Baroque Decorative Designs

Delicate engravings and drawings of ornamental jewelry and architectural elements, featuring intricate patterns and elegant motifs.

Architecture fantasy with Saturn at the top in his floats, c. 1530 - c. 1540 print Flat decoration with grotesken. At the bottom a cartouche with a ship flanked by two sitting monkeys. The whole in a framework edge, decorated with masks. Left and right a hanging garland of fruits and marine animals. From series of 20 magazines. paper etching / engraving

Plate 6, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis Collaert Opus Postremum (Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill, the Final Work by Joannis Collaert), Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, laid and gilded, A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a fleur-de-lys cartouche with three drop pearls. At center, a seated man and woman flanked by dolphins., Antwerp, Belgium, 1581, ornament, Print, Print

Clock Cases, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I 1761 Thomas Chippendale British Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CLXVI in the third edition of 1762, but created as early as 1761 according to the Act of Parliament on the print itself.. Clock Cases, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I. Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718-1779 London). 1761. Black ink, gray wash

Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by Michel (French, active 1785); Print Maker: Jacques Juillet (French, 1739 - 1784); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734-1799); France; etching on laid paper

Design for a Cartouche with garlands and antique vase 18th century Workshop of Leonardo Marini Italian. Design for a Cartouche with garlands and antique vase 365476

Plate 4, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis Collaert Opus Postremum (Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill, the Final Work by Joannis Collaert), Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, laid and gilded, A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a cartouche with three drop pearls. On either side are nude figures straddling griffins. Above, a seated figure in an archway., Antwerp, Belgium, 1581, ornament, Print, Print

Design for cigarette floor with monogram ah. .

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

Architecture fantasy with Saturn at the top in his floats, c. 1530 - c. 1540 print Flat decoration with grotesken. At the bottom a cartouche with a ship flanked by two sitting monkeys. The whole in a framework edge, decorated with masks. Left and right a hanging garland of fruits and marine animals. From series of 20 magazines. paper etching / engraving

Pier Glass Frames, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I 1754 Thomas Chippendale British Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CXLVI in the 1754 and 1755 editions, but not reprinted in the 1762 edition.. Pier Glass Frames, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I. Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718-1779 London). 1754. Black ink, gray ink, gray wash

Two flutes and a third instrument, in or before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. flute, aulos, tibia Royal Palace

Hinge second half 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Hinge 386693

Drawing (Italy); pen and black ink with brown wash support: off-white laid paper

Germany, Round frame, verso - stamped, A round frame with arabesques, flowers in vases and a mask., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 210 mm, width 164 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1849, paper, etching, etchings, Expression creation

Variété de la Grande Lyre; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

Two Alternatives Designs for a Cartouche Decorated with a Frame, Statues, and Volutes. Artist: Michelangelo Colonna (Italian, Ravenna/Como 1604-1687 Bologna) (). Dimensions: sheet: 10 x 3 7/8 in. (25.4 x 9.8 cm). Date: 1604-87. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for room decoration with a panel with a medallion and a building. Draughtsman: Abraham Meertens. Dating: 1767 - 1823. Measurements: h 288 mm × w 187 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing (Italy); pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite support: off-white laid paper on secondary paper support

Design for a Wall Fountain. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Lombard, 16th century. Dimensions: 14 11/16 x 9 7/8 in. (37.3 x 25.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: 65.653.1-65.653.17. Date: 1550-1620. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fruit cluster with pumpkins, Ornament with fruit cluster. Two pumpkins in the middle. Numbered bottom left: 6. The print is part of an album, ornaments, art, fruits and vegetables, ornament, anonymous, 1551 - 1650, paper, etching, h 63 mm × w 93 mm

Drawing, TWO CHAIRS; Unknown; Italy; pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite; 26.3 x 19.2 cm (10 3/8 x 7 9/16 in.)

Fanière brothers, pendant (main title). Graphite, gouache on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Armorial Trophy with Fame, verso - stamped, A male and female personification of Fame blow the trumpet amidst banners and armor. At the top a Turkish headdress and at the bottom the Turkish crescent moon., print, ornament print, prints, height 67 mm, width 78 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), supervision

Truth, Lambert Cornelisz., After Jacob Leendertsz, After Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), c. 1590 - c. 1610 print The truth is with a padlock on the mouth. Female personification in oval from a series of unknown size. paper engraving Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa) (+ clothed). padlock

Drawing, Design for an Ornament; Italy; pen and brown ink with gray wash on off-white laid paper

Design for Grotesque Wall Decoration early 16th century Attributed to Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian. Design for Grotesque Wall Decoration 346298

Design for a Wall Fountain. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Lombard, 16th century. Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (37.2 x 25 cm). Series/Portfolio: 65.653.1-65.653.17. Date: 1550-1620. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Design for Brooch and Pendant; Italy; pen, brush and sepia on paper

Antique-Style Ornamental Frieze Design: Lettered Panels, Rinceaux, and Masks early 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Antique-Style Ornamental Frieze Design: Lettered Panels, Rinceaux, and Masks 356335

A garland with hands reaching into each other above which is a mirror with a snake. Below the garland two banners, a burning tripod and palm leaves., Ornaments Framing, print maker: Gerardus Emaus de Micault, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1813 - 1863, paper, etching, h 101 mm × w 136 mm

Decorative design, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing pencil

Drawing, Design for Pendant with Woman in Helmet; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

Germany, Monogrammist SB (16th century), Designs for goldsmiths, Grotesques with floral scrolls and snakes, verso - stamped, Grotesques with floral scrolls. Bottom left and right medallions, each with a snake. Print is part of a series of designs and decorations for goldsmiths., print, ornamental print, prints, height 48 mm, width 61 mm, height 195 mm, width 165 mm, German, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1596, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Two cock figures surrounding initials Guillaume Boucot (1735-1814). Two figures of roosters surrounding initials. Esno feather in broken white paper, 1735-1814.

Drawing, Design for a Crosier; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Antwerp, Ortelius, Abraham, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Aprutii Ulterioris Descriptio, Cartouche of a map of the Abruzzo, Half oval cartouche with scrollwork, Half oval cartouche in two parts with scrollwork. This is a fragment of a map of the Abruzzo. The print is part of an album., print, ornamental print, album leaf, prints, height 77 mm, width 186 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1590, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), pasting, South Netherlands, 1527-03-16 - 1598-06-29, supervision

Drawing (Italy)

Drawing, Design for three pentdants; Italy

Depicts Borromini's design for vaulted decoration at San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome. Executed on fine paper as a graphite sketch.

Figures at a pond on the edge of a village. A pigeon tower in the background. Leaf 27 Recto from a sketchbook with 30 sheets.

Design for a candlestick (No. 8), Abraham Meertens, 1767 - 1823 drawing paper. pencil brush sconce, wall lamp

Study of the sacristy door and door knocker at Probsteikirche, Pettau (Ptuj, Slovenia), by Alfred Castelliz, drawn on medium-strong paper with pencil in 1890.

Variety of lyre, in gold before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. lyre, cithara, psaltery Royal Palace

Design for a rays monograms with Monogram IHS. .

Decorative design. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 206 mm × w 121 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Designs for caryatids and capitals, drawn with a feather pen between 1550 and 1650 by an anonymous artist, showing architectural ornamentation.

Indians at the gate of a courtyard. Page 83 from a sketchbook with 84 sheets.

Drawing, Design for a Decorative Swag; Pierre-Clément Marillier (French, 1740 - 1808); France; pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash on white vellum (parchment); 23.1 x 24.8 cm (9 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Design for overall symmetrical ceiling decoration featuring geometric sections in which mythological figures, rinceaux, and putti are arranged. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Unidentified, Ionic capitals, two front and side elevations (recto) Doric impost, elevation of entablature (verso). Dimensions: sheet: 17 5/16 x 11 7/16 in. (44 x 29 cm). Draftsman: Drawn by Anonymous, French, 16th century. Series/Portfolio: Goldschmidt Scrapbook. Date: early to mid-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Floor plan for a fortress, fort or reinforcement (hexagon). Below that a fight between riders on a bridge. In the corner at the top right, the number 11 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. battle. warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). bridge

Ornament for Cartouche. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550-1580). Dimensions: 3-1/2 x 4-5/8 in. (8.9 x 11.7 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a Tomb of Epitaph (recto); An Unfinished Variation of a Tomb or Epitaph (verso). Artist: Attributed to Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, Florence 1652-1725 Florence). Dimensions: sheet: 9 7/16 x 8 1/8 in. (23.9 x 20.7 cm). Date: 1652-1725. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Decorative design with two fish in a hexagon, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 drawing paper. chalk brush ornament derived from animal forms. bony fishes

Brooch with Table-Stones, Butterflies at Top, and Peacocks and Hermes at Bottom. Dated: 1596. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Mignot.

Decorative design, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing pencil

Decorative motifs in the fronton of a door of the Soubise Hotel.

Phorminx, Grande Lyre; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

Drawing, Grotesque Design; Italy; charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Nuremberg, Weigel, Johann Christoph, Guérard, Nicolas, Unterschiedliche Stücke vom Büchsenmachen, Parts of firearms, Stock and screw plates, verso - stamped, An ornamented stock and two screw plates., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 184 mm, width 287 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1690 - 1725, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, French, 1648 - 1719, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1661-07-15 - 1726, publisher

Design for the Decoration of Firearms ca. 1797-1805 Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet French. Design for the Decoration of Firearms. French, Versailles. ca. 1797-1805. Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper. Versailles. Works on Paper-Drawings

Design for an inkset, draughtsman: Luigi Valadier, Rome, c. 1760, paper, pen, h 196 mm × w 270 mm

Festoen of Fruit with an open fruit in the middle, Michiel Mosijn, After Francoys Dancx, After Jacob van Campen, 1655 - 1678 print Amsterdam paper engraving

Design for a fountain, Daniel Marot (II), 1705 - 1769, draughtsman: Daniël Marot (II), 1705 - 1769, paper, pen, brush, h 368 mm × w 244 mm

Drawing, Design for a Bracelet; Probably Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762 - 1844); Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper

Wood Engraving. Vignette.; etching and engraving; 45 x 52 in (114.3 x 132.1 cm); 1945-200-272

Pen and wash draft of a Rococo clock, showing ornate decorative elements and structural design, 18th century.

Decorative initiation design ch opa, verso: post with an umbrella; Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893); 1847 (1844-00-00-1844-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Scholtz, Hanna (Flow. Ca 1912) - Dar, peasants, initials, ornaments, initial designs, German drawings

Egg branch and yacht trophy. On the left a stem with acorns and oak leaves, right a cartouche with the head of Diana including a trophy hangs. Top left: 1re partition, top right: A. n ° 3, bottom right: 20.

Decorative design with a pattern of dandelions, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 drawing paper. chalk ornament derived from plant forms. flowers: dandelion

Chimneypiece, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I ca. 1753-62 Thomas Chippendale British Design for a chimneypiece. Not published in Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'.. Chimneypiece, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I 344525

Design for a Decorative Panel 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Design for a Decorative Panel 362337

Titelblad met fantasiewapen. Schetsboek "A.S.Fe", 1587, blad 1r(12) (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1587. Measurements: h 105 mm × w 78 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing, Design for a brooch; Italy; 1940-86-751

Drawing, Design for Wallpaper or Textile; graphite, blotted crayon, brush and purple watercolor on paper; 54.6 × 56.2 cm (21 1/2 × 22 1/8 in.)

Ceiling of Ballroom decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria. Artist: Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian, Naples 1700-1773 Caserta) , workshop of. Dimensions: 13-3/16 x 18-1/16 in. (33.5 x 45.8 cm). Date: 1700-1773. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Le Tambour Arabe, in or before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. string instruments (plucked) Royal Palace

Kiessling Martin (1879-1944), stucco ceiling of the old city bailiff, Berlin. (From: Architecton. Sketches from Alt-Berlin, ed. Akad. Architects Association, H.28, Berlin 1904.) (1904-1904): View, Details. Light pressure on paper, 24.2 x 34.1 cm (including scan edges)

Design for Segment of an Octagonal Ceiling; Gower House, Whitehall, London. Artist: Sir William Chambers (British (born Sweden), Göteborg 1723-1796 London); John Yenn (British, London () 1750-1821 London). Dimensions: sheet: 13 7/16 x 10 in. (34.2 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1766-74. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Study of tiled Floor of the Baptistry, Florence, 1866-69 William Holman Hunt, Drawing, Ink, Pencil, Italy, Religion, Architecture, Sketch, Pre-Raphaelite, Tile, Church

Kissir One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) harp. trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament Royal Palace

Design for the hilt of a sword, Pierre Woeiriot (II), 1542 - 1555 print Design for the hilt of a sword: round paper engraving

Cuirass from the 16th century with image of kneeling and praying knight on the breast plate. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Graphite sketches by Francesco Borromini showing the coat of arms cartridge of Pope Innocent X on architectural elements of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, with labeling on fine paper.

Ceiling puts variant, Anonymous, after Jean Lepautre, 1670 - 1718 print Children with a bird play on the top ceiling. after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper etching

Saints John Nepomucene and Anthony of Padua. Tyszkiewicz, Konstanty (1806-1868), merchant employer, Marcinowski, Antoni (Wilno ; drukarnia ; 1817-1862), printing house, Piotrowski, Jan Onufry (fl. 1754-1765), graphic artist

Graphite sketch of the vaulted bullation at San Carlo all Quattro Fontane, Rome, executed on fine paper.

Recueil de morceaux d'architecture et de divers fragmens de monumens antiques fait en Italie par Marie Joseph Peyre architecte du Roy ancien pensionnaire de Sa Majesté à Rome, Peyre, Marie-Joseph, 1730-1785, pencil, ink, pen, wash, black and red chalk, watercolor, 1786, Album of architectural drawings with sketches and some fully realized drawings includes drawings of architectural fragments and details (some with measurements), two views, ancient and Baroque sculpture, urns and coffers, and designs for fountains and buildings.

Designs for Four Rings, Plate 29 from 'Livre d'Aneaux d'Orfevrerie' 1561 Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II Small oval print with designs for four rings, each with a square-cut gemstone in a central setting. Two rings are presented as seen from the front and two are presented in side view. The plate, numbered 29, is part of a book of forty designs for rings by the goldsmith and engraver Woeiriot, published in Lyon (France) after Woeiriot returned from a visit to Rome. The French edition, titled 'Livre d'aneaux d'orfévrerie de l'invention de Pierre Woeiriot Lorrain', appeared in 1561. An Italian edition, the 'Libro d'anella d'orefici del inventione de Piero Woeirioto di Loreno', appeared in the same year.. Designs for Four Rings, Plate 29 from 'Livre d'Aneaux d'Orfevrerie'. 1561. Engraving

New Modelbüch (Page 15v). Designer: Andreas Bretschneider (German, Dresden ca. 1578-ca. 1640 Leipzig). Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 8 1/16 in. (30.5 x 20.5 cm). Printer: Henning Gross the younger , Leipzig. Date: 1615.Designed by Andreas Bretschneider, German, ca. 1578-1640, printed by Henning Gross the younger, Leipzig.Etched hand-colored title page, 29 etched plates (including 3 counterproofs), 20 pages of designs including 4 duplicates. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for Link of Bracelet, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper, In the center, a lozenge with the diamond. Scrolls which form two hearts in the direction of hte joints., Italy, 1800-1825, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Decor project for a canopy: ornaments and figurative scenes. (Dummy title)

Duitsland, Weigel, Johann Christoph, Mariette, Jean, Neue invention oder entwurff von Schnupftoback Dosen, Geornamenteerde dichts, Germany, verso - stamped, Four lids of snuff boxes. Top left and left and right below with ornaments. Top right with masks., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 161 mm, width 225 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1670 - 1725, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1660-07-22 - 1742-09-21, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1661-07-15 - 1726, publisher

Jan Nepomucen and Antoni Padewski shines; Piotrowski, Jan Onufry (Fl. 1754-1765), Marcinowski, Antoni (Vilnius; Drukarnia; 1817-1862), Tyszkiewicz, Konstanty (1806-1868); 1765 (1765-00-00-1765-00-00);

Drawing, Design of an earring; Made by Salvatori (Italian, active 19th century); Italy

Map of a part of the water game in Karlsberg, Anonymous, After Giovanni Francesco Guerniero, 1706 print Print is part of an album. paper etching garden fountain. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. plan, map of garden Karlsberg. Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

Print (France)

Drawing, Design for a Pendant; Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Band with a floral motif.Leaf 36 Verso from a sketchbook with 42 pages.

Design for a list of a family crest (Lenzi).

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