Ornate Decorative Designs

A collection of intricate decorative designs featuring mythical creatures, floral motifs, and elaborate rococo elements, rich in artistic detail.

Livre propre à ceux qui veulent apprendre à dessiner l'ornement chinois, Huquier, Gabriel, 1695-1772, ca. 1738

Letter V (U) met Uria, 1595 print Ornamental letter V (U) with the soldier Uria, the man of Batseba, with a sword in his hand. At the top left a putto with a fish on a wire. The letter is further decorated with bunches of fruits, spiders, birds and a weapon trophy. Verso verses in Latin and German. Print is part of an album. Frankfurt paper engraving / letterpress printing David and Uriah. letters, alphabet, script. spiders. fishes. fruits and vegetables ~ ornament

Four Ovals with Genii, plates from the Neue Grotessken Buch 1610 Christoph Jamnitzer German. Four Ovals with Genii, plates from the Neue Grotessken Buch 399632

Louis XV (king of France), Paris, Huquier, Gabriel, Meissonnier, Juste Aurèle, Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier, Ornament with flowers and leaves, This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, ornament print, prints, height 120 mm, width 200 mm, French, 1695 - 1772-06-11, print maker, printmaker, 1738 - 1749, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1693 - 1750-07-31, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, 1710-02-15 - 1774-05-10, verlener van privilege

Rocaille (Rock Garden), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravants (New Designs for Screens), François Boucher, French, 1703 - 1770, Claude Augustin Duflos, French, 1700-1786, Nicolas de Larmessin IV, French, 1684 - 1755, Etching and engraving on white laid paper, One of a set of five panels for a fold-up screen. Vertical panel design. View of architectural element with columns, large garden urn at right. Panel is dominated by an arrangement of shell, coral, large leaf, branch, and a palm leaf motif. A fantastical animal appears at bottom left., France, 1740, ornament, Print, Print

The sight, Johann Georg Pintz, After Johann Rumpp, 1712 - 1755 print Rocaille Cartouche with a scene of Narcissus in a forest landscape that looks at his own mirror image in the water. Print number 56. Augsburg paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. sight, looking (one of the five senses). (story of) Narcissus

Rocaille Mets Waterval in Jong Paar, Antoine Aveline, After François-Thomas Mondon, 1736 print Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving rocaille ornament. lovers; courting, flirting

Window ornaments with putto and bird; Window ornaments; Ornements des Fenêtres / Fenster Außzierungen. Two rocaille windows in which rocaille ornaments. On the top of the windows two faces in the seed beads. In the middle a putto with a bird on a rocaille ornament. Publisher number 87.

Brown ink drawing by an anonymous artist showing the coat of arms of architect and fortress builder Johann Tscherte, dated 1520.

Cahier de Cartels Chinois, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728-1808, Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder, French, 1744 - 1831, Etching on paper, France, 1728-1808, Print, Print

Still life of flowers in a vase with putti relief, set on a stone slab, executed with black chalk, gray wash, brown ink, and reddish shading, circa 1720.

Copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem from the last third of the 15th century depicting a flower labeled 'seven'.

Panel decoration with a warrior on a basement with war equipment, Gerrit Visscher, 1690 - 1710 print A warrior, possibly march, standing on a basement with war stress. At the bottom of a sitting satar and a lion. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving ornaments ~ art. the soldier; the soldier's life

Print (France)

Print, The Letter D; Designed by Giovanni Battista Betti (Italian, active 1754 - 1777); Italy; Overall: 23.6 x 32.9 cm (9 5/16 x 12 15/16 in.); 1918-17-5

Blade ornament with sitting putto, Bernard Picart (workshop of), 1683 - 1733 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Bound Print, Title Page; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Carl Albert von Lespilliez (German, 1723 - 1796); Germany; engraving on paper; Platemark: 34.2 × 20.8 cm (13 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

Yacht scenes; La Chasse Est ostert .. Yacht scenes in a list of wooden branches. Above left hangs a trophy of hunting attributes, a man caught a caught animal in a bag.

Designs for Orfèvrerie. These delicate blackwork designs by the French goldsmith and engraver Jacques Hurtu could be used for engraving and enamelling. These sheets are numbers two and five from a series of six. The two larger medallions, or watchcases, are flanked by multiple smaller designs and various animals.

Two Frisians with leaf refines; Liure de Frize et orders. There are two children between a leaf drink in the upper frieze.

Bouquet of Ranks with flowers and leaves, Balthazar Moncornet, After Francois Lefebure, After Jacques Callot, After 1635 - Before 1647 print With a number of figures to Jacques Callot in the middle of an iris and at the bottom. Leaf 4 from series with 6 bouquets for gold and silversmiths. Second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after design by: Parispublisher: Paris paper etching

Print (France)

Family tree with branches of Valois and Bourbon, 1589, 1589 - c. 1593 print Family tree of the two royal dynasties of the house of Valois and the house of Bourbon, sprouting from the body of the French king Louis lying on land. At the ends of the branches Henry III of Valois and Hendrik II of Navarre. An angel tries to keep the two apart branches together, a soldier tries to pull the two trunks apart. In the background representations of the murder of Henry III (1589) and the murder of the Duke de Guise (1588). Following a comparison on April 26, 1589 in Tours. With caption of 8 lines in German. Nummered in the bottom left: 256. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table Tours. France

Two Frisians; Frizes, Feuillages Ou Tritons Marins Antiques Et Modernes. In the upper Fries, Hercules fight against the Nemean lion, right is a griffin.

Spiegellijsten met kroon en putto; Spiegel Rahmen / Chassis des Miroirs.Details of Rocaille Mirror lists decorated with leaf and floral motifs, a crown, a winged putto and a sword. Publisher number 91.

Design for a Cartouche with Large and Small Compartments, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Karl Albert von Lespilliez, 1723-1796, Nicolas Jean-Baptiste de Poilly, French, 1712-after 1758, Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper, In the upper compartment, a pilgrim and two young boys., Germany, 1745, figures, Print, Print

Albrecht in de Aanval, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1789 print In the top left numbered: 2. Berlin paper etching History. siege. armour

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes) ca. 1625 Polifilo Giancarli Italian Design for a frieze filled with a meandering acanthus scroll and various figures. On the right side, two hybrid creatures, one male and one female, are placed whose bodies consist of acanthus leaves. The male figure is depicted in front. He is holding up a snake with a fantastical head in one hand whilde holding onto a club with the other. Below the snake a dog had been placed who seems to barking at the strange creature. In the scroll two putti can also be noted: one with a dog on the far left; and one in the middle playing with a flower. Near him are a snake and a fantastical lionesque creature with a strange head.. Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes) 411984

Three chickens and two roosters; Volatilium Varii Generis (...). ONSAGE COPY TO PRENT OF THE SERY DISCLECTED AT ORN CAT I-37.6

The Pinnacle of the Left Portal; and a Trumpeter and Standard from the Cupola of the Central Portal, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18 1515 Hans Springinklee The Order of the Golden Fleece and the standard with an eagle are by Hans Springinklee or Wolf Traut after Albrecht Dürer; the remainder of the pinnacle and the trumpeter are by Springinklee after Dürer.. The Pinnacle of the Left Portal; and a Trumpeter and Standard from the Cupola of the Central Portal, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18. Hans Springinklee (German, ca. 1495-after 1522). 1515. Woodcut. Prints

Cartouche in a role frame, with a weapent trophy and two sphinxes with fish tails; Molded CIERLICKE COMPERTIES. Cartouche in a rolling frame. At the top of a pergola resting on two consoles. Left and top right an oil lamp. At the bottom of a weapent trophy. The cartouche rests on the heads of two sphinxes with fish tails, each having a fish between the front legs.

Can in the form of a snail house; Vases, jugs and scales with grotesken. On the lower part of the ear, which rests on a mascaron, is a man who holds the upper part of the ear above his head. Coming from a series consisting of a title page and 20 sheets.

Ornament Panels with Birds Plate 8 1617 Netherlands. Engraving in black on paper . Adrian Muntink

Deux frises avec des rrinceaux, sur la même planche. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Album Page with Designs for Floral Ornament and Two Gunlocks 18th century French or Italian Featuring two original designs of gunlocks, this page probably comes from an album or scrapbook compiled either by a craftsman for personal reference or by a collector interested in styles of ornament. Intended to be made in chiseled steel, the lock designs demonstrate the playful and inventive use of late baroque and rococo ornament that characterize the most beautiful firearms of the eighteenth century.. Album Page with Designs for Floral Ornament and Two Gunlocks. French or Italian. 18th century. Pen, black and blue ink, blue wash on paper. Works on Paper-Drawings

Forgedwork, Johann Thomas Hauer, 1781 print Three designs for forging work with leaf and floral motifs, garland, medallion and vase. Above a four -line French text. Paris paper etching forging (industrial process)

Two Quarters of a Ceiling, Nouveau Livre de Plafonds (New Book of Ceilings), 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, Etching and engraving on paper, Design for two quarters of a ceiling in the Rococo style with alternate suggestions divided by a central rosette., Munich, Germany, 1740-68, albums (bound) & books, Bound print, Bound print

Drie consoles, Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573 - 1610 print On the middle console is a putto with a palm branch and a laurel wreath. 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

Two scenes from the first crusade, Dominique Sornique (Attributed to), 1729 - 1733 print Paris paper engraving / etching militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc.. knight. walls ~ fortified city

Zomer; Sommer / L'Ete; Vier jaargetijden.Allegory of the summer. The goddess Ceres is protected by a woman with parasol against the sun. In the underwear twice a four-line text in German and French.

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.)

Edelsmids bouquet with Ranken, 1635 print With a number of figures to Jacques Callot at the bottom. In the middle of the top is an insect on an iris, left and top right, a butterfly flies. From series of 6 magazines. paper engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. title-page. street-trader

l'Officieux Valet. Dated: 1736. Dimensions: plate: 23.2 x 18.1 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.) sheet: 33.2 x 25.4 cm (13 1/16 x 10 in.). Medium: etching with engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Antoine Aveline after Jean Mondon.

Still life with flower arrangement, fruits and insects.

Germany, Jamnitzer, Christoph, sheet of the 'Neu Grotesken Buch' 1610, Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610, Four recumbent ovals with putti, Top left a putto lying on its back in the water, top right a putto with a branch in its hand riding on a dolphin, bottom left a putto with a harpoon on a water-spouting fish and lower right a putto, fishing at the water's edge. 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 pages, divided over three books., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 148 mm, width 190 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

Print (France)

Copy of an escutcheon in one of the fetes publications, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695-1750, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on laid paper, Framed with and formed in the bottom center by attributes of the sea such as the prow and mast of a ship, a dolphin, a swan, a fishing net, a trident., France, ca. 1740, ephemera, Drawing, Drawing

Four motifs in a landscape; Ornaments for goldsmiths. Three pendants and a triangle, at the top of a line of text. From series of 7 sheets, first edition.

Death carrying an infant, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) ca. 1648 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Death carrying an infant, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) 375893

Design for a large Vase representing 'Fire', Plate 6 from: 'Neu inventierte Vasi auf die neueste manier'. Artist: After Carl Pier (German, active Augsburg, ca. 1750). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm). Engraver: Jacob Gottlieb Thelot (German, Augsburg 1708-1760 Augsburg). Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Date: Printed ca. 1750-56.Ornament print with a design for a monumental vase, decorated with rocaille ornaments and 3 dragons and 6 putti on and under the vase. The vase is meant to represent the element 'Fire'. 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.

Intake of Huy, 1705; That Bestürming Huy. Huy conquered on the French by the Allies, May 26, 1705. Presentation of the toppings in a richly decorated ornamental frame with at the top of a cartouche with a map of the toppings. At the bottom of a cartouche with the description of the battle in German, left and right chained prisoners. Leaf in the bound set of plates released under the title: RepraesTatio Belli ... of the Spanish Successions-Krieg CA. 1720.

Bound Print, Two Quarters of a Ceiling; 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; 18.2 × 26.8 cm (7 3/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Design for a large Lidded Vase, Plate 1 from: 'Neu inventierte Vasi auf die neueste manier' Printed ca. 1750-56 Jacob Gottlieb Thelot Ornament print with a design for a monumental lidded vase, decorated with rocaille ornaments in high relief and surrounded by 8 putti. 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.. Design for a large Lidded Vase, Plate 1 from: 'Neu inventierte Vasi auf die neueste manier'. After Carl Pier (German, active Augsburg, ca. 1750). Printed ca. 1750-56. Etching. Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Jacob Gottlieb Thelot (German, Augsburg 1708-1760 Augsburg)

Vignette with personification of caution in Cartouche, Abraham Delfos, 1741 - 1820 print Vignette with personification of caution with mirror and snake in one hand, sundial in other hand, in cartouche with motto. paper etching Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Frisian, console, example for key hole and detail, after 1662 - 1711 print The Frisian at the top consists of leaf vines with the upper body of a winged woman in the middle, which is bitten by a snake in the chest. Bottom left is a console with a grotesque figure of the side depicted, the symmetrical example for key hole plates, in addition, is flanked by two winged women. A detail for wrought iron work has been installed in the corner at the bottom right. Leaf 6 from series of title page, sheet with assignment and 14 sheets with batter and forging, key hole plates, keys, door knockers and door buttons. Second edition. paper engraving

Northern Netherlands, Falling Orange Tree, 1795, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the departure of stadtholder William V to England on 18 January 1795. William V calls for help at a fallen Orange Tree, the Austrian and Prussian eagles try in vain to keep the tree upright. In the foreground the French rooster chases away the English dog, in the background citizens dance around the Tree of Liberty in the sunlight of Liberty., print, picture, Cartoon

Architectural Sculptures, Brush and brown ink, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper, Upper left part of a capital with a cherub and acanthus leaves., Italy, 1725-1775, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

. An old farmer stands at a wooden tub with a jug in one and a pipe in the other hand. The show is caught in an ornamental list. Print is part of a series of scenes from farming life.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 30 (verso) 1567 Giovanni Ostaus Italian Published by Giovanni Ostaus, Venice, woodcut of Lucrezia designed by Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati), Italian, Castelnuova di Garfagnana ca. 1520-1575 Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design composed of 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated in the center with a composite woman, bird, and plant creature from which emanate curving stems of leaves that terminate into a winged putto on each side. Middle register is decorated with 2 composite man, bird, and plant figures that each feed a griffon fruit. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a grotesque head that is held by 2 winged putto and plant figures.. La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 30 (verso) 662555

Grotesque Ornament Drawing. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 15/16 in. (26 x 40.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rocailles with flowers and with a harbor, François -Thomas Mondon, 1719 - 1754 print Nummered at the top left: 5. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving rocaille ornament. flowers. harbour

Insects, Anonymous, 1660 print Various insects such as locusts, beetles, centipedes, butterflies and spiders. Rear a spider web and beehive. paper engraving insects

Nuremberg, Weigel, Johann Christoph, Decker, Paul (I), Germany, Beger, Lorenz, Groteschgen Werk vor Mahler Goldschmidte Stucato, Grotesques, Grotesques with Bacchus and female figures, verso - stamped, The upper print contains in the middle Bacchus under a canopy with two satyrs. On the left and right a female figure with a thyrsus. The lower print contains two seated women with a flower basket, putti and monkeys with a smoking vessel., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 110 mm, width 155 mm, height 331 mm, width 202 mm, 1663 - 1735, print maker, printmaker, 1687 - 1725, paper, etching, etchings, 1677-12-27 - 1713-11-18, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1661-07-15 - 1726, publisher

Duyfken drives in triumph wagon in Heavenly Jerusalem, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1638 print paper engraving chariot, triumphal car. heaven represented as a city

Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664), Fantastic Vases, probably 1646, etching

Two pilaster stones with pigeons, shells and pearls in the northern gallery of the Town Hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, after Artus Quellinus (I), 1655 print Tweepilaster Festoenen - with pigeons, shells, pearls, flowers, leaves and apples - in the western part of the northern gallery of the Town Hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. For the doorposts left and right of the image of Venus. At the bottom of the middle: P. paper etching / engraving ornament ~ festoon, garland. attributes of Venus. molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.). pearl; pearl necklace City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Le Soleil Au Signe du Lyon 1623 Jacques Roussin, Lyon French. Le Soleil Au Signe du Lyon 335995

Interior in Cartouche, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1750 print Figures in interior in rocaille frame. In the foreground a man with a lance. Publishing number 116. Augsburg paper etching / engraving rocaille ornament. interior ~ ideal or visionary architectural design or model

Print (France)

Kneeling man under the shelter, Jeanne Deny, After Jean Baptiste Pillement, 1770 print In a landscape there is a kneeling man at the top of a staircase under an arc -shaped shelter. Above him there is a large bird on a ring. Paris paper etching kneeling figure. shed

Print, Vignette; Print Maker: Jakob Frey; After Giovanni Passari (Italian); engraving on paper; 10 × 14 cm (3 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.); 1907-7-9

Ansbach, Herman, Stephan, Germany, Pleginck, Martin, Nev Thier Bvechlein, Oval with reptiles, felines and fantasy creatures, In the middle a dragon catches a snake. Page 7 from series of title page and 7 numbered pages., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 43 mm, width 62 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1594 - 1594, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Augsburg, Kilian, Lucas, Germany, Newes Gradesca Büchlein, Plane decoration with grotesques, verso lower left - stamped, Sheet with two friezes, on the upper one a knife-sharpening scene, on the lower one a procession., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 142 mm, width 185 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

Jean Jacques Avril I after Jean Baptiste Pillement, Ornament with a Peacock Ornament with a Peacock

Trophy, from 'Livre de Trophées des Arts et Sciences', Pierre Ranson, French, 1736-1786, Etching on paper, Europe, France, Europe, 18th century, Print, Print

Print (France)

Suggestions for the Decoration of Frames, Plate 4 from 'Auzierungen zu Thüren u. Fenster sehr nutzlich zu gebrauchen.'. Artist: After Jeremias Wachsmuth (German, 1712-1771). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm). Engraver: Johann Sebastian Müller (German, Nuremberg 1715-1785 London). Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Date: Printed ca. 1750-56.Ornament print with two designs for the decorations of frames: on the left the top of a doorframe; on the right the bottom of a suspended window or mirror frame. 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.

Nova Alphati Effictio Historiis Ad Singulas Litteras Correspondentibus 1595 Designed and published by Theodor de Bry Netherlandish. Nova Alphati Effictio Historiis Ad Singulas Litteras Correspondentibus 346790

Print, Design for Fountain with Two Putti with a Fishing Net; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Engraved by Georg Siegmond Roesch; Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 - ca. 1758); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 36 x 23.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Designs for watch cabinets around a pipe -fitting man, Pierre Bourdon, 1703 print Leaf from series of seven designs for watchmakers, goldsmiths, sculptors and engravers. Designs around a central scene of a pipe -smelling man, sitting on a chair at a table. paper engraving ornaments ~ art. watch. pipe ~ tobacco

Escutcheon, No 18 from 'Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664, Etching on paper; verso: black chalk, No. 18 of the same set as -10, 'Raccolta di varii cappriccii,' etc. Verso: ribbon scroll, Italy, 1646, Print, Print

Frisian; Frisians.

Print (France)

Slangen aangevallen door een gam / Twee ganzen onder een boom; I toss them in their malice / know your ways; Roman pontiff of the human and the divine symbol Regum.An emblem with two performances. Upstairs a goose or swan to a set of hose on the ground. Among two geese under a tree. The birds beat their wings.

Frisian with horns of plenty; Orders à la mode. In the middle a flower celk above two rosettes, from which two horns of plenty come. Dutch copy to the upper motif of leaf 4 from the original series with the same name.

Leaf raft from a horn. Flat decoration with leaf refrences, coming from a horn that ends at the bottom right in a fish head. From the mouth of the fish, tendrils are coming into the head of a dragon. Shaded background.

Allegory of America. Artist: Philip Tideman (Dutch, Hamburg 1657-1705 Amsterdam). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 11 3/8 in. (14.6 × 28.9 cm), the top corners rounded. Date: ca. 1696.This detailed drawing served as a final study for a decorative cartouche in a map of America printed by Carel Allard in 1696. A German print designer and painter who worked primarily in Amsterdam, Tideman here borrowed motifs already in circulation: the native pouring gold, the giant lizard at the feet of the indigenous woman, and her feather headdress and skirt all echo the Nicolaes Berchem's print for the frontispiece of the second volume of John Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1662). Tideman embellished the iconography by adding to the scene decorative feathers as well as plants and animals native to the Americas, such as the pineapple and the armadillo. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664), Fantastic Vases, probably 1646, etching on laid paper

Fantasy 1824-98 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes French. Fantasy 373861

Recto: Judith with the head of Holofernes; Verso, left: Judith with the head of Holofernes; Verso, right: preliminary design for titlepage for print series of The Seven Virtues, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper, Recto: Judith stands in the foreground, an upraised sword in her right hand. In her left hand she holds the severed head of Holofernes. A servent kneels, right, holding an open sack. The body of Holofernes on couch, left. Verso, left: Judith with head of Holofernes; right, design of oval frame with Cupids above and figures flanking it at sides and below., Netherlands, 1590-1598, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Suggestion for the Decoration of Lower Right and Top Right of an Altar Frame, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series with Rocailles Ornaments for Altar and Door Frames Printed ca. 1750-56 Wolffgang Christoph Mayr Ornament print with suggestions for the decoration of the lower right of a suspended frame of a pier glass or altar, and the top right corner of an altar or door, bound in an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht.. Suggestion for the Decoration of Lower Right and Top Right of an Altar Frame, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series with Rocailles Ornaments for Altar and Door Frames. After Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (German, Kufstein 1712-1761 Augsburg). Printed ca. 1750-56. Etching. Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Wolffgang Christoph Mayr (German, active Kassel and Augsburg (), ca. 1740-1770)

Fountain with Alpheüs, 1738 print A fountain with the head of the river god Alpheüs, grape vines, shell motifs and fish. Paris paper etching ornamental fountain. stories of other river-gods: Alpheus. vine-tendril, leaf. scallop, shell ~ ornament. fishes

Intake of Landau, 1704; Landau. Jozef I recovers Landau from the French on November 25, 1704. The siege seen from the army camp of the biestmarks. Presentation in a richly decorated ornamental frame with at the top of a cartouche with a map of the city between allegorical figures. At the bottom of a cartouche with the description of the battle in German. Leaf in the bound set of plates released under the title: RepraesTatio Belli ... of the Spanish Successions-Krieg CA. 1720.

Ceiling with round center piece; Grands Carts the ceilings a la romaine. In the middle a putto as a jupiter; The edge is decorated with emperor busts in medallions and an oval medallion with a combat scene in the corner. Leaf from series of 6 sheets with large quarters of ceilings in classical style, some with variants for the edges. From first edition.

Parijs, Bonnet, Louis Marin, Huet, Jean Baptiste (le vieux), Cinquième Cahier des Arabesques, Lion with tendrils, Paris, verso - stamped, A roaring lion, entwined by a leaf tendril., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 246 mm, width 184 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1770 - 1780, third quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, papier, crayonmanier, 1745-10-15 - 1811-01-27, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1736 - 1793-10-12, publisher

Recto, above left: Passage regarding the Woman of the Apocalypse, from the Book of Revelation; Recto, above right: Woman of the Apocalyse; Recto, below left: Frontispiece to print series of the Life of the Virgin; Recto, below right: Coronation of the Virigin; Verso, left: A Buffet; Verso, right: Saint George and the Dragon, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper, Recto: Four sections upper left. Thirteen lines of handwritten inscription; upper right: A woman with wings stands on a crescent moon, her child rising above her head. At left: The many-headed dragon. Lower left: Coronation of the Virgin. Lower right: frontise. Verso: Two sections: An open cupboard with objects in it; Figure in armor on rearing horse., Netherlands, 1589 or before, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Ruïnes in rocaille cartouche.Figures in a landscape with ruins and right buildings on the left. In Rocaille frame. Publisher number 112.

Print, Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book); Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer (German, 1563 - 1618); Germany; engraving on laid paper; Platemark: 14.4 × 18.4 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.) 18.7 × 23 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

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