Ornamental Engravings

Decorative prints featuring intricate designs and grotesque ornamentation, created for architectural details and decorative arts in 18th-century France.

Two prints with working putti, c. 1866 - c. 1900 print On the print at the top are a Frisian and a panel depicted, split into two parts. A brickwork can be seen on the left part of the panel. On the print at the bottom is a Frisian with three monkeys and a frame with eight putti. Both prints state: E. Neureuther's Sgraffito (-) Paintings at the Polytechnicum in Munchen. paper

Bound Print, Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640-1711); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669-1738); France; engraving

Print (France)

Bound Print, Ornament Designs for a Sedan Chair; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640-1711); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669-1738); France; engraving

Print, Plate 4, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths); Designed by Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); Engraved by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640-1711); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); France; engraving on laid paper

Border and Three Pediments (recto), Fifteen circular Designs (verso) 18th century Attributed to Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Border and Three Pediments (recto), Fifteen circular Designs (verso) 388081

Print (France)

Copper engraving by René Boyvin, created in 1563, illustrating Jason retrieving the Golden Fleece, depicting classical mythological figures and heroic narrative.

Print (France)

Five Frisians with eggs, marine animals, vegetables and game. At the top right is a frieze shown with fish, a lobster and a crab, locked up in a motif of intertwined tires. Top left: 1RE partie, top right: a n ° 15 at the bottom right: 60.

Two prints with working putti, c. 1866 - c. 1900 print On the print at the top are a Frisian and a panel depicted, split into two parts. A brickwork can be seen on the left part of the panel. On the print at the bottom is a Frisian with three monkeys and a frame with eight putti. Both prints state: E. Neureuther's Sgraffito (-) Paintings at the Polytechnicum in Munchen. paper

Page from Emblemata nobilitate et vulgo scitu digna (Noble Ornament), Johann Theodor de Bry, German, 1561 - 1623, Engraving on white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Proof before lettering. Three rectangular panels inserted on a strapwork background. The central panel shows an escutcheon of a helmet supported on intertwined acanthus leaves. The upper rectangle with rounded corners, as well as the lower rectangle, both have a nail-head border with projecting strapwork elements., Frankfurt, 1593, graphic design, Print, Print

Bound Print, Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640-1711); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669-1738); France; engraving

Reproduction of an engraving of the Exposition Nationale of 1880 in Brussels, surrounded by portraits of, among others, Léopold II and Philip of Belgium, by Armand Heins, Anonymous, After Armand Heins, 1881 - 1882 photomechanical print Brussels paper collotype trade exhibition, industries fair. king Brussels

Three ornaments with masks, Paul Androuet Ducerceau, c. 1670 - c. 1690 print This print is part of an album. Paris paper etching mask, mascaron ~ ornament. acanthus ~ ornament

Print (France)

Print, A Mantel and Overmantel Mirror Design; Designed by Jean-François-Antoine Boulanger (French, active mid 18th century); Print Maker: D.M (active 18th century); Published by Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 - 1776), Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768), Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on laid paper

Decorative show with the medal on silver wedding anniversary of Willem van Citters and Maria Kien, 1738, 1738 print Decorative show with the wedding medal at the twenty -five -year marriage in 1738 by Willem van Citters, governor of the VOC for the Chamber of Zeeland, twelve times mayor of Middelburg and Maria Kien, married on July 22, 1713. Northern Netherlands paper etching medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). silver anniversary

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Bound Print (France)

Book, L'oeuvre (Works)

Print (France)

Bound Print (France)

Print, Deux diferents desseins de Tables; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Engraved by Karl Albert von Lespilliez (1723-1796); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 - ca. 1758); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 35.8 x 23.4 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Etching by Jacobus Lutma from 1653 depicting a title page for Veelderhande Nieuwe Compartemen, featuring cartridges decorated with shell plant motifs in seventeenth-century Dutch engraving style.

Book, L'oeuvre (Works)

Etching by Jean Le Pautre from 1625 to 1682 showing detailed ornament filling using ornament stitch technique, emphasizing decorative patterns and structural layout.

Le Bal Costumé Donné Au Palais de S.A.R. Monsignor Le Prince d'Orange Au 26 Fevrier 1845. Backside of a decorated paper cover printed in gold and green. Standing figure of Mr. Deminière, the French ballet master at the Royal Court, in costume, within ornamental lists. Conversion to the printed description by Le Comte de Guldenlew from a costumed ball held at the Palace of the Prince of Orange (the later king Willem III) in The Hague on 26 February 1845.

Print, Cartouche Design; Designed by P.P. Choffard; Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768), Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on laid paper

Bound Print, Designs for Cartouches; Designed by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (French, 1672-1742); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); Published by Chez Huquier; France; etching and engraving on paper

Design for Two Panels, 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, Left, female term; right, Mercurius., Germany, 1745, ornament, Print, Print

Two tables with variants for support; Nouveaux Liure d'OrfEurerie. The top table is drawn in perspective, the table top is shown upright at the bottom. Four masks are shown on both sides. From series of 6, partly numbered, sheets.

Two cartouches with rolling and grotesken

Print (France)

Cartouche with rolling and acanthus leaves, Charles Mavelot, 1685 Numbered at the top right: 5. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving Numbered at the top right: 5. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving

Ornamental decoration with C-Voluten, P. Baretti, 1766 print PLACK PLENT with ornamentic decoration with C-volutes, shown schematically. Print is part of an album. paper engraving ornaments ~ art

Oval cartouche with text of solon; Solon./Si principles et Maiores / Secundum fees Urxerint (...); Flat decorations: cartouches with quotes from philosophers in a picture frame, grotesken, figures, garlands and trophies. There are a man and a woman on the cartouche. At the top left and at the top right are hermen, bottom left and bottom right do weapent trophies hang. Belongs to series of 6 sheets.

Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 31) 1773 After Georges Reverdy Page from an album with 54 prints, 40 of which come from a series published by Carlo Losi in Rome in 1773. For some reason often overlooked, these prints actually reproduce16th-century designs attributed to the enigmatic French artist Georges Reverdy and the better-known Netherlandish artist Jacob Floris. All copies are in reverse. In some cases they are combined with the originals in this album. Several pages in the album are empty, indicating that some prints may have been taken out at some point.. Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 31). After Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57). 1773. Etching and engraving. Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757- after 1805)

Book, L'oeuvre (Works)

Ornamental Cartouche with Cherub and Fruit, Claude Mellan, 1632 print paper engraving / snipping ornament ~ cartouche. cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

Print, Arabesque Ornament Design; Designed by Charles Pierre Joseph Normand (French, 1765 - 1840); Published by François-Étienne Joubert; France; etching on laid paper

Composition with Fama, Gottfried Stein, After Jean Berain (Le Vieux), 1697 - 1724 print A decorative composition with braid. In the middle of the top, Fama blows on a trumpet, she stands on a pedestal under a canopy. Monkeys and medallions with portraits and Profil hang on either side of her. In the middle two fountains with a triton on a dolphin. Left and right are saters. Below that, six Caratives carry the braid. Between them there are two trees with helmet and weapons and in the middle a medallion and a fire pot. At the bottom a semi -figure with flower basket and four dragon -like. Augsburg paper etching frequently used ornamental compositions. Fama as Roman personification

Print, Three Designs for Balustrades; Designed by Jean Lamour; Print Maker: Claude Francois Nicole (French, ca. 1700 - ca. 1783); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.) Platemark: 53.3 x 43.2 cm (21 x 17 in.)

Cartouche and detail ornament; Ornaments; Disegni, et abbozzi di Agostino Mitelli Intagliati Dal Figluolo di Lui Gioseppe Maria Mitelli. Above a cartouche with flowers in the edge. Under a detail of an ornament with a horn with fruits. The print is part of an album.

Bound Print, Garden Designs; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640-1711); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669-1738); France; engraving

Print (France)

Five ornaments of the castle of Ry; Chateau de Ry / G. Umé Architecte. Details of the ceiling of the castle of the castle, detail lower right with cross section. Top left is listed: Motifs de Decoration, top right: Sculpture et Peinture, bottom right: n ° 9.a.

Bound Print, Designs for Two Vertical Panels; 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

Etching by Mauro Tesi from 1750-1766 depicting various ornaments including decorative motifs, patterns, and stylized designs for visual reference.

Etching by Jean Le Pautre from 1625-1682 depicting a ceiling decoration with ornamental motifs, illustrating intricate Baroque design and composition.

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Battle of Oudenaarde, 1708; Sieg Bey Oudenarde Ao. 1708. Battle of Oudenaarde. Victory of the Allies under the Duke of Marlborough and the Prince of Savoy on the French, July 11, 1708. The central representation of the battle in a richly decorated ornamental frame with a cartouche at the top of a cartouche with a map of the battle. At the bottom of a cartouche with the description of the events in German. Leaf in the bound set of plates released under the title: RepraesTatio Belli ... of the Spanish Successions-Krieg CA. 1720.

Reproduction of a print of a decorated panel by Insurerus van Londerseel, Anonymous, After Assuerus van Londerseel, After Christoffel Plantijn, c. 1876 - in or before 1881 photomechanical print Antwerp paper photolithography print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph

Copper engraving by Crispin van de Passe depicting the four elements Fire, Air, Water, and Earth in circular compositions, created between 1584 and 1637.

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Bound Print, Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640-1711); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669-1738); France; engraving

Louis de Châtillon created a spring-themed etching around 1680 showing natural landscapes and seasonal motifs, demonstrating 17th-century European engraving techniques.

Etching by Georg Wächter depicting trophies and ornamental designs with decorative elements around 1600.

Drawing, Project for a Reliquary; Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper

Print (France)

Cartouches with lion heads, Anonymous, After Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1555 - 1572 print Two ornamented cartouches on a leaf. Above: a cartouche with volutes and a lion's head and two masks at the bottom, right below number 10. Below: a cartouche with a winged lion's head and on the bottom a mask with glasses and horns, right below number 9. paper etching ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations). lion's head ~ ornament

Cartouches with masks and fruit. Two ornamented square cartouches on a leaf. Left: a cartouche with a lion's head, masks with horns and on the underside a mask and fruit garlands, right under number 5. Right: a cartouche with monkey heads, a feminine mask and a male mask and fruit garlands on the bottom below number 6.

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Ornament with winged fantasy animal. At the top left taps a bird to a berry. In the left corner is: 1RE Partie, top right: A. n ° 6., Bottom right: 14.

Series of Small Flower Motifs, Plate 1 ca. 1670-85 Paul Androuet Ducerceau French Plate 1 from an untitled series of six plates with designs of flower motifs, possibly meant for silk embroidery. This plate presents four fantastical flower motifs, printed from 2 small vertical plates. The flower motifs are reminiscent of the flowers described elsewhere as 'a la persienne' (in the Persian manner).. Series of Small Flower Motifs, Plate 1. ca. 1670-85. Etching printed from 2 plates. Nicolas Langlois (French, Paris 1640-1703)

Three designs for tables and frames, 1698 print Three designs for tables and ornamental frames, possibly for clocks. Print in an album with 22 etchings from a series of originally 32 ornament prints with exuberant baroque designs for altars, sermon chairs, organ cabinets and other ecclesiastical arts and skills, followed by designs for heaven beds, children's ledulikants and other domestic furniture. paper etching liturgical furniture, etc.. clock

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 27 (recto) 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 is decorated in the center with a statue upon a 3-tiered base. Flanking each side of the base is a sphinx. Surrounding this central element are other decorative objects and foliage.. La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 27 (recto) 662403

Print (Germany)

Two Centaurs Torsen Torsen An ornamented vase with a plaque on a wall, Benigno Bossi, After Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1764 print Title print with two centaurs that are a large vase with branches. Among them, a plaque on a wall with the text "A Son Excellence Monsieur du Tillot". This includes a vignette with the edge of Acanthus leaves in which the year 1764 and a trophy. Print is part of an album. Printed recto at the top right: 1. paper etching vase ~ ornament. centaurs (in general)

Arabic with women and dogs, Laurent Guyot, After Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1810 print Arabic with two naked women with branches in their hands, horns of abundance and two dogs on either side of a vase. Paris paper etching ornament ~ arabesque. sitting figure - AA - female human figure. dog

Dessins pour l'Industrie. Alphonse-Louis Poitevin (French, 1819 - 1882)

"Etching by Jacques Callot showing a decorative cartouche with soldiers on a beach, depicting military figures, landscape elements, and ornamentation. Executed around 1630, demonstrating Callot's attention to detail and engraving craftsmanship."

Etching by Albert Flamen from 1637-1693 depicting grave and honorary monuments with dedication scripts, showing architectural and decorative elements.

Design of a Console Table with a Mirror, Pen with greyish, black ink, brush with black washes, black chalk on paper, Conceived, probably by an apprentice, in the style of François Cuvilliés. A dragon is shown in an escutcheon in the bottom center of the table, a trophy of attributes of gods in a panel over the mirror., France, 1750, drawing, drawing

Cartouches with birds and fruit trips; Cartouches in a frame of roller and fitting work. Two cartouches on a leaf. Above: a cartouche surrounded by Moresken. Left, right and in the middle of the birds. A mascaron hangs in the left and right-hand corner. Numbered in the middle of B. Below: a cartouche in a picture frame of roller and fitting work, decorated with garlands and fruit roses. At the top are two birds and two mascarons. On either side of the cart shower ends one spur of the rollerwork in a bofch head. Middle under P numbered.

Print, Designs for Braziers and Trays, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork); Attributed to Léonard Thiry (Flemish, 1550); Circle of Rosso Fiorentino (Italian,1494 - 1540); Engraved by René Boyvin (French, 1525 - 1625), Pierre Milan (French, 1500 - 1557); France; engraving on laid paper

Cartouche with Cartographic Instruments, Engraving, brush and blue wash on paper, Cartouche with Cartographic Instruments., France, late 17th-mid- 18th century, Print, Print

Letter a and letter B. Two prints with a letter. Letter A is made up of masks and surrounded by three putti and schweifwerk. Letter B is made up of masks and upper bodies of women and surrounded by Schweifwerk, at the bottom is a putto.

Copper engraving from 1619 by Melchior Tavernier showing aisles with rollerwork and grotesque designs, highlighting intricate decorative elements.

Toiletmeubel, c. 1830 - c. 1850 Paris tracing paper. graphite (mineral) pen Paris tracing paper. graphite (mineral) pen

Cartouches with birds and putti; Cartouches in a frame of roller and fitting work. Two cartouches on a leaf. Above: a cartouche surrounded by Moresken. At the top are two birds and two snails. At the bottom two pots are hanging with fruits and branches. Middle under a numbered. Below: a cartouche surrounded by grotesken. Left and right the rollerwork forms a basket in which flowers are. Left and bottom right is a putto that blows on a schalmei. Numbered in the middle of Q.

Print (France)

Bound Print, Designs for Two Vertical Panels; 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

Collier and bracelets.. Drawings, Design drawings. 1880 - 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Patterns (Design elements), Decoration and ornament, Silverwork, Victorian, Goldwork, Necklaces, Bracelets

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Woodcut by Sebald Beham, first half of the 16th century, showing a decorative frieze with the Pömer family's heraldic coat of arms and emblematic motifs.

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

Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 8) 1773 After Georges Reverdy Page from an album with 54 prints, 40 of which come from a series published by Carlo Losi in Rome in 1773. For some reason often overlooked, these prints actually reproduce16th-century designs attributed to the enigmatic French artist Georges Reverdy and the better-known Netherlandish artist Jacob Floris. All copies are in reverse. In some cases they are combined with the originals in this album. Several pages in the album are empty, indicating that some prints may have been taken out at some point.. Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 8). After Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57). 1773. Etching and engraving. Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757- after 1805)

Print (France)

print, Etching on off white laid paper, Cartouche with a landscape showing a hunter and two dogs. Framing line., France, 1632, ornament, print

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

An etching by Alexander Mair from the 16th-17th century showing a coat of arms with heraldic symbols and detailed line work.

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

Rampes d'Escaliers a Grands Paneaux, avec Pilastres, et Console, 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, Four elements, marked A-D, with a key at upper center., Germany, 1745, metalwork, Print, Print

Maps of the Spanish Armada (21 and 22 July 1588), 1739 print Two maps (III-IV) with the Spanish and English fleet in the canal under the coast of Cornwall and Devon, within a ornamental framework. At the top of the frame a medallion with the portrait of Charles Howard, Lord High Admiral, flanked by the personifications of caution, depicted with two faces, and courage. Between the weaponry of spears and banners, a memorial coin with two ships on one side and on the other hand the Wapen van Zeeland. Under the portrait of Charles Howard, Victoria sits on a cloud. In her right hand she has a laurel wreath and the weapon of Howard. In her left hand a chain on which are chained the Duke of Medina and other Spanish commanders, listed in the box at the bottom. On the map on the right a sea god or triton blowing on a shell. A woman with fish tail points to Howard's weapon in his hands. On the other side, a boy on a fish carries the banner with the weapon of the English queen Elizabeth I. The sh

Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Ceiling, Black chalk, brush and gray wash, white gouache, graphite on paper, Four ornaments with feathered scrolls and foliage., Italy, 1578-1600, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Woodcut by Hartmann Schedel, 1494, depicting the enthroned Christ in Weltchronik, including throne, gestures, and symbolic elements.

Carpi intake in Italy, 1701, 1712 - 1715 Intake of Carpi in Italy by the imperial army under Eugenius of Savoye, 10 June 1701. Oval representation of the fight in a rich ornamental frame with weapons and banners. At the bottom a cartouche with a description of the fighting in German. Leaf in the bound collection of plates released under the title: Repraossentatio Belli ... of the Spanical Successions Krieg Ca. 1720. Augsburg paper etching / engraving Carpi Intake of Carpi in Italy by the imperial army under Eugenius of Savoye, 10 June 1701. Oval representation of the fight in a rich ornamental frame with weapons and banners. At the bottom a cartouche with a description of the fighting in German. Leaf in the bound collection of plates released under the title: Repraossentatio Belli ... of the Spanical Successions Krieg Ca. 1720. Augsburg paper etching / engraving Carpi

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Bound Print (France); Collaborator: François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)

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