Ornamental Designs and Motifs

A collection of intricate ornamental designs featuring floral, leaf motifs, and mythical creatures, characterized by detailed etchings and a classic style.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Ornament with an eagle under a canopy, verso - stamped, Ornament with an eagle under a canopy and dancing putti on either side., print, ornament print, book illustration, prints, height 95 mm, width 182 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing

Medallion and ornaments; Nouveau Livre De Serureries (...). An oval medallion filled with braid, left and right two ornaments with leaf motifs.

Buildings in the garden of the Villa Montalto, Melchior Küsel (I), after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1682 print Text in German in the lower margin. Numbered in the bottom right: 6. Print is part of an album. paper etching sham-buildings Rome

Upper part of a jar with three parts to be vary, anonymous, after Paul Flind (the young), c. 1500 - 1598 print The decoration consists of curl work with a cherub (in the middle), a fruitguirle between mascarons (center) and a lying oval with a landscape (bottom below). Equal-sided copies of the series listed under Orn Cat I-324. Title page and 13 magazines. print maker: Germany (possibly)after design by: Germany (possibly)publisher: Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Habermann, Franz Xaver, Designs of rocaille ornaments, Rocaille ornaments with bird, verso - stamped, Designs of rocaille ornaments with leaf motifs and bird. Publisher number 117., print, ornament print, prints, ornamental prints, height 204 mm, width 313 mm, German, 1721 - 1796, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1775, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Two leaves with animals, 1866 print At the bottom left, the tail of a winged lion runs out in a leaf vank, a leaf vine from a mascaron in the top right. At the top left: 1re partie, at the top right: A. N ° 4., bottom right: 5. Liège paper

Plate 7, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths), Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, Jean Bérain, the Elder, French, 1640 - 1711, Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703, Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716, Engraving on laid paper, Vertical rectangle showing an escutcheon surrounded by interlacing arabesques with a bird and nude man whose body terminates in an acanthus leaf. Floral design at each corner., France, 1662, albums (bound) & books, Print, Print

This 1543 etching by Augustin Hirschvogel depicts an ornamental strip with a central mask, showing decorative motifs and symmetrical composition.

New ABC Booklet: C, 1627. Lucas Kilian (German, 1579-1637). Engraving;

Design for a Frieze Decorated With a Palmette and Tendrils (recto); Two Designs for a Rosette (verso). Artist: Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, Florence 1652-1725 Florence). Dimensions: sheet: 1 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (4.2 x 11 cm). Date: 1652-1725. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Ornament with an eagle under a canopy, verso - stamped, Ornament with an eagle under a canopy and dancing putti on either side., print, ornament print, book illustration, prints, height 95 mm, width 182 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing

Mars, Jean Moyreau, after Jean Antoine Watteau, in or before 1729 print Mars is on a pedestal with cannons and shields for a drapery. Weapon trophies and two guns flank the god. Dressed monkeys are on ornaments with weapons and light the guns. Around the show a ornamental frame with arabesks. Paris paper etching (story of) Mars (Ares). monkeys, apes

Kandelaber with kneeling woman, anonymous, after Jacques Androuet, in or after 1562 print A candle slicer. In the middle, a woman kneels on a postament. She holds a helmet in every hand. On her head she wears a cartouche with a figurative representation. There are Meermanen on the Cartouche and there is a winged female Sater without arms. Paris paper etching chandelier, candelabrum. kneeling figure - AA - female human figure

Designs for parts of Musket or Haakbus, Jean Berain (Le Vieux), 1659 print From series of 9 sheets. paper engraving firearms. flat decoration ~ applied arts. ornaments ~ art

Three Frisians with arabesken above each other; Ornament. 2 sheets. There is a bird in the upper frieze.

Helmeted woman with shield and spear, Philips Galle, Marcus Geeraerts, 1547 - 1612.

Paris, Leclerc, Jean (publisher), France, Picart, H., Border ornaments and points for goldsmiths, Border ornament with two winged herms, From a series of title page and 11 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 108 mm, width 153 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

Plate One from Plusieurs Models des plus nouuelles manieres qui sont en usage en l'Art de Arquebuzerie. Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: sheet: 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm). Engraver: C. Jacquinet (French, Paris, active mid-17th century). Publisher: Thuraine (French, Paris, active mid-17th century); Le Hollandois (French, Paris, active mid-17th century). Date: ca. 1660.Little is known about the royal gunmakers, Thuraine and Le Hollandois, who published the pattern book from which this sheet comes. It remains a rare and important document of Parisian gunmaking and the leading style of firearms ornament early in the reign of Louis XIV. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606, Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600, Lucas van Doetechum, Dutch, after 1584, Gerard de Jode, Flemish, 1509 - 1591, Etching on laid paper, Grotesque panel. In center, a warrior with a bow has just shot an arrow at a bird., France, 1564, ornament, Print, Print

Title Page: Large Pendant, Venus and Amor at Centre. Dated: 1596. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Mignot.

Ornamental Design with an Angels Head at Top Albrecht Altdorfer German. Ornamental Design with an Angels Head at Top 430149

Panel with pedestal between two dogs; Frises et ornemans de paneaux.op the pedestal is an eagle. From series of 6 sheets with Frisians and ornamental panels.

Cartouche. Dated: probably 1646. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: François Collignon after Stefano Della Bella.

Groteskes ornament with cartilage, leaf from the "Neuw Grottensken book". .

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Habermann, Franz Xaver, Rocaille frame with young woman, verso - stamped, Rocaille frame with young woman with staff and sheep in a landscape. Publisher number 109., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 285 mm, width 176 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1775, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, German, 1721 - 1796, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Ornament with fantasy bees, monogram miss Ig, 1522 - 1530 print Low Countries paper engraving fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa) (+ ornamental variants of animals)

Five motives, Anthonie de Winter, After Anonymous, c. 1690 - c. 1700 print On the leaf are two Frisians with leaf vines. Leaf from series with copies to Stefano della Bella, Gilles Légaré, Thomas Lejuge and others. Amsterdam paper engraving

Acanthus ran with vaas, anonymous, after aegidius bichel, 1698 print Acanthus drinks with a vase with flowers in the middle. Augsburg paper engraving acanthus ~ ornament. vase ~ ornament

Letter E.Letter E against a background with braid smoke barrels, a flower basket and birds.

Vase and musical instruments, anonymous, After Pierre Ranson, 1746 - 1775 print In a rectangular frame flowerguirles and flowers in an ornamented vase with handles. Below that a rectangular frame with sheet music and musical instruments such as a lute, a violin, a horn and a bagpipe. Publishing number 250. Augsburg paper etching vase ~ ornament. musical instruments; group of musical instruments

Candelabra Grotesque with a Cat. Artist: attributed to Andrés de Melgar (Spanish, documented S. Domingo de la Calzada, died after 1554). Dimensions: 3-1/8 x 7-1/2 in. (7.9 x 19.1 cm). Date: ca. 1545-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Omlijstingen, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Two frames with rocaille ornaments and flower motifs. Publishing number 186. Augsburg paper etching Rocaille Ornament

Ornament with an eagle under a ballroom. Ornament with an Eagle Under a Canopy and Dancing Putti on Either Side.

Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith), Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637, Heinrich Renbage, German, active ca. 1580 - 1590, Blackwork engraving on laid paper, Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In a grotesque field, the medallion depicts a seated woman smelling roses in a landscape., Germany, ca. 1580, ornament, Print, Print

Paris, Lejuge, Thomas, France, Master PC, Liuvre de Feuilles d'Orfeurerie et de taille depargne, Two ovals between foliate scrolls, The ovals are filled with foliate scrolls. From a series of 6 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 144 mm, width 214 mm, Work conception, after a design by, 1672 - 1676, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, 1648 - 1685, publisher

Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), Italy, Giancarli, Polifilo, Disegni Varii, Triton and siren beside sea monster with beak, The rest of the sheet is filled with a tendril in which a child is climbing. From a series of 10 sheets., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 249 mm, width 157 mm, Work conception, after a design by, 1655 - 1657, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher

Kandelaber, at the bottom are four saters with musical instruments, Hans Sibmacher, after Jacques Androuet, c. 1525 - 1594 print The second satar from the left is speckled and has the head of an animal. Leaf from series with architecture fantasies and grotes' with fable areas, garlands, candelabers and mascarons. print maker: Germany (possibly)after print by: France (possibly)publisher: Netherlands (possibly) paper etching

Two motifs, Anthonie de Winter, After Anonymous, c. 1690 - c. 1700 print At the top of a double leaf shelf from a rosette. Leaf from series with copies to Stefano della Bella, Gilles Légaré, Thomas Lejuge and others. Amsterdam paper engraving

Flat decoration with grotesken, 1607 print Bacchus sitting under an arc of wingerds, flanked by flower vases held by monkeys. Leaf 8 from Series with grotesque flat decorations with lobe porneraments. print maker: Germany (possibly)after design by: Augsburg (possibly)publisher: Augsburg paper etching

Monument with seed beads, horns with fruits and cherubs; Cartouches; Cartouches par mitelli. A monument with seed beads, horns with fruits and cherubs. The print is part of an album.

Come with a landscape in a lying oval, Anonymous, After Paul Flind (De Jonge), 1594 - 1635 print At the bottom hangs a bunch of fruits between two cherubs. Passionate copies of the series mentioned under Orn Cat I-324.a. Title page and 14 partly numbered sheets from a series of 25. after design by: Germany (possibly)publisher: Northern Netherlands (possibly) paper

Two burning candles on volutes of leaf raft; Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610; Fantasized airer with horse heads. The volutes of leaf raft refurbish from a breast kuras with a helmet and arm protectors and end in horse rives. 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.

Randdecoratie met bladranken en drie zeedieren; Spitsen en randen.Obachi copy to prints (leafs 6 and 7) from the Somige Series and Spiers series. Among the bottom is an owl, above it hangs a crab. From series blades on which two motifs can be seen side by side, supplemented with birds, insects, flower pots and sometimes an ornamental border with tendrils and animals.

Plafon designs; Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682), Sandrart, Susanna Maria von (1658-1716); around 1660-OK. 1670 (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);

Plate Eight from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries. Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 7/8 (21.9 x 17.5 cm); plate: 7 7/16 x 5 1/4 in. (18.9 x 13.3 cm). Engraver: Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris). Date: dated 1743.The beautiful and inventive ornament designs in pattern books were intended for the practical needs of artists and craftsman. Some, like this example, are literally shopworn, showing stains and other damage from use in an active workshop. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bladranken met een bloem en twee adelaars; Ontwerpen voor borstsieraden.Design for breast jewelry. In the middle, a triangular motif can be seen and in the corners at the bottom of two motifs in the form of earrings. From series of 6 or 12 sheets, first edition.

Overall Pattern with Acanthus Scrolls and a Chubby Putto 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian. Overall Pattern with Acanthus Scrolls and a Chubby Putto 389381

Plate 8: four grotesque heads with scrollwork, from 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques). Artist: After Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (6.1 × 10.8 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques). Date: ca. 1638-43. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print (France)

Roman Alphabet letter N with Louis XIV decoration 18th century Bernard Picart. Roman Alphabet letter N with Louis XIV decoration 701240

Wandindeling Met Panelen, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1748 - 1753 print Wall layout with two panels with pastoral scenes, with rocaille frame. In the foreground two benches and a table decorated with rocailles. Publishing number 135. paper etching / engraving rocaille ornament. panelling

Rocaille Omraming Met Putti, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Rocaille surraming with two putti. Publishing number 113. Augsburg paper etching Rocaille Ornament. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Panel with leaf refrences that run into two dragons; The Grotesco.from Series of 12 Blades with Leaf Raft and Grotesken, Dedicated to George Henriot.

Ornament met fantasiewesen.

Grotesken with Bacchus and female figures, Lorenz Beger, After Paul Decker (I), 1687 - 1725 print The upper print contains bacchus under a canopy with two saters in the middle. Left and right a female figure with a Thyrsus. The lower print contains two sitting women with a flower basket, putti and monkeys with a smoking vessel. print maker: Germanyafter drawing by: Neurenberg (possibly)publisher: Neurenberg paper etching ornament ~ grotesque. (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. monkeys, apes

Four decorations with braid work, 1704 - 1737 print Four rocaille decorations with braid, leaf motifs and garlands, with line drawings. paper etching / engraving 'Leaf and bandelwerk' ~ ornament

New Model for a Cartouche, 1647. Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664). Etching;

Grotesken with Diana and winged female figure, Johann Adam Delsenbach, after Paul Decker (I), 1700 - 1725 print Three pilasters with grotesken and various mythical figures and scenes. Nuremberg paper etching ornament ~ grotesque. (story of) Diana (Artemis). Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ clothed with wings)

Cartouche with a duck and two nymphs whose arms are fused into branches, Stefano della Bella, 1647 print print maker: Franceafter own design by: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). water-birds: duck

Acanthus drinks with rollerwork motifs and fruits.

Italy, Peregrino da Cesena, Germany, Altdorfer, Albrecht, Candelabrum with a cherub, Flat decoration with foliate scrolls, a candelabrum with a cherub on top., print, ornamental print, prints, height 60 mm, width 41 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, printmaker, 1506 - 1512, first quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting a cross filling with a vase positioned between two geniuses, showing composition and decorative motifs.

Panel with Sater mask between leaf vines and rolling, 1866 print Liège paper

PRENT 24 OFF SERIES "LIVRE DES PLUS BELLES DEVISES ..."; Livre des Plus Belles Devises Enrichies des Fleurons et d'Autres Ornaments Nouvellement Inventes, etc. ... Tome Second. PRENT Nr. 24 of a series of twelve numbered prints (including title page) with foreign exchange regarding love and other life matters. The foreign exchange consists of a Pictura and a motto in Latin. Part two of two numbered sets. It is the first edition (and first state) of the edition, for the address of Cornelis Danckerts II and the addition of Dutch texts.

Print (France)

Panel with the Letter 'D' from the 'Newes ABC Büechlein', Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 - 1637, Engraving on off-white laid paper, A boy raises a bottle with a fluid, which he has taken from a basket., Augsberg, Germany, 1627, Print, Print

Cartouche with two upper bodies of winged women, c. 1628 print France paper engraving

Tablet, fruitguirlande en lauwerkrans; Friezen.A frieze with a half rectangular tablet on the left, in the middle a fruit guy and a laurel wreath on the right.

Copper engraving 'Horizontal Ornament with Hop Tendrils' by Martin Schongauer, late 15th century, depicting botanical decorative elements in a linear composition.

Print (France)

Girandole met doedelzakspelende man; Twelve gerandoles.An arrornamed Girandole with a bagpipe in the middle of a bagpipe oriental looking man. Around him various animals such as a dog, beef, monkey and bird.

Sketch for Ceiling Decoration 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Sketch for Ceiling Decoration 342235

Vertical panel and two friezes, Anthonie de Winter, Anonymous, 1696

Germany, Birckenhultz, Paul, Ornaments for goldsmith's work, Copies after prints with decoration for borders and cups, Border with a vase in the middle, In the middle a vase with flowers between two insects. One of 3 sheets. Copies after the prints of the series described under Orn Cat I-317., print, prent, ornamentprent, prints, prenten, ornamentprenten, height 85 mm, width 124 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1571 - 1639, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1561 - 1639, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Ornament with two tritons and two skulls, print maker: Meester van de Paardenhoofden, 1500 - 1599

Suggestion for the Decoration of the Lower and Top Right of a Frame Combined with Several Additional Ornaments, Plate 2 from: 'Unterschidliche Auszierungen zu Thüren und Fenster, etc. etc. sehr nutzlich zu gebrauchen'. Artist and engraver: Jeremias Wachsmuth (German, 1712-1771). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm). Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Date: Printed ca. 1750-56.Ornament print with suggestions for the decoration of the lower right of a frame of a pier glass or altar, and the top right corner of an altar or door, two additional rocaille ornaments and a vase are added on the same sheet. This print is bound in an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print (France)

Forging with floral motifs; Designs for forging. The print belongs to a series of four prints.

Architecture fantasy with Saturn in his float; Leviores et ut videtur Extemporaneeae Picturae Quas Grotteweschas Vulgo Vocant (...). Flat decoration with grotesken. At the bottom of a cartouche with a ship, flanked by two seated monkeys. The whole in a frame edge, decorated with masks. Left and right a hanging garland from fruits and marine animals. From series of 20 sheets.

Two friezes, the top with three hares, Michael le Blon, c. 1611 - c. 1625

Domenico Bonavera (aka Domenico Bonaveri) (Italian, ca. 1640 - ca. 1700). Plate 9 from the set of Twelve Ornament Friezes, ca. 1670. Etching. Plate: 278 mm x 116 mm (10.94 in. x 4.57 in.).

Festoen with flowers, leaves and fruits, anonymous, after Friedrich Jacob Morisson, 1699 print The festival hangs on a ribbon. Bottom and bottom right are a round edge and a rosette, completely consisting of stylized leaf vines. paper etching

Drawing, Design for a pendant; Designed by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi (Italian, active 1762 - 1794); Italy

Possible Trade Card for Clothier, Engraving, trace of pen and brown ink, Octagonal sheet that has been cut down on all sides so that it has long horizontal and vertical edges, with very short corners. Depicted is a right-handed glove, palm up, placed horizontally above a pair of men's knee breeches, with a very small and out of scale kneeling buck below. This composition is placed in the center of a Rococo-style cartouche composed of scrolls terminating in foliate ornamanent with a small blossom on either side. The bottom of the cartouche has been cut off by the loss to the sheet, where a fragment of pen and black ink can be seen at bottom left., Europe and USA, 1750-1800, ornament, Print, Print

Print, Plate 15, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques); Designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606); Published by Gerard de Jode (Flemish, 1509 - 1591); Etched by Jan van Doetechum the Elder (Netherlands), Lucas van Doetechum (Dutch, after 1584); France; etching on laid paper

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), collection of twelve cartridges. Title. First issue of a suite of 12 rooms. (A. de Vesme 1045; Dutuit 125) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Print, Possible Trade Card for Clothier; engraving, trace of pen and brown ink; 1931-78-1

German 15th Century, Ornamental Alphabet, 1480-1490, woodcut

Two Upright Panels, Livre de Paneaux à divers usages (Book of Panels for Various Uses), François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Engraving on paper, Two designs for upright panels in Rococo style. Left panel: within cartouche at upper center, a putto figure with a whip and two dogs. At upper left and right, putti blowing water through horns. Right panel: within cartouche at upper center, a scene of two putti playing on a seesaw in a landscape with architectural ruins, including an obelisk. Dragons flank the cartouche., Munich, Germany, 1738 and 1745, albums (bound) & books, Bound print, Bound print

Statiekeeper of the Duke of Ossuna, 1713, 1714 print Embroidered dress for the top of the golden carriage with Venus in her chariot in the clouds. Part of a series of 7 plates with the Statiekaste of the Spanish envoy De Duke of Ossuna, used at his public entry in Utrecht for the peace negotiations in 1713. Numbered below: 5. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach. embroidery (ornamentation) Utrecht

Frankfurt, Bry, Johann Israel de, Johann Theodor de, Nova Alphati Effictio, Ornamental alphabet, Letter C with Cain, verso of print - stamped, Ornamental letter C with Cain holding the jawbone with which he murdered his brother Abel, raised above his head. In the center an ornamental trophy of arrows, spears and a helmet. At the bottom of the letter C sits a naked putto. The letter is further decorated with birds, flowers, bunches of fruit and a fish. On the verso verses in Latin and German. Print is part of an album., print, ornamental print, album page, prints, height 202 mm, width 150 mm, South Netherlands, 1561 - 1623, print maker, printmaker, 1595 - 1595, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing

Rolwerk langs een fries met vrouwelijke herme voor rolwerk; Decoratie voor randen van bekers.In the middle a female herme for rollerwork. She holds a guidance in every hand that leads to a griffin with a men's head. Ter oats under a canopy a vase where a smoke is released. One of two blades from a series of 4.

Germany, Jamnitzer, Christoph, sheet of the 'Neu Grotesken Buch' 1610, Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610, Ox with horns of leaf tendrils next to a mascaron, The ox (left) leans over a snail shell. In one hoof he holds a painter's palette, in the other brushes and a painting stick. The forehead of the mascaron (right) is decorated with the bust of a man wearing a turban. Sheet from a series of flat 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 leaves, divided over three books., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 142 mm, width 183 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

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Habermann, Franz Xaver, Ornements des Fenêtres, Fenster Außzierungen, Vensterornaten, Vensterornaten with putto with stick, verso - stamped, Two rocaille windows with rocaille ornaments. In the middle a putto with stick on a rocaille ornament. Publisher number 87., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 187 mm, width 292 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1775, paper, papier, etching, etchings, German, 1721 - 1796, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Ornament with a vase and foliate scrolls., verso bottom center - handwritten, A vase between two volutes of foliate scrolls, which begin on the vase., print, ornament print, prints, 13, height 26 mm, width 75 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1528 - 1528, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Cupid as a Monk Holding a Caduceus, Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England, Noël Le Mire, French, 1724 - 1801, Etching on paper, France, 1758, Print, Print

Fries met bladranken.Ornament of leaf raft spreading with a wavy movement over the leaf.

Six monograms in cartouches: i.t. - J.S.; Gifted fleuronated t'so-related name letters or chifres.

Ornament with a Palmette. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1520-1550. Dimensions: 39 x 92 mm (image/plate); 41 x 94 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Print (France)

Elongated cartouche with two putti. Design for a print.

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