Decorative Art Prints

A variety of decorative prints featuring illustrations and etchings, including designs and allegorical scenes. The prints showcase detailed artistry.

Frisian with young soldier, old man and wife between weapons, Odoardo Fialetti, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1583 - 1638 print print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalyVaticaanstad paper etching sitting figure. weapons

Letter M: The Prophet from Judah was killed by De Leeuw, Anonymous, Hans Holbein (II) (Possible), 1556 print Zurich (Stad) paper letterpress printing initial. the body of the prophet of Judah lies intact on the road with the donkey and the lion beside it

Frisian with arrow sleeve, Sébastien Leclerc (I), After Claude Deruet, in Or Before 1664 print A Frisian with a arrow sleeve and putti on garlands flanked by arrow bundles. paper etching ornaments ~ art. quiver

Vignette with painting that is set up a laurel wreath, Sébastien Leclerc (I) (attributed to), 1669 print France paper etching caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). crowning with laurel

Frisian with young soldier, old man and wife between weapons, Odoardo Fialetti, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1583 - 1638 print print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalyVaticaanstad paper etching sitting figure. weapons

Frisian with four busts in medallions within a roll work frame, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. ornament ~ medallion. chest, bust. head-gear

Hertenjacht, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving stag-hunting. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Vignette with cupido with torch that lights up the blindfold of a sitting man, Noël Le Mire, 1759 print France paper etching (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). torch. blindfold

Man with a fee and severed body parts in a niche, Antoine Jacquard, 1610 - 1640 print France paper engraving parts of church interior: niche. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. cannibalism

Saturn, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching (story of) Saturn (Cronus). Saturn (planet). chariot, triumphal car. clouds

Keizer Domitian Rolwerk Omlijsting, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching male persons from classical history (DOMITIANUS, Titus Flavius) - portrait of person from classical history

Ornaments with arrow and arch, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing 'tropaion', i.e. decorative ornament ~ weapons

Standing donkey and two sleeping men with village view, Anonymous, Matthäus Merian (I), 1596 - 1652 print paper etching ass, donkey. sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors. agricultural implements. insects: ant. village

schorpioen (Oktober), Franz Isaac Brun, c. 1559 - c. 1596 print paper engraving Scorpio (zodiacal sign of October). October and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). treading grapes. vintage, grape harvest

Bird catchers, on the right drinks a man from a jug, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print paper engraving

Dansend Paar, Virgil, c. 1545 print Numbered in the top left: 1. Nuremberg paper etching one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple

Eendenjacht, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching bird hunting. water-birds: duck. lantern. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Ridder te paard in wapenuitrusting, anonymous, after Sébastien Leclerc (I), in or after 1647 - in or after 1714 print France paper etching / engraving riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. armour

Cartridge Met Feniks, Sébastien Leclerc (I) (Awarded to), 1683 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching fabulous animals ~ birds: phoenix. ornament ~ cartouche

Vignette with the Dutch Lion with a sword in an enclosed garden, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print paper vignette. symbols of particular nations, states, districts, etc.. fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus'

Vignette with three putti, 1763 print Vignette with three putti with a cloth in a rectangular frame. France paper etching cartoons. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Allegorical show with father Time and History, Pieter van den Berge, 1702 print Father Time with hourglass points the personification of history with a book on a reinforced city in the distance. paper etching 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe Vronen

Burial monument with column and putti, anonymous, 1650 - 1800 drawing A burial monument in a niche with a column and four putti with attributes from Mercury, a horn of abundance, a laurel branch, a trumpet and a diamond shape. At the top a panel with a medallion and two lions. paper. ink. pencil brush serious, tomb. Column, Pillar ~ Architecture. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

June, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print A group of figures in a sailboat sailing on the water. At the top left a lobster. paper June and its 'labours' (+ with Cancer (June)). sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Designs for goldsmithery, 1614 Three designs for pendants, one with Venus and Cupido. In the foreground a mouse and a rabbit. Nummered at the bottom right: 2. One of four oblong designs for goldsmiths surrounded by animals, flowers and figures (Nos. 2, 3, 5, and 6 and from a series of 7). paper engraving frequently used ornamental compositions. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute). rodents: mouse. rodents: rabbit

Catharina De'Medics gets to see the severed head of Coligny, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print Berlin paper etching head of a beheaded person Paris

Augustus en September, Monogram GDP, 1700 - 1799 print September: A man is backwards on a horse in front of a house and holds a cup. A woman stands in front of him. August: Three fishing figures under a chapel on a rock. Low Countries paper etching the twelve months represented by landscapes (+ with scenes showing human occupations ~ seasons and months). August and September ~ human activities (year divided into six seasons) (+ with different concepts ~ seasons and months). fishing (sports)

Window ornaments with putto and grapes, anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Two rocaille windows in which rocaille ornaments, right with dog. In the middle a putto on a rocaille ornament with grape vines. Publishing number 87. Augsburg paper etching Rocaille Ornament. Window. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Design for a book bridge for: Louis Couperus, Extaze: a book of happiness, 1894, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, in Or Before 1894 drawing Design for a book bridge with stylized flower motifs. tracing paper. ink. pencil pen / brush flowers ~ ornament

Fragment from Jupiter sends the three goddesses in the opinion of Paris, Antonio Fantuzzi (attributed to), 1543 print paper etching cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. the soldier; the soldier's life

Circle filling with cartouche and braid, Anonymous, After Pierre Bourdon, in or after 1703 print A rocaille cartouche surrounded by braid and leaf motifs. Paris paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. interlace ~ ornament

Historically costumed procession in Amsterdam at the 25-year anniversary of King William III in 1874 (plate 8), 1874 print Plate no. 8 with the part of the parade with the royal car drawn by six horses, a floats with a monument with busts from the first three Dutch kings. Behind it the board of the 'Association of the Indian Cross'. Part of a series of 24 plates of the costumed historical and allegorical parade held in Amsterdam on 12 May 1874, as part of the festivities during the celebration of the 25-year anniversary of King William III. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdamprinter: Amsterdam paper public festivities at other royal events, not meant or mentioned above (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities). public festivities at other royal events, not meant or mentioned above (+ decorated float, wagon ~ festive activities) Amsterdam

Laus Deo in Alinario, Matthys van den Bergh, 1656 drawing A parade of allegorical women's segments goes to a round temple on a mountain in the background. The parade of women's segments is alternated by two victories, on which Mercury with a harp, a naked woman with a small organ and a youthful Silenus are sitting on a wine barrel. The parade is preceded by a pan flute playing satin, whose back an opened book rests, from which a procession of scholars and boys sings. paper. ink pen triumph of Silenus. bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos)

Frisian with three busts of women surrounded by foliage, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. ornament ~ medallion. chest, bust. helmet. ornament derived from animal forms

Muziek, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Numbered in the top left: 5. Nuremberg paper engraving / etching 'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ music; 'Musica'(Ripa). clouds. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Children lay flowers at the grave of their grandfather, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1797 print In the margin, a parade has been etched in a sketchy way. Berlin paper etching family, descendance. laying flowers or wreath on grave. grave, tomb

Title head with men wearing grapes, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1927 print A dog runs between the legs of one of the men. Japanese paper (handmade paper) bunch of grapes. carrying something

Sleeperkar in a street, Georges Michel, 1773 - 1843 drawing paper. pencil four-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal

Letter S: A Pooping Putto, Caspar Merian, After Hans Holbein (II), After Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print paper etching / letterpress printing initial. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. defecation

Ram (March), Franz Isaac Brun, c. 1559 - c. 1596 print paper engraving Aries (zodical sign of March). March and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). ploughing. sowing. pruning

Portret van Georg Skanderbeg, Anonymous, François Chauveau (Possible), 1636 print France paper etching head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes). historical persons. adult man

Landscape with baking oven, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1795 print Berlin paper etching landscapes. oven ~ kitchen - CC - in the open air

Vignette with the letter W with a crown and weapon, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print paper letterpress printing vignette. fancy letters. crown (symbol of sovereignty). weapons

Lady as a real genote, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print Numbered at the top right: 2. Berlin paper etching mother with son(s) and daughter(s) (mother-love)

Title Head with Pellings, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1893 print paper eels: eel. other ornament derived from animal forms

Fortuna / Rijksappel with crossed swords, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Upstairs Fortuna is on a sphere with a sail in her hands. Under a rich apple above two crossed swords. Four crowns. These may be the currency of Frederik I and Christiaan III of Denmark. paper engraving / letterpress printing Fortuna as Roman personification. orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top). insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral)

View of a classic tomb, Israel Silvestre, 1631 - 1661 print France paper etching landscape with ruins

Number 27, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil. deck paint pen / brush

Vignette of Hendrick Everts, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print The monogram of Hendrick Everts in an oval with edge. In the middle of a cherub. paper vignette. letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.. cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

Two Skaters / recto: Skaters on the Ice, a Man Pushing a Sledge and a Kolf-player, c. 1615 - c. 1625 drawing Skaters on the ice; On the right a man who pushes a sledge on the left a pump player. paper. graphite (mineral) 'kolf' on the ice. skates (winter sports). clothes, costume (+ men's clothes)

Braid work with cross shape and palmet, Jacques Androuet, 1520 - 1584 print Anchor crosses between two palmetten friezes. paper etching interlace ~ ornament. palmette ~ ornament

Kop, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen caricatures (human types)

Sitting man among trees in Silhouette, Isaac Walraven, 1696 - 1765 print Example for Goudsmidswerk. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving sitting figure

Astrologie, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Numbered in the top left: 7. Nuremberg paper engraving / etching 'Astrologia' (Ripa). clouds. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Landscape with two figures, Guercino, 1601 - 1666 print A landscape with two figures. One of the figures points to birds in the Lugt. Italy paper etching landscapes

Number 5, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953) (Possible), After Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 photomechanical print paper printing block

Allegory to Kunt, Johann Esaias Nilson, After Joseph Limor, 1731 - 1788 print Bust van Minerva image, including Fama with Bazuin and Lauwerkrans. Nijd and violence attack them but are chased away with his scythe by the winged time. At the top right, the letter Y. paper etching the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'. Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). Vehemence, Violence, Fierceness; 'Sforza con Inganno', 'Violenza' (Ripa)

Number 3, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil. deck paint pen / brush

Two Koppen, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing Two heads on a leaf, possibly part of an envelope, with a paint stamp. paper. ink. sealing wax pen caricatures (human types)

Number 28, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil. deck paint pen / brush

Seller of rat poison, Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, c. 1774 - c. 1789 print paper etching seller of rat-poison. street-trader. rodents: rat. clothes, costume (+ worn or torn clothes)

Grammar, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching 'Grammar' (~ trivium); 'Grammar' (Ripa)

Ex Libris van Annie and Marius Roland Holst, Willem Arondéus, 1925 paper couple of lovers. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude

Vignette with Mask, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1935 print Japanese paper (handmade paper)

Portrait of a woman, Charles Neve, After Anonymous, 1860 - 1900 cabinet photograph. photomechanical print On the album magazine, around the Passe-Partout, reproductions of prints from, among others, a face at Pompeys Pillar in Alexandria. This photo is part of an album. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print / printing block historical persons. adult woman. the graphic arts

Postcard to Jan Ponstijn and Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten, Leo Gestel, in Or Before 1915 drawing Postcard with a drawing of a man, presumably Leo Gestel, who suffered and with a folder and painting under the arm and a bag in hand walks through rain and wind. At the bottom right a drawing of a fat man in a checkered suit that Jan Ponstijn has to present. Postcard is part of an album. Bergen cardboard. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush / writing (processes) bad weather Bergen

Lazio Roma Rome Museo degli Strumenti Musicali6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

Herbergscène, Charles Emile Jacque (attributed to), 1823 - 1894 print France paper etching / drypoint hotel, hostelry, inn

Band design for: Louis Couperus, Extaze: a book of happiness, 1894, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, in Or Before 1894 drawing Stylized floral pattern in a rectangular frame with the book title. tracing paper. ink. pencil. deck paint pen / brush flowers ~ ornament

Four reliefs and a sculpture of the head of a woman, anonymous, c. 1920 - c. 1940 photograph These photos are part of an album. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture). head (human) - AA - female human figure

Now. Nach Amerongen!, Anonymous, After Leo Gestel, c. 1918 photomechanical print Keizer Wilhelm II on a country road in a car whose windshield is cracked. Behind him is a man in uniform who salutes. Rabbits drift away in front of the car and a man looks at the car on the left. cardboard writing (processes) traffic by road or path with motor-vehicle

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