Ornamental Designs and Symbols

A collection of intricate ornamental engravings featuring themes of love, astrology, and geometry, with decorative elements like animals, figures, and instruments.

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Rösch, Georg Sigmund, The months of the year, Majus, May, verso - stamped, In a rocaille cartouche people are dancing around the maypole. Around the image rocaille ornaments, putti with flowers, twins and the associated sign of the zodiac. Publisher number 74., print, ornamental print, prints, height 297 mm, width 188 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1705 - 1766, paper, papier, etching, etchings, German - 1766, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Title page for: Juliana Cornelia Baronesse de Lannoy, 'Nailed clenching' 1783. Title page for 'Note Clutching' by Juliana Cornelia Baronesse de Lannoy, with a putto with a trumpet and a delighted candle. Behind the putto a column on which a censer with a snake.

Coat of arms of Denmark.

Dahlberg, Erik Jönssen, Stockholm, Aveele, Johannes Jacobsz van den, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, Insigne Comitatus Blekingiae, Landscape with runic signs and the coat of arms of Blekinge, The print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 252 mm, width 154 mm, 1655 - 1727-05-18, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Swedish, 1625-10-10 - 1703-01-16, supervision

Netherlands, Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Series of allegorical female figures in ornamental frames, Oval cartouches with female personifications in a frame of scrollwork, INVIDIA ALTERIVS REBVS MACRESCIT OPIMIS 1601, Cartouche showing Envy with serpent hairs, biting a heart, verso under - stamped, The cartouche is flanked by two winged dragons. Sheet from a series of 8 sheets with cartouches in a scrollwork frame with grotesques, garlands and mascarons., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 96 mm, width 126 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1601 - 1601, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1564 - 1637, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Lazio Roma Monterotondo Palazzo del Municipio8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Frescoes 14th,16th,17th century); Sculpture 17th century; architectural sculpture 15-16th century. Comprehensive coverage of frescoes, and also of exterior flanks, courtyard, columns and fountain. Antiquities: Sarcophagus, 3rd c. A.D. 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.

Coat of arms of Libertus van Axele, Michiel le Blon, 1615 print Coat of arms with motto 'in terms of nocent teacher'. From series of 6 magazines with weapons, for the music booklet of Nicolas Vallet. paper etching armorial bearing, heraldry

Trophy with Two Vases. Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499-ca. 1543 Messina). Dimensions: sheet: 5 7/8 x 7 11/16 in. (15 x 19.5 cm). Date: 1600-1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

it will not go / it will go (IT)

Invention of painting, 1693 Amor as an inventor of painting. A shepherdin pulls the contours of the face of her lover, which are projected by lampling, to the wall. Amor leads her hand. Presentation in an ornamental framework. Above the print text in French and Dutch, page 31. Print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Amor as an inventor of painting. A shepherdin pulls the contours of the face of her lover, which are projected by lampling, to the wall. Amor leads her hand. Presentation in an ornamental framework. Above the print text in French and Dutch, page 31. Print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing

Farmer who plows a field with two oxen, in Cartouche, Abraham Delfos, 1741 - 1820 print Farmer who plows a field with two oxen, in Cartouche. Under banderol with motto. Leiden paper etching farmers. ploughing

Short Dress Coat with a Sash between Pairs of Shields and Vases. Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543. 1615 - 1669. Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, 1615 or 1618-approximately 1669. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Schrattenbach, Sigismund Christoph Graf.

Cartouche with oval and square compartment, Pieter Jansz, 1649 - 1654 drawing Cartouche surrounded by a man and a woman, each with a corn sheaf in the arm; Under sheep. Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush agricultural products and by-products. sheep. ram's head ~ ornament. ornament derived from animal forms. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. ornament ~ cartouche

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Impression from a silver tanker

Design for a monument to C. Brunings: a bust in a niche, Bartholomeus Ziesenis, 1806, Design for a monument to C. Brunings; a bust in a niche with putti, to a column., draughtsman: Bartholomeus Ziesenis, draughtsman: Johannes Ziesenis, (rejected attribution), 12-Jun-1806, paper, brush, h 388 mm × w 240 mm

Florence, Massi & Landi, Italy, Bella, Stefano della, Crowned coat of arms flanked by two eagles, verso - stamped, Crowned coat of arms flanked by two eagles with a text glorifying Emperor Ferdinand II., print, prent, prints, height 210 mm, width 152 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Woman with burning lamp; Labor and industrial. Vignet with allegory on labor and industry: woman with burning lamp in left hand and foot on turtle, sitting in landscape with bijenkorf, hand tool and in the background a winged horse at haystack; Presentation framed with garland in which harp and painting palette.

Teste race and debagues by the king and the princes and lords of his courtyard Races of tests and ring made by the king and the princes and lords of his court, in the year 1662 ". Engraving of the Rousselet.

The immortal memory reverend, AC, Illustrissimae Mrs, Louis Louis free Baronis A Wittenhorst Sonsfeld Royal , Erinnerungsblatt fur Dorothea Henriette Luise Freiin von Wittenhorst-Sonsfeld, Altar Mit Büste, Gottfried Eichler -, Copper Engraver

The capital and base of a Doric column. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

Title Plate from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" Vermis Sericus ca. 1595 Karel van Mallery Netherlandish Title plate to the series Vermis Sericus, engraved by Karel van Mallery, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle around 1595. The title is printed on a piece of cloth hanging from a silk tree in the center of the page. It is surrounded by four oval medallions, each depicting a different phase of the metamorphosis of a silkworm. The entire illustration is enclosed in an ornamental frame.. Title Plate from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" Vermis Sericus 659736

Crowned coat of arms with two palm branches. Draughtsman: Pieter Jansz.. Dating: 1630 - 1672. Measurements: h 86 mm × w 92 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

N11" sownion Repude.

Allegory of the elevation of William IV as stadtholder, 1747. Draughtsman: Jacob Folkema. Dating: 1747. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 232 mm × w 170 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Jacques Callot, Title Page for The Fantasies, probably 1634 Title Page for The Fantasies

Frontispiece, from the New Testament. Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635); engraved by Abraham Bosse (French, 1602-1676); published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661). Date: 1635. Dimensions: 63 × 85 mm (plate); 67 × 89 mm (sheet). Etching on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Livre de Toutes Sortes De Fleurs D'apres Nature ca. 1670-80 Designed by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer French. Livre de Toutes Sortes De Fleurs D'apres Nature 354159

Copperplate engraving of the Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) inventors of the Montgolfier-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique. Dated 18th Century

Coat of arms of the Right Honourable Thomas Windsor, Lord Mountjoy of the Isle of Wight, 1st Viscount Windsor in Ireland. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Johnston after C. Gardiner from Notitia Anglicana, Shewing the Achievements of all the English Nobility, Andrew Johnson, the Strand, London, 1724.

Cuylenburgh, Cornelis van (II), Utrecht, Jonxis, Pieter Hendrik, Concordia, Proof of membership of the citizens' society Concordia, recto - handwritten in brown ink, Proof of membership of JL van Velthoven of the Utrecht citizens' society Concordia. In a frame are, among other things, the name and membership number. The proof is decorated with various coats of arms, two medallions and two female figures with a hat on a stick and a bundle of arrows, symbols of freedom and unity., print, engraving, proof of membership, prints, engravings, verso under - stamped, JL van Velthoven, 81, 87, Arnold Glasmaker secretaris, height 129 mm, width 154 mm, 1757-07-03 - 1843-05-31, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1758 - 1827-09-22

Equestrian statue of Oldrado da Tresseno, Podesta or Mayor of Milan, 13th century. Grave effigy of Mafiolo Visconti, Podesta of Milan, brother of Matteo I Visconti, 14th century. Statua equestre di un Potesta di Milano. Copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844.

Family crest of the Nahuys family, Anna Cécile Wilhelmina Jeanette Jacqueline Nahuys, 1841 - 1905 print Medallion with the family crest of the Nahuys family, held by an angel. North Netherlands paper etching angels. armorial bearing, heraldry - AA - female

Crowned coat of arms with two palm branches. Possible design for a print.

Borziwoy I, Duke of Bohemia.

Helmet on which Nike is, 1651 print Nike has two prisoners at her feet. From series of title page and five magazines. print maker: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper engraving

The tombstone of the unknown Kalisz/Kraków book in Ava (d. 1270) from 4 Of the 15th century with the details found in the Body of Franciscans in Krakow; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Kraków (Lesser Poland Voivodeship), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884)-collections, Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron-1847-1912), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron-1847-1912) - collection, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, tombstone of Władysław, Fr. Kaliski (Kraków), Biały Eagle (Herb - Poland), Dar (provenance), details, coats of arms, church of St. Francis of Assisi (Kraków), Tombstones, personalities, tombstones, knights, sculpture (artist)

Their Coat of Arms 1889 United States. Lithograph on newsprint . Thomas Nast

Graphite drawing by Francesco Borromini of the vaulted decoration in the Cappella Barberini at San Carlo All Quattro Fontane, Rome, showing the Ovalfeld, inscription, and coat of arms of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, on medium-strong paper in 1640.

Portrait of Fioretti, (dancer) Portrait of Fioretti, Dancer. Business card (verso). Photograph of Charles Reutlinger (1816-1880). Draw on albuminum paper. 1870-1890.

Bliżej Kultury Jabłoński, Marcin (1801 1876)

England, 18th century. William Hogarth (1697-1764), The Company of Undertakers by Georg Friedrich Haendel. Caricature. Engraving.

Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Medium: hand-colored stipple engraving with gold leaf on satin. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 18th Century.

. A farmer sits in a ton, a hat with a feather on the head, where he smokes his pipe. The performance is caught in an oval ornamental list. Title print of a series with scenes from farming life.

Coat of arms of the Right Honourable George Hay, Lord of Penwardian, 8th Earl of Kinnoule in Scotland. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Johnston after C. Gardiner from Notitia Anglicana, Shewing the Achievements of all the English Nobility, Andrew Johnson, the Strand, London, 1724.

Vignette with a weapon with a pig on it. .

Epitaph decorated with cartouches Stichtelyke Gedichten (title on object), Epitaph covered with leaves and decorated with cartouches. At the top, a cartouche displays the image of a burning heart, a symbol of exceptional fiery love. In the middle of the building the title is depicted inside a cartouche, below the image of an open book surrounded by palm branches, epitaph, Jacob Folkema (mentioned on object), 1757, paper, etching, h 153 mm × w 125 mm

The project of the tombstone of Bishop Henryk Kossowski to the cathedral in W Oc Noakowski, Stanis AW (1867-1928); 1903 (1903-00-00-1903-00-00);Kossowski, Henryk Piotr (1828-1903), Włocławek (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship), Zofia Stefańska and Jarosław Wojciechowski-collection, architecture, gift (provenance), architectural fantasies, neo-Renaissance, Poland (culture), monument designs, tombstone, tombstone, tomb Renaissance (sculpture), Polish drawings

Cartouche with lobe ornament held up by two men, Michiel Mosijn, after Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1640 - 1655 print Cartouche with lobe ornament, held up by two men, sculptor attributes at their feet. Text in the middle. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

Garnet Terry, active 1780-1796, Trade card for Chartes Sharp Perfume and Razor Makers 131 Fleet Street and S. Cornhill, c.1770. Engraving.

Michael I, Grandfürst of Russia.

Divers Trophées (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome) 1651 Polidoro da Caravaggio Italian Print from a series of six reproducing the weapon trophies over the second floor windows of Palazzo Milesi in Rome, designed and executed by Polidoro da Caravaggio in 1525/26. The print shows a large trophy with a Roman centurion helmet. The helmet is characterized by two hybrid sphinxes on the sides and an eagle with spread wings on top. To the left of the central helemt is another smaller one, which appears to be crowned by a lion's head. In a semispherical compartment below the central helmet the inscriptions have been placed.. Divers Trophées (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome) 415543

CLEOBULUS One of the Seven Sages of Greece, famous for the beautiful shape of his body. He wrote some verses, and was presumably pretty bright. Date: 694 - 564 BCE

Spotprent van Adrianus Junius. Regtspleging van Oldenbarnevelt (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1708 - 1795. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 23.5 cm × w 19 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Bendorp, Carel Frederik (I), Netherlands, Four medallions with allegories on the revolution in 1795, Vigilance and Straightforwardness, Allegory of Vigilance and Straightforwardness, 1795, verso - stamped, Allegory on Vigilance and Right to the Sea, 1795. Medallion enclosed in a square of building blocks with a coastal landscape with seated Mercury and Vigilance (woman with torch, French rooster and open book), in the foreground rest sword and fasces, in the background a squadron of warships and a rowing boat., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 205 mm, width 175 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1736-02-09 - 1814-10-03, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1795, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Coat of arms of the Right Honourable William Byron, Lord Byron, 4th Baron Byron (1670-1736). Copperplate engraving by Andrew Johnston after C. Gardiner from Notitia Anglicana, Shewing the Achievements of all the English Nobility, Andrew Johnson, the Strand, London, 1724.

Figure of Diva Rumina, Roman goddess of breastfeeding mothers. Holding a baby below her exposed left bosom. In carnelian. Dea Rumilla. In corniola. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

Coat of arms of the Right Honourable George Nevile, 1st Lord Abergaveny, 1727-1785. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Johnston after C. Gardiner from Notitia Anglicana, Shewing the Achievements of all the English Nobility, Andrew Johnson, the Strand, London, 1724.

Orhan, Sultan of Turkey 1601/1750

Cartoon of Anselmus Salmius, Anonymous, c. 1710 - c. 1720 drawing Cartoon of Anselmus Salmius, judge of Van Oldenbarnevelt; Haas with gilded helmet on and on left flank weapon, in wreath of leaves. Below that cartouche with two angels on either side. In cartouche name and above no. 18. belonging to series of watercolors in book. Netherlands parchment (animal material). watercolor (paint). ink pen / brush political caricatures and satires. caricatures (human types). bad, corrupt judge. rodents: hare

A cartouche decorated with leaves stands at the base of a memorial column On the cartouche is the title, to the left and right of which are depicted fruit-filled horns Near the top of the memorial column flies a trumpet-blowing angel with a laurel wreath, Memorial Column with Cartouche Praise Dichten , print maker: Jacob Folkema, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Johannes de Bosch, (mentioned on object), 1757, paper, etching, h 152 mm × w 125 mm

Roman Empire, Jakob Gottlieb Thelott, After Johann Gottfried Haid, 1745 print Personification of the Roman Empire in a rocaille cartouche. On the left is a man with a crown, sword and scepter. Above him is a two -headed eagle. Publishing number 33. Augsburg paper etching Rome (one of the four world empires)

Spotprent van Geraard Beukelsz. van Santen. Regtspleging van Oldenbarnevelt (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1708 - 1795. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 23.5 cm × w 19 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two Views of the Monument of John Tradescant in the Church of St. Mary, James Basire, 1730-1802, British, after Benjamin Thomas Pouncey, active 1772-1799, British, 1773, Engraving

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Hueber, FF, Georg Leopold, Quinque Sensus, Cartouche with putti, verso - stamped, Rocaille cartouche with series title. All around putti personify the five senses., print, engraving, ornament print, title print, prints, engravings, ornament prints, height 169 mm, width 135 mm, German, 1740 - 1778, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1778, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1701 - 1800, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Frontispice pour le "Tombeau du comte William Cowper" (Frontispiece from the "Tomb of William Cowper"), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men). Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais (French, Paris 1687-1763 Paris). Author: Eugene MacSwiny. Dimensions: Sheet: 25 11/16 x 16 7/16 in. (65.2 x 41.8 cm). Series/Portfolio: Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres qui ont fleuri dans la Grande Bretagne vers la fin du XVII & le commencement du XVIII. Siècle Gravés par les plus Habiles Maitres de Paris, d'aprés les Tableaux et desseins origanaux des plus celebres Peintres d'Italie. Tirés du Cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc de Richmond et Lennox... A Paris, chez Basan et Poignant, marchands d'estampes. Date: ca. 1736. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Title Vignet with frame in which writing woman and fantasy with symbols of eloquence are included; TitleVignnet for: Arnold Moonen, continued of Pozye, Delft 1720; Money lights and translations. Title VIGNET with frame in which writing woman and fantasy are included. As symbols of eloquence, the caduceus and a beehive are recognizable.

Coat of arms of the Right Honourable Robert Walpole, Lord Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, 1701-1751. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Johnston after C. Gardiner from Notitia Anglicana, Shewing the Achievements of all the English Nobility, Andrew Johnson, the Strand, London, 1724.

Antwerp, Galle, Theodoor, Vredeman de Vries, Hans, Variae architecturae formae, Double scrollwork cartouche with two putti, verso - stamped, Double scrollwork cartouche and the title: Variae architecturae formae. On either side, putti hold a banderole with the motto 'Durate'. The print is part of an album., print, ornamental print, title print, album page, prints, RIJKS, MUSM, B, height 209 mm, width 256 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1601 - 1601, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1527 - 1607, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1571 - 1633, publisher

Putto with two coats of arms. A putto holds two coats of arms. Left coat of arms shows the freedom, seated inside the Dutch garden fence, supporting a book and with freedom hat on stick. The right arm shows the Dutch lion, also within the fence of the Dutch garden, with a bundle of arrows and a sword in his claws. Under the putto a snake that bites itself in its own tail, the symbol of eternity. On a banderole at the bottom of the performance the text: FYN paper.

Bound Print (France); Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)

Nicolaus Copernicus. Wood engraving by A. Regulski after F. Tegazzo.

Roman soldier in breastplate armour, with shield, sword and spear. The helmet with a serpent crest like that of Pallas. In carnelian. Soldato. In corniola. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

Title card: Vita di Rafaelle Sanzio da Urbino XII TAVOLE Dai Fratelli Riepenhausen in Roma. FrancoForti Sul Meno Press G.F. Venner; Barth, Carl (1787-1853), Rist, Gottfried (1789-1824), Riepenhausen, Franz (1786-1831), Riepenhausen, Johannes (1787-1860), Rafael (1483-1520), Wenner, Johann Friedrich (1772- 1835); 1816 (1816-00-00-1816-00-00);

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