Ornamental Designs and Grotesques

Detailed ornamental prints featuring intricate decorations, fantastical creatures, and designs suitable for various artistic applications.

Paris, Leclerc, Jean (publisher), France, Picart, H., Border ornaments and points for goldsmiths, Border ornament with weapon trophy, From series of title page and 11 sheets., print, ornament print, prints, ornamental prints, height 66 mm, width 109 mm, French, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1560 - 1622, publisher

Four puts, leaf from the "Neuw Grottensken book". .

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Design for a Ceiling Decoration: A Gathering of Mythological Figures (recto); Dancing Satyr and Two Seated Figures (verso) 1652-1726 Anton Domenico Gabbiani Italian. Design for a Ceiling Decoration: A Gathering of Mythological Figures (recto); Dancing Satyr and Two Seated Figures (verso) 338813

Drawing, Ornamental Design for the Letter B; Gilles-Marie Oppenord (French, 1672-1742); France; pen and black ink on white laid paper; 13.5 x 12 cm (5 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Rocaille Omraming Met Jonge Man, Anonymous, After Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Rocaille surraming with young man with flute, hat and staff in landscape. Publishing number 109. Augsburg paper etching rocaille ornament. youth, adolescent

Netherlands, France, Vauquer, Jacques, Watch cases: lids and sides, Watch case and three strips, Watch case with the Holy Family, an angel and John the Baptist., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 100 mm, width 144 mm, Work conception, French, 1621-10-11 - 1686-08-31, after a design by, 1631 - 1736, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Design for a Ceiling Decoration with Chinoiseries. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 18th century. Dimensions: 10-1/4 x 13-3/4 in. Date: 1725-75. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Modelli Artificiosi di Vasi diversi d'argento et altre Opere capriciozi (...) Parte prima (Plate 8) 1646-52 Theodor van Kessel Dutch Plate 8 with a design for a ewer, facing right and characterized by numerous masks. From the first part of a series of 48 plates with designs in the Auricular style, predominantly after Adam van Vianen although some might be designs by his son Christaen. The designs were etched by Theodoor van Kessel and published in Amsterdam by Christaen van Vianen around 1646-1652.. Modelli Artificiosi di Vasi diversi d'argento et altre Opere capriciozi (...) Parte prima (Plate 8) 639889

Leaf -shaped cartouche with a putto on a dolphin, Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573 - 1610 print The putto holds lisdodden in his hand. There are fantastic creatures in the corners of the magazine. 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

Three pilasters with grotesques and various mythical figures and scenes, Grotesque with Diana on cloud Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title), print maker: Johann Adam Delsenbach, (mentioned on object), Paul Decker (I), publisher: Johann Christoph Weigel, Neurenberg, 1700 - 1725, paper, etching, h 221 mm × w 173 mm

Four Cherubs, Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573 - 1610 print At the top left a cherub with a pleated remedy and a hat with a cooking. 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 ornaments ~ art. neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME). cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

. Vase with flowers in the middle. Above a seahorse under a canopy. From series of 6 sheets.

Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, The four seasons, Summer, verso - stamped, A nude woman with a bundle of grain in her hand on a cart drawn by birds. The representation is surrounded by an ornamental border with medallions with the months, Ceres and Saturn., print, prints, height 149 mm, width 211 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

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

Bound Volume, Frontispiece for Book 4, in Eight books of Ornament; William Delacour (French, 1741 - 1767); Engraved by François Vivares (French, 1709 - 1782); France; engravings on white laid paper, bound in half-calf and marbled boards; Open: 41.4 x 48.1 x 11.7 cm (16 5/16 x 18 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Horizontal Panel Design with Two Young Male Figures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century; In the manner of Polifilo Giancarli (active in Venice ca. 1600-1625). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 10 5/16 in. (18.3 x 26.2 cm). Date: 17th century (first half).Design for a horizontal panel with a meandering rinceau. Between the rinceaux there are two young male figures whose lower bodies morph into the acanthus scrolls. One figure on the left looks over his shoulder and supports one of the shooting acanthus leaves. The second figure, right of the center, wears a laurel wreath and supports part of the rinceau with his shoulder. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cartouche with two lions and a putto, Stefano della Bella, 1646 print print maker: Franceafter own design by: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Ornament with two sphinxes, print maker: Monogrammist AC (16e eeuw), print maker: Allaert Claesz., (possibly), print maker: Meester van de Paardenhoofden, Low Countries, 1520 - 1562, paper, engraving, h 84 mm × w 40 mm

Oval medallion and rectangular panels; Black ornaments for gold and silversmiths. The medallion and panels are decorated with white tendrils and Schweifwerk on a black surface. There are also flowers, insects and a hunting party on the print. Leaf 5 from series of 7.

LETTERS OF SALOMO, 1595 print Ornamental letter S from Solomo. The letter is formed at the bottom by leaf vines and a female semi -figure with wings. In the middle of a putto with wings. The letter is further decorated with a butterfly, parrot, bunches of fruits and a turtle. Verso verses in Latin and German. Print is part of an album. Frankfurt paper engraving / letterpress printing letters, alphabet, script. foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. ornament ~ human parts. tortoises, turtles

Letter O van "O Lord"; Ornamental alphabet; Nova alphati effictio. Ornamental letter O with left and right hoses and putti with a magnifying glass in the hands. In the middle of an eagle. Central a trophy. Around the letter continue to lines Fruits, a spider and a crab. On verso verses in Latin and German. Print is part of an album.

Foliage Ornament from Ancient Roman Church 1525-1540 Italy. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Agostino dei Musi

Six lids and two spouts for gift jug; Modelli Artificiosi di Vasi Diversi d'Argento. The upper lid consists of a fishing cup on which a small man is sitting.

Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500 - 1550). Frieze with Two Tritons, 16th century. Woodcut.

Vase with Two Female Hybrid Figures 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Vase with Two Female Hybrid Figures 389754

Drawing (Italy)

Plate Four from Collection of Various Vases. Stefano della Bella; Italian, 1610-1664. Date: 1630-1648. Dimensions: 83 x 204 mm (image/sheet, cut within platemark). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Ornament with Sater and dolphins. Frisian with in the middle the upper body of a Sater with a double fish tail instead of legs. The Sater is flanked by two defensed dolphins that he likes to be with the tail. Copy in mirror image.

Three Escutcheons, No. 9 from 'Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664, Etching on paper, No. 9 of the same set as -10, 'Raccolta di varii cappriccii,' etc., Italy, 1646, Print, Print

Anatomical study of the hip. At the top right numbered T. 99.

Drawing for a Rocaille Escutcheon, Black and red crayon on paper, Vertical rectangle, leaf scrolls on top, the field has the general outline of a pedestal., 1740-60, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Putto on eagle; E Cinquieme Livre d'Orgenuen; Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier. A putto with a bow is on the back of an eagle. Around the show a Rocaille frame. Print number 33.

Letter F with the Divine Virtue Fides, Faith, 1595 print Ornamental letter F with the Divine and Theological Virtue Fides, Faith, standing as a naked woman with cross and Bible in hands. Her hairs grow in flowers and reed stems. At the top right of the letter a putto with fruits and a laurel wreath with collapsed hands, symbol for the covenant, on a cord. The letter is further decorated with birds, bunches of fruits, a lobster and a fish. Verso verses in Latin and German. Print is part of an album. Frankfurt paper engraving / letterpress printing Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. shaking hands, 'dextrarum junctio'. flowers ~ ornament. fruits and vegetables ~ ornament. letters, alphabet, script

Decorative Letter "I" with Putti (Embroidery Design) 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Decorative Letter "I" with Putti (Embroidery Design) 388731

Print (France)

Distelornament, 1465 - 1485 print The thistle was frequently used in sculpted altars and in the ornamentation of the Middle Ages. paper engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. plants and herbs: thistle

Masks and hats., 1688, Engravings, 4 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (12.4 x 21 cm), 6 11/16 x 10 1/16 in. (17 x 25.5 cm), Stamped in red ink (title page) MWS Unknown (Lugt 1922)

Netherlands, Monogrammist IG, Ornament with two fantasy animals and candlestick, verso lower left - stamped, print, ornament print, prints, height 95 mm, width 82 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1522 - 1530, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Twelfth book of the work of J.A. Meissonnier: Models d'Orfèvrere: Titelblad: Silver Sculpture Chandeliers Book; Twelfth book of the work of J.A. Meissonnier.title Page of Twelfth Worksbook of J.A. Meissonnier: Three-Armed Candlestick, Decorated with Branch

The Original Sin Artist's working dates 1538-1583 France. Engraving on ivory laid paper . Étienne Delaune

Cove. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 8 x 9-5/8 in. (20.3 x 24.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Two Frisians with putti and cherub. In the upper fries, two putti with palm branches are in hand. In the lower two cherub.

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Suggestion for the Decoration of Lower Right and Top Right of an Altar Frame, Plate 4 from an Untitled Series with Rocailles Ornaments for Altar and Door Frames. Artist: After Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (German, Kufstein 1712-1761 Augsburg). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm). Engraver: Wolffgang Christoph Mayr (German, active Kassel and Augsburg (), ca. 1740-1770). Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Date: Printed ca. 1750-56.Page from an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht. The binding describes the content as cartouches (after the first series in the album) but it is much more varied, ranging from rocaille ornament and cartouches to designs for altars and pulpits, as well as allegorical compositions in which rococo ornament is featured, all by well-known Rococo designers working in Augsburg. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Y

Copper engraving by Martin Schongauer depicting a horizontal ornament, created in the last third of the 15th century, showing decorative elements.

Kan en Vaas, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print A jug and a vase with rocaille ornaments. Publishing number 143. Augsburg paper etching vase ~ ornament. rocaille ornament

Panel with leaf vines and two half samples, 1684 print A leaf vank sprouts from the neck of a monster and runs into the upper body of a second sample, on which an insect is located. Leaf from series with opposite copies to the series De Grotesco by Nicasius Rousseel. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

At the top is the head of a cow. Below is the head of a ram, flanked by two sheep, Cartouche with lobe ornament with animals Veelderhande Niewe Compartemente (series title), print maker: Michiel Mosijn, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, publisher: Clement de Jonghe, Amsterdam, 1640 - 1655, paper, engraving, etching, h 244 mm × w 192 mm

Rocaille ornament with flowers; Designs of seed beads with floral. Racaille ornament in Landscape with Flowers. Publisher Number 120.

Jonas Haas (1721-1775), Vignette to "Taken by the Danish history from 1333-1559", 1752

Leonardo Loredano En Johannes Farnese, Paul Friedrich Engelbrecht, after Jeremias Wachsmuth, 1729 - print Two rocaille frames. On the left an elephant in a forest landscape. Up and below the show The lyrics Leonhardus Loredanus Dux Venetiae, Nascetur. On the right four corn sheaves in sun rays. Up and below the show The texts Iohann Fernesius Dux Gamerini, Flavescent. Augsburg paper etching ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations). trunked animals: elephant. sheaf

Design for Medallion of King Canute 1801-1867 England. Pen and gray ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper . Robert Smirke, the younger

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Blon, Michiel le, Coats of arms with empty fields, Coat of arms of Minema, Reduced opposite copy of the coat of arms, without the peacock on the helmet, without banderole and with an empty shield., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 83 mm, width 80 mm, Work conception, German, 1587-07-09 - 1656, after a design by, 1627 - 1627, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Two of hearts (Bartsch 327) Virgil Solis (1514-1562). Two hearts (Bartsch 327). Burin. 1545. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Lazio Roma Subiaco Monastery of S. Scolastica Monastic church6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views (in Medieval core collection). Views of 18th c. renovated interior, including nave, altar, ceiling, organ, chapels, paintings, choir, sacristy, refectory. Detail views of 15th c. frescoes in the Grotte di S. Scolastica. 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.

Advertising PRIST for Gold leather, Jacob Frijberger (attributed to workshop or), 1600 - 1699 print Ornament print with four putti, tendrils, flowers, birds and fruits. A crown in one of the corners. paper etching ornaments ~ art

Drawing, Lions Juggling the Medici Balls; Italy; pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on gray paper; 16.9 x 25 cm (6 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Ornamented letter C with an allegorical woman figure. .

Print, Europe, Print

Right half of a large cartouche with a show of the night; Compertimenta Pictoriis Flocculis Manubiisque .... Presentation of the night in the form of a sleeping man with an owl next to him. Shaded background. Belongs to series of 14 sheets cartouches with rollerwork, grotesken, trophies and friezes. The title sheet is missing.

Volute and leafy Rocaille ornaments. Left Below 70 Numbered.

France, French crown, Paris, Langlois, François, Bella, Stefano della, Raccolta di varii cappricii, Cartouches, Cartouche with two eagles, a helmet with plume and two empty shields., verso - stamped, print, ornament print, prints, height 233 mm, width 184 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1646, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher, issuer, grantor of privilege

Horizontale cartouche met masker, anonymous, after Lucas Kilian, after Melchior Tavernier, 1657 - 1685 print Left and right an enclosed naked figure. From series of 22 or 29 sheets with cartouches in Italian lobe style, fourth edition. Paris paper engraving

Two half stews; Dessoints De Brasiers Dont Les Ornements Peuvent Servir Aux Cuvettes, Tables and Autres Ouvrages d'Orfevrerie. The stew left is worn by a putto, the stove on the right by a young man. Left and right are three halves of smaller stews and ornaments. Leaf 2 from series of 6 sheets, first edition.

Frisian with four putti and a sea horse, Jacob Binck, After Barthel Beham, 1510 - 1569 print Copy in mirror image to a print of Barthel Beham Germany paper engraving sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', (horse/fish) (mythological hybrid monster). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Two half circles with weapons and armor trophies above a horizontal trophy with weapons and musical instruments; Panoplia SEV Armamentarium .... Two semicircular edges with weapons and harness trophies, above a horizontal compartment with trophy of harness, weapons and musical instruments. From series, consisting of a title page and 16 sheets.

Table fountain with rollerwork and grotesken. The foot consists of four leged legs. Above it depends on the stomach of the water basin. Three female saters wear the plateau.

Dome, a beautiful, stefano (Frenchs étienne de la belienne of the belle) (9664-08-22), caval carrelines and novelted varie. Other Cartouche. Fiveed degrees of a suite de 18 feet. (A. DEVESME 1031; DUTUIT 124) (Title Principal). Heu-strong. Petit Palais, Musée des beaux-texts de la Ville.

Rolling car with a woman pulled by two men, a turtle and a dog, Anonymous, After Cornelis Floris (II), After Cornelis Bos, 1552 print Behind the turtle is a woman with a stick. The dog is kept by another woman by the ears. The car is pushed by a dog and two men. Belongs to series of 4 sheets. Netherlands (possibly) paper etching ornament ~ grotesque. chariot, triumphal car

Ontwerp voor een miskelk.Design for a chalice of partially gold-plated silver, with an angel with an oily puppy, the lamb of God and a cherub with the sweat cloth of the holy veronica, a trunk shaped as cherubs that torment the globe, and a cuppa with cherubs and coats of arms With three nails, the sponge () and the inscription in [RI, on the right a sketch of a cherub. Verso sketches in graphite, including a colonnade and a dog and some calculations.

Stew with variant for right half, after 1690 - Before 1716 print The left side of the stove is worn by a sphinx, the right side by a console with the head of a ram and the leg of a goat. Left and right are two half stewing and three animal masks in the middle. Page 6 from series of 6 magazines, first edition. print maker: France (possibly)after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper engraving

Quellinus, Artus (I), Pilaster Festonnen, Two trophies, A spindle hangs from the trophy on the left, two masks hang from the trophy on the right. Reverse copy after prints published by Hubertus Quellinus and prints published by Johannes de Ram. Festoons in the town hall of Amsterdam., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 253 mm, width 129 mm, Work conception, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1609 - 1668-08-23, after a design by, 1665 - 1700, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Acanthus Scroll 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian. Acanthus Scroll 389387

Plat decoration with a breast kuras at the bottom, c. 1500 - 1536 print At the top is a vase between two dolphins. Shaded background. Germany (possibly) paper engraving

Four rows of Frisians; Differents Morceaux d'Ornementes Pour Seruir Aux Frises Corniches et Architraues. On the lower fries are five putti, one of them sits on a dolphin while another sea horse kills a lance. Leaf 4 from series of 6 sheets, each with four rows of Frisians, usually divided into two to four compartments.

Frisian with a vase in the middle with leaves. The vase has two ears in the form of fish. Shaded background.

The foot of the jug is a claw standing on a turtle. On the ear is a winged satyr blowing on a conch shell. Comes from a series consisting of a title sheet and 20 sheets, Jug in the shape of a snail shell with a spout in shell shape 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 225 mm × w 169 mm

A falconer surrounded by dogs, Bartholomeus van Lochom, Hans Janssen, Frederik de Wit, after 1680 - 1690

Medallion with landscape in rectangular table; Ornamental panels. There are figures, a vase, a mask and leaf raft within the list.

Old female sater, sitting in a loop of rolling; Frisians with grotesken, rollerwork, fantasy stations, animals and leaf drinks; Ornament leaf. Le BL. 59. Left and right is a Sater, blowing in a shell in the end of the loop. Belongs to series of 6 sheets.

Left under corner of a print of the scene of Cebes, Philips Galle, After Frans Floris (I), 1561 - 1596 print Allegory about the salvation road of man. Life as a city with three walled sites, with a temple in the middle. At the outer gate the souls of children are waiting, ready to enter adult life. Before entering, they get something to drink from temptation (seductio), which makes them ignorant. The first walled site shows all kinds of transfers and distractions, such as prejudice (opinion), desire (cupiduas), doubt (error) and ignorance (ignorantia). They prevent the youthful person from penetrating further to the next circle. Only by following the personifications of repentance (Poenitentia), Hope (Spes) and Good desire (Bonnnem Desiderium) can people gain access to the second circle. There he is taught in all forms of worldly knowledge. On the left are the seven Artes Liberales and on the right various scholars debate. Man is put to the test in this circle and confronted with false

Project for a Frieze, Black chalk, pen and ink on paper, The left half of a frieze. An acanthus spiral is springing from the tail of a crouching gragon at right, whose head is turned back-wards. A putto is climbing upon the tail., Italy, 1610-1630, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Rocaille ornament with flowers; Designs of seed beads with floral. Racaille ornament in Landscape with Flowers. Publisher Number 120.

Vignette with child and plant tendrils. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

Arch decoration of two winged victory characters, Jean Lepaut, c. 1666 - c. 1693 print Third magazine from series of 5, unnumbered, second edition. France (possibly) paper etching

Beham, Barthel, Frisian with four putti and a seahorse, verso left - stamped, Frisian with two putti on a seahorse whose head strongly resembles that of a goat. Another putto carries a horn of plenty and the fourth naked boy lifts bunches of grapes., print, ornament print, prints, height 27 mm, width 80 mm, 1502 - 1540, print maker, printmaker, 1512 - 1540, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Frisian with mask between leaf vines, c. 1668 - c. 1689 print To the left of the mask is a garland of leaves, on the right a gurilande of flowers and leaves. Page 5 from series of 12 sheets. after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Rome paper engraving

Grotesque mixing system, a horn blowing, leaf from the "Neuw Grottensken book". .

France, Delafosse, Jean Charles, Thouvenin, Quatrieme Cayer, Frieze with smoking vessel and tendrils, verso - stamped, On the left a round medallion with a smoking vessel, on the right a snake and tendrils. Numbered Y at top right, numbered 6 at bottom right., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 121 mm, width 280 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1744 - 1789, paper, papier, etching, etchings, French, 1734 - 1791-10-11, intermediary draughtsman

France, French Crown, Paris, Langlois, François, Bella, Stefano della, Raccolta di varii cappricii, Cartouches, Cartouche with male and female satyr with pitchers, a young satyr and two reclining goats, verso - stamped, print, ornament print, prints, height 160 mm, width 103 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1646, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher, issuer, grantor of privilege

Rocailles.Rocaille ornaments with floral motifs. Publisher number 104.

Frieze designs with dogs; Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682), Stapf, Johann Ulrich (CA 1642-1706); around 1660-OK. 1670 (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);

Rocailles, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Six rocaille ornaments. Publishing number 140. Augsburg paper etching Rocaille Ornament

Designs for Nine Helmets (recto); Designs for Seven Helmets (verso) 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Designs for Nine Helmets (recto); Designs for Seven Helmets (verso) 343216

Medusa crushed by the lion of Sint Marcus, Robert van Audenaerd, 1673 - 1743 print A console with the lion of Saint Marcus as a symbol for Venice. He crushes Medusa on a bladder ball. His fire goes out. Medusa is a symbol of evil here. The print is part of an album. paper engraving bellows. lion (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Mark. Medusa (one of the Gorgons)

Augsburg, Kilian, Lucas, Germany, Newes Gradesca Büchlein, Plane decoration with grotesques, verso lower left - stamped, Bacchus seated under an arch of vines, flanked by flower vases held by monkeys. Sheet 8 from a series with grotesque plane decorations with lobe ornaments., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 190 mm, width 142 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

Drawing, An escutcheon, a trophy, a label, a decorative motif for a frieze; Filippo Marchionni (Italian, 1732-1805); Italy; charcoal, pen and ink, brush and gray, brown watercolor on paper; 18.3 x 24.5 cm (7 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Fable of the Es and the reeds. An es is blown up and irradiated by the wind. In the foreground bundles of reeds that blow with the wind. The fable describes how the es found himself better than the reed, but is irrolled by a stiff wind, while the reed does not suffer from the wind. The moral of the story teaches that pride comes before the fall.

Design for a Decorative Frieze ca. 1825-50 Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for a Decorative Frieze. Anonymous, French, 19th century. ca. 1825-50. Graphite, black chalk, heightened with white. Drawings

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