disc supporting a circular panel, and below, another siren, from which garlands are suspended, and clutching the tails of the sirens above. Right, a vertical panel with a standing draped classical figure between vases, whose headdress is made up of a series of arabesques, a brazier, flanking griffins, and a winged half-figure with a bird on its head., France, 1770, drawing, drawing

Print (France)

Design for Pediment with Two Heraldic Crests, Lions and a Crown. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century; Attributed to Jean Charles Delafosse (French, Paris 1734-1789 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 4 7/8 x 12 15/16 in. (12.4 x 32.9 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ornament with garden vase and putti with birds ..

Three oval dials, Michiel le Blon, c. 1620 - c. 1626 print The dials are decorated with leaf vines and flowers. The numbers are not yet indicated on the dials. Amsterdam paper etching watch

Four designs for decorative patters featuring foliage, flowers, and scrolls 1830-97 Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise French. Four designs for decorative patters featuring foliage, flowers, and scrolls 385113

Frame with wings and flags, Carl Albert von Lespilliez, after François de Cuvilliés (Sr.), 1738 print A rocaille (mirror) frame with wings, grape vines, flags, shields, helmets and dragons. Germany paper etching ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations). vine-tendril, leaf. (military) flags and standards. dragon

At the top is a semicircular flat decoration with two tritons; Flat decorations with architectural fantasies and grotesken. Tritons tails run out in vultuts of leaf raft with a flower. Obachi copy to an anonymous print from the Leviores et ut Videtur EXTEMPORANEAE PICTURAE Quas Grotteweschas Volgo Vocant ...

Drie ornamentranden; Kapitelen, ornamentranden, kroonlijsten en schoorsteenmantels; A variety of Capitals, Friezes and Cornickes, and how to increase and decrease them, still retaining te same proportion as the original (...). Linksboven: K.

Germany, Bierpfaf, Johann Christian, Hamburg, Falck, Jeremias, Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum Cum AEneis picturis usui Aurifabrorum inservientib, Letter T, Sheet with the letter T from a series of 26 sheets with letters from the alphabet., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 208 mm, width 200 mm, 1609 - 1677-02-07, print maker, 1645 - 1650, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Augsburg, Carmine, Josef, Gleich, Joseph, 1er Cahier d'Arabesques et Bordures, Designs of arabesques, Arabesques with harp, verso - stamped, Three pilasters with arabesque designs with a harp and other musical instruments surrounded by floral scrolls and animals., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 299 mm, width 188 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1830, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1770 - 1830, publisher

Design for a Ceiling 1745-1800 Style of Robert Adam British, Scottish. Design for a Ceiling 364341

Print, Plate from Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (Friezes, Foliage and Grotesques); Designed by Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664); Published by Jacques Van Merle (Flemish, 1616 - 1682); Italy; etching on laid paper

Design for a Sconce 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Design for a Sconce 384363

Drawing (Italy)

Bound Print, Frame with Helmet and Dragons; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Carl Albert von Lespilliez (German, 1723 - 1796); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; 27 × 17.7 cm (10 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Ceiling with empty middle part, Daniël Marot (I), 1712 print Ceiling with empty center piece with curved corners. The middle part is surrounded by an ornamental edge and medallions with allegorical figures in the corners. From series of 6 (possibly 12) sheets. print maker: Netherlands (possibly)after own design by: Netherlands (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper etching

Print, Arabesque Ornament Design; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); Germany; aquatint and etching on laid paper

Vignette with an ornamented oval with a cherub, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print paper vignette. cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

Design for carved panel, Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731-1788, Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper, Sphinzes, with rinceaux tails and carrying fruit baskets, crouch beside a censer., France, ca. 1770, Drawing, Drawing

Ornament with a maenade with tambourine and two monkeys, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 print Ornament with a dancing Maenade with a tambourine in hand. On both sides monkeys and horns of abundance. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving ornaments ~ art. dancing. ornament derived from animal forms. fabulous animals ~ monkeys. maenad(s), female bacchant(es)

France, Delaune, Etienne, Ornament with cherub, Stephanus De Lavne inventor excidebat anno d.1573, Leaf tendrils with a cherub at the top, From a series, consisting of a title page and 6 sheets with ornaments in the form of a pendant with a decoration of grotesques and leaf tendrils., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 56 mm, width 44 mm, French, 1519 - 1583, print maker, printmaker, 1528 - 1573, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Frame with an elongated cartouche with round sides in the middle, Theodor de Bry, 1593 print In the middle of a rectangular cartouche. Left and right in the middle is a monkey. Left and bottom right rest on a volute the upper body of a winged woman with a prayer on her head. Belongs to a series of 18 blades in which twenty -four emblemata and forty -five coats of arms are printed in the middle of separate plates. The Emblemata are partly numbered A-D, 1-7 and 9-21. Three magazines have no number. The coats of arms, which are partly printed double, are unnumbered. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving

Siege Bouchain, 1711. Bouchain Bestorped and occupied by the Allies on September 12, 1711. The central representation of the toppings caught in a richly decorated ornamental frame with at the top of a cartouche with a city map. At the bottom of a cartouche with the description of the events in German. Leaf in the bound set of plates released under the title: RepraesTatio Belli ... of the Spanish Successions-Krieg CA. 1720.

Cartouche under three coats of arms with trees, Pieter Jansz, 1630 - 1672 drawing Possible design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.). ornament ~ cartouche

Frisians with leaf vines, a lion and a mask.

Torch; Histoire Metallique de la République de Hollande. The torch is decorated with leaf rights. From series vignettes with sea uts and allegories, as a illustration used in the book Histoire Metallique de la République de Hollande of P. Bizot.

Ceiling Decoration of Arch at Tripoli, James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, undated, Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 26 × 19 1/2 inches (66 × 49.5 cm), arch, architectural subject, ceiling, wall, Africa, Libiya, Tripoli

Vrouwgezicht en profil in ornamentele omlijsting.Medallion with the face of a woman and profil. In the ornamental frame two eagles, rollerwork and leaf refines.

Italy, Giardini, Giovanni, Rome, Limpach, Maximilian Joseph, Disegni diversi inventati e delineati da Giovanni Giardini da Forlì, Various ecclesiastical objects, Ornament with women on eagles standing on men, verso - stamped, Numbered top left: no. 98., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 240 mm, width 156 mm, Czech, print maker, printmaker, 1714 - 1714, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1646 - 1722, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception

Wall panel with two putti under octagonal table; Livre de Diverses Grotesques, Peintes Dans Le Cabinet de la Reine Régte, Au Palais Royal. A landscape is depicted in the list.

Design for an Earring, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper, Jewelry design for an earring. The central part has the transitional form from the knot to the wings, here done with flower stems. The usual scheme of a disk above and three drops below. Bevelled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, late 18th century, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 22) 1773 After Georges Reverdy Page from an album with 54 prints, 40 of which come from a series published by Carlo Losi in Rome in 1773. For some reason often overlooked, these prints actually reproduce16th-century designs attributed to the enigmatic French artist Georges Reverdy and the better-known Netherlandish artist Jacob Floris. All copies are in reverse. In some cases they are combined with the originals in this album. Several pages in the album are empty, indicating that some prints may have been taken out at some point.. Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 22). After Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57). 1773. Etching and engraving. Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757- after 1805)

Cartouche with a mask at the bottom and at the top; Voorshande new compartemente. With wide fanning sides.

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