Ornate Decorative Prints

Prints featuring intricate floral and mythological motifs, including cherubs and allegorical figures, representing Renaissance artistic styles.

Netherlands, Cock, Hieronymus, Floris, Cornelis (II), Doetechum, Johannes or Lucas van, Planar decorations and grave monuments, Many new inventions, Planar decoration: river god with horn of plenty, Above a narrow frieze with animals sits a river god with his jug and a horn of plenty. He sits with his feet in a stream in which fish and a dolphin are swimming. A latticework has been attached between the bulrushes growing from his head, on which birds and other animals sit. On the left is a scrollwork seat with a woman blowing a conch shell; on the right is a seat with a man holding a trident in his hand. Belongs to a series consisting of a title page, a text page and 14 pages with grotesques with scrollwork, satyrs, garlands, trophies, animals and fantasy creatures., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 307 mm, width 205 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1557 - 1557, third quarter 16th century, paper, etching, etchings, South Netherlandish (before 1775), 1514 - 1575-10-20,

A Dolphin Carried by Four Children and a Triton. Fialetti, Odoardo, 1573-1638. 1601 - 1700. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

A Triton on a Horned Chimerical Beast, and Two Children with a Turtle. Fialetti, Odoardo, 1573-1638. 1601 - 1700. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Copper engraving from 1530-1535 by Agostino Veneziano illustrating a decorative board with ornamental motifs and artistic symmetry.

Rocaille with the personification of the continent Africa, 1718 - 1775 print An African with a crown and spear is sitting on a rocaille next to a lion. He looks at a pointing man. Weapons and a crocodile at his feet. On the rocaille a griffin for an obelisk. In the middle of 27. paper etching / engraving Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa). rocaille ornament. beasts of prey, predatory animals. obelisk, needle

Pomegranate with Tendril. Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480-1538 Regensburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 3/16 × 1 7/16 in. (3 × 3.7 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Netherlands, Cock, Hieronymus, Floris, Cornelis (II), Doetechum, Johannes or Lucas van, Planar decorations and grave monuments, Many new inventions, Planar decoration: river god with horn of plenty, Above a narrow frieze with animals sits a river god with his jug and a horn of plenty. He sits with his feet in a stream in which fish and a dolphin are swimming. A latticework has been attached between the bulrushes growing from his head, on which birds and other animals sit. On the left is a scrollwork seat with a woman blowing a conch shell; on the right is a seat with a man holding a trident in his hand. Belongs to a series consisting of a title page, a text page and 14 pages with grotesques with scrollwork, satyrs, garlands, trophies, animals and fantasy creatures., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 307 mm, width 205 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1557 - 1557, third quarter 16th century, paper, etching, etchings, South Netherlandish (before 1775), 1514 - 1575-10-20,

Drawing (Italy)

New ABC Booklet: B, 1627. Lucas Kilian (German, 1579-1637). Engraving;

Child with a pot and leaf vines, Barthel Beham, 1524 - 1528 print Germany paper engraving child. ornamental plants

Leaf vank, Sater, two children and a young man, Anonymous, After Polifilo Giancarli, c. 1655 - c. 1657 print The three figures below have musical instruments. after design by: Italy (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Two eagles with wings spread, below two leopard heads attached to tree trunks that form three circles, from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche) ca. 1650-56 Stefano della Bella Italian. Two eagles with wings spread, below two leopard heads attached to tree trunks that form three circles, from 'Ornaments or Grotesques' (Ornamenti o Grottesche) 397833

Ornament with two children and a horse skull, master of the horse heads, 1500 - 1599 print Horse skull with a woman with tail on both sides that turns into plant ornamentation. Two children on their shoulders. Low Countries paper engraving plants; vegetation (+ ornamental variants of plants). animals (+ skull of an animal)

Léon Davent after Giulio Romano, Jupiter Bringing Water of the Styx to Psyche, c 1540 Jupiter Bringing Water of the Styx to Psyche

A Satyr Carrying a Young Satyress. Fialetti, Odoardo, 1573-1638. 1601 - 1700. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

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; 41 x 23 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

Horizontal Panel Design with a Sphinx, Two Putti and a Lionesque Fantastical Creature Interspersed Between Acanthus Rinceaux. 17th century (first half) Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century Italian Design for a horizontal panel filled with a meandering acanthus rinceau. On the top left a sphinx is depicted with a putto holding a flag riding on its back. On the top left another sphinx-like creature with the head of a lion holds on to the sphinx's tail of acanthus leaves. Below a second putto, whose lower body consists of acanthus leaves, is holding on to the tail as well.. Horizontal Panel Design with a Sphinx, Two Putti and a Lionesque Fantastical Creature Interspersed Between Acanthus Rinceaux. 410880

The Temptation of St. Anthony 1506 Lucas Cranach the Elder German. The Temptation of St. Anthony 404502

Flat decoration with grotesken, 1607 print A car is pulled by a winged saat. Leaf 13 from series with grotesque flat decorations with lobe porn rags. print maker: Germany (possibly)after design by: Augsburg (possibly)publisher: Augsburg paper etching

De Moedige Cloelia, Balthasar Sigmund Setletzky, after Gottfried Bernhard Götz, 1730 - 1770 print Cloelia and two women are standing along the Tiber with a horse. Twice a three -line text in German and Latin in the lower margin. Augsburg paper etching / engraving (story of) Cloelia. rocaille ornament

Weapon trophy with flags, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing 'tropaion', i.e. decorative ornament ~ weapons

Horizontal Panel Design with a Sphinx, Two Putti and a Lionesque Fantastical Creature Interspersed Between Acanthus Rinceaux. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century; In the manner of Polifilo Giancarli (active in Venice ca. 1600-1625). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 10 1/4 in. (18.3 x 26 cm). Date: 17th century (first half).Design for a horizontal panel filled with a meandering acanthus rinceau. On the top left a sphinx is depicted with a putto holding a flag riding on its back. On the top left another sphinx-like creature with the head of a lion holds on to the sphinx's tail of acanthus leaves. Below a second putto, whose lower body consists of acanthus leaves, is holding on to the tail as well. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Horizontal Panel Design with Two Male Figures Playing Horns Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century; In the manner of Polifilo Giancarli (active in Venice ca. 1600-1625). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 10 5/16 in. (18.4 x 26.2 cm). Date: 17th century (first half).Design for a horizontal panel with a meandering rinceau. In the center of a large scroll two male figures are depicted whose lower bodies consist out of acanthus leaves. They are both directed to the right and blow on curved, horn-like instruments. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jupiters Adelaar brings Psyche Water from the Styx, 1540 - 1556 print paper etching the eagle of Jupiter fetches water from the Styx with Psyche's jar

Horizontal Panel Design with Two Young Male Figures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux 17th century (first half) Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century Italian Design for a horizontal panel filled with a meandering acanthus rinceau. Two young male figures, whose lower bodies consist of acanthus leaves are interspersed between, and hold on to the meandering rinceaux.. Horizontal Panel Design with Two Young Male Figures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux 410865

Design for a Frieze with Grotesques in the Flemish Style (recto); Winged Term and Other Terms with Grotesque Birds (verso) ca. 1545-60 attributed to Andrés de Melgar Spanish. Design for a Frieze with Grotesques in the Flemish Style (recto); Winged Term and Other Terms with Grotesque Birds (verso) 337492

On the right is a woman holding an oar. One of 7 partially numbered sheets taken from a series of 10 sheets of pendants. Three pearls hang from each pendant, Pendant with sea dragon, on its back is a man with a sail Bullarum inaurium (...) (series title), print maker: Adriaen Collaert, Hans Collaert (I), publisher: Philips Galle, Netherlands, (possibly), 1582, paper, engraving, h 173 mm × w 127 mm

Neptunus and Ceres () Surrounded by leaf vines and grotesken, Daniel Hopfer (I), 1480 - 1536 print Flat decoration. In the middle a cherub between two horns of abundance. paper etching

Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures, Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502 - ca. 1561, Engraving on laid paper, At center a mask with sinister expression. Below it, arms (sword, spear, etc) around helmet in basin that is decorated with two animal masks. Above, vase with fruit and plants. All bordered by putti above holding vines with fruit and leaves, griffins with female head at center, and biomorphic figures at bottom., Westphalia, Germany, 1550, ornament, Print, Print

The one with Icarus flies to the rays of the sun, / who pours with him must fall to the abyss; / But with dedalus, in all's preservation the medium print Daedalus flies through the air. Above him the sun, under him the sea. His son Icarus drowns in the water because he has flown too close to the sun. Surrounded by a list of flower ranks. Zwolle paper letterpress printing (story of) Icarus, son of Daedalus. (story of) Daedalus

Wood engraving prints, wood engravings

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Ornament with two sphinxes, verso bottom center - handwritten, Frisian with two sphinxes without abdomens surrounded by leaf tendrils., print, ornament print, prints, 14, height 24 mm, width 72 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1532 - 1532, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Ornament with horse's head and a male and female sea creature. Plant ornamentation and far right and left a skull. Later state with '5' added at lower left. Not mentioned in literature., Ornament with two tritones and two skulls, print maker: Meester van de Paardenhoofden, Low Countries, 1500 - 1599, paper, engraving, h 35 mm × w 135 mm

Tweat drows, hörtert sourceusus, after-art source source (i), 1668 print Image on the left with the theme of air, image on the right with the theme of water. Page D 3. Magazine from the second edition. Amsterdam paper etching

Twee grotesken.Two grotesken. The left with helmet, wings and burning torch. The second monster makes a bridge back. He has poor as lion legs and two wooden legs. There is a cricket-like figure on his knee. At the top right numbered: 12. The print is part of an album.

Hercules in De Centauren, Gabriel Salmon, c. 1528 print paper Hercules' fight with the centaurs

Een kussend paar bij een boom.Round representation of a man and a woman kissing each other, sitting at the foot of a tree. In addition to them, hardly any visible, is still a woman. There is a soldier for them.

The Kingdom of Neptunus, Jacques de Gheyn (II), After Willem Danielsz. Van Tetrode, 1587 print Round show with Neptunus in the center, on horseback and with a trident in his right hand, surrounded by water on which (inter alia) Meermannen (Tritons), Nymphs and Angels are frolicking. Design for a bronze plaque or scale. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Haarlem paper engraving (story of) Neptune (Poseidon)

W: Kunnst and textbooks for the hitting boys . Amman, Jost (1539 1591), Walther, Johann Georg

Drawing (Italy)

Medea Pours a Magic Potion over Jason (Le roi Aeson tant caduque et chénu en une cuve elle couche tout nu...) 1563 René Boyvin French. Medea Pours a Magic Potion over Jason (Le roi Aeson tant caduque et chénu en une cuve elle couche tout nu...) 397255

De French Admiraal, 1692, Anonymous, 1692 print The French Admiral. Cartoon on the burning of the French ships by the Dutch and English after the victory in the Battle of Cape La Hogue, 29 May to 3 June 1692. Phaëthon falls with the solar car from the sky in the sea. In the caption two verses in French and Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching fall of Phaethon; he is struck by a thunderbolt of Jupiter. battle (+ naval force)

Behind the tortoise is a woman with a stick. The dog is held by the ears by another woman. The wagon is being pushed by a dog and two men. Belongs to series of 4 sheets, Rolled wagon with a woman, pulled by two men, a tortoise and a dog Frisians with triumphal chariots of grotesques and of roll and batter with figures and animals, decorated with garlands and foliate scrolls (series title), print maker: anonymous, Cornelis Floris (II), Cornelis Bos, (rejected attribution), Netherlands, (possibly), 1552, paper, etching, h 100 mm × w 331 mm

Flat decoration with armor trophy; Flat decorations with weapentrophies. On top of a helmet and a shield hang. There is a armor below. Belongs to 5 blades from a series of 7.

Flat decoration with a breast cure at the bottom. At the top is a vase between two dolphins. Shaded background.

Plat decoration with golf pelvis, 1548 print There are a man and a woman in the pelvis. In the middle behind is an owl, in the middle of a flame. One of 4 sheets from a series of 8. paper engraving fantasy ornament

Depicts Bavarian women, created as an etching by an unknown engraver between 1540 and 1600, showing traditional costume and social scene.

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicting a sunny pasture with a seven-member dragon, from the Apocalypse series, created around 1497, showing landscape, figures, and mythical creature.

Frisian with four putti and a sea horse.Copy in Mirror Image to a Print or Barthel Beham

Festiences with a g Aries and panoples; Quellinus, artus (1609-1668); around 1650 (1645-00-00-1655-00-00);

Ornament with Armor and Horses' Heads. Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 3 1/16 in. (17.2 x 7.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Paris, Mariette, Jean, France, Loir, Alexis (I), Frisians with leaf tendrils, Shield, young man and two amorets between leaf tendrils, A rabbit jumps at the bottom left., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 146 mm, width 220 mm, French, 1640 - 1713-04-15, print maker, printmaker, 1691 - 1742, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1660-07-22 - 1742-09-21, publisher

Germany, Jamnitzer, Christoph, Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610, Leaf-shaped cartouche with a putto on a dolphin, The putto holds bulrushes in his hand. In the corners of the sheet are fantastic creatures. 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 leaves, divided over three books., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 144 mm, width 184 mm, 1563-05-12 - 1618, print maker, printmaker, 1573 - 1610, third quarter 16th century, third quarter of the 16th century, fourth quarter of the 16th century, first quarter of the 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Specklin, Veit Rudolf, Holbein, Hans (II), Moses on Mount Sinai, Moses talking to God on Mount Sinai, at the foot of the mountain the Israelites are standing and looking up in worship. Trumpets are blowing from the clouds surrounding God. In the margin above the image is the text Exodi XIX., print, book illustration, prints, height 60 mm, width 85 mm, height 84 mm, width 99 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1538 - 1538, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, French - 1550, block cutter

Panel with the letter 'A' from the 'Newes ABC Büechlein', Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 - 1637, Engraving on off-white laid paper, The Letter A is referenced by three small boys with spheres referencing Astronomy., Augsberg, Germany, 1627, ephemera, Print, Print

Unknown, Decorative Design: Cupid and Scrolls with Rampant Lion in Wreath, 1500-1599, engraving on paper.

Ornament with hopranks, 1475 - 1500 print Low Countries paper engraving flowers ~ ornament. ornamental plants

Two Friezen, Jean Lepautre, c. 1664 print There is a dragon on the upper Frisian, a griffin and a emperor's bust on the bottom. Leaf 2 from series Frisians with leaf vines and tritons in classic style. First edition, second print. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Altdorfer, Albrecht, Germany, Ornament with foliate tendrils, verso bottom center - handwritten, Flat decoration with foliate tendrils, bottom right a twig with berries., print, ornament print, prints, 12, height 61 mm, width 40 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, printmaker, 1506 - 1538, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

The Conversion of St. Paul. Matteo di Giovanni (Italian, c. 1435-1495). Engraving;

Summer; Der Somer / l'ester; The four seasons. An allegory of the summer in a landscape with rocaille ornaments. The sun shines on the left. On the left below two putti cooling in the water. On the right, a putto protects itself with a parasol against the sun. In the background of the Rocaille ornament is a putto with a sickle on the land at work. Publisher number 18.

Three masks without horns; Study magazine, the three fantastic heads without horns ..

Bartolomeus van Lochom after Hans Janssen, Ornament with Foliage and Birds Ornament with Foliage and Birds

Ornament with a Male Half-Length Between Two Genii. Barthel Beham; German, 1502-1540. Date: 1522-1540. Dimensions: 52 x 37 mm (image/sheet, trimmed within plate mark). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Licht gebogen fries, aan elk uiteinde een vaas op een sokkel; Friezen met grotesken en rolwerk.In the middle a Sater brings fruit to a river god. Left and right there is a female figure with a fruit basket on the head, up to its means supported by rollerwork. Sheet from series of 3 sheets.

Print; engraving

A Woman seated among ruins Vbi Inletabilitas ibi Virtus. 1601 - 1700. Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto, 1609-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Drawing, Design for a Decorative Burgonet; Italy; pen and ink, graphite on laid paper

Germany, Neues Blumen und Lauberbüchlein, Wreath of leaves with three flowers and four leaves, Three smaller flowers sprout from the flower in the middle. In the background a view of a river with a man shooting ducks, and a cityscape on the left and right. Sheet 4 from a series of bouquets in French legume style., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 84 mm, width 126 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1699, 17th century, 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Coat of arms with wings, held by a farmer. A coat of arms with two wings, held by a farmer.

Study sheet with drawing examples: heads, figures, fruits, animals, after 1610 - Before 1672 print Eighteenth print from a series of drawing examples of unknown size. Study sheet with heads, figures and animals. In the middle on the left a pomegranate with butterfly on it. At the top right Portrait of Anthony Van Dyck, partly portrait of Titian. Around it various insects, animals, figures including a civet paper engraving head (human). model-books ~ implements of painter. fruits: pomegranate. insects. beasts of prey, predatory animals: civet

Lightning and stars fall on the earth on the day of Judgement; the sun and the moon hang simultaneously in the sky. Woodcut, 16th century.

Horn -blowing rider, Anonymous, Jost Amman, 1580 print paper riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba

Head of a Bearded Man. Dated: 1572. Dimensions: overall: 15.5 x 11.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). Medium: brush and black ink with white wash on blue prepared paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOST AMMAN.

VIÑETA - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Perseus and Andromeda. Perseus is on a rock near the sea. Above him Andromeda floats on the winged horse Pegasus through the air. She holds the head of Medusa in her right hand. In the waves under Perseus is the sea monster to which Andromeda was sacrificed.

Design for the Decoration of the Lower Right Corner of a Ceiling, Plate 2 from: 'Unterschiedliche neü inventirte Decken oder Plafond.'. Artist: Carl Pier (German, active Augsburg, ca. 1750). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm). Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Date: Printed ca. 1750-56.Ornament print with a design for the decoration of the lower right corner of a ceiling with thin elegant rocaille motifs, a dragon and two 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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print (France)

Creatures encountered by Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, during his invasion of Asia 1 of 7 Date: circa 330 BC

December, Dirck De Bray, 1635 - 1694 print Four figures load a horse sled full. In the background, three figures are skating and there is a Capricorn on the wall of a city gate. Netherlands paper December and its 'labours' (+ with Capricorn (December))

Lucas van Leyden, Triton and Siren in Tendrils, c 1510 Triton and Siren in Tendrils

Design for a Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Leopard in the Center, Plate 10 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/16 × 9 3/4 in. (8.1 × 24.7 cm). Publisher: Nicolas Langlois (French, Paris 1640-1703). Series/Portfolio: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami). Date: ca. 1645-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mother of God sitting against the background of a landscape. HG Monogramista, graphic artist

Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Delafosse, Jean Charles, Nouvelle Iconologie Historique Ou Attributs Hierogliphyques, K Consoles, Polgne, Polen, verso - stamped, An ornamented console with leaf motifs, above it bunches of grapes, branches, a coat of arms with a crowned eagle, a crown, a snake and a round medallion with three beehives and an angel sitting on lances and shields with a cross. Print number 48., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 378 mm, width 228 mm, Frans, 1734 - 1791-10-11, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1771, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher

Initial letter T with putto. Artist: Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder (German, born 1490, active 1538-1540). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (4.8 × 4.8 cm). Date: ca. 1538. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pelican and copper hose, 12; The Miracle of Amsterdam (copy), 1345. Allegorical emblem with the pelican who got into the chest to feed her boy with her own blood together with the copper snake around the cross. PRENT No. 12 from the series of 16 performances of the Miracle of Amsterdam, to the events on March 15, 1345. Copies to the series of Bolswert. Under the show in the album engraved a six-line verse in Latin, below a six-line verse in reference in Dutch.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration, Plate 4 from 'Unterschiedliche neu inventierte Deken oder Plafond'. Artist and engraver: Jeremias Wachsmuth (German, 1712-1771). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm). Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Date: Printed ca. 1750-56.Page from an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht. The binding describes the content as cartouches (after the first series in the album) but it is much more varied, ranging from rocaille ornament and cartouches to designs for altars and pulpits, as well as allegorical compositions in which rococo ornament is featured, all by well-known Rococo designers working in Augsburg. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Adamo Scultori after Giulio Romano, The Setting of the Sun with Chariots of Apollo and Diana The Setting of the Sun with Chariots of Apollo and Diana

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Personifications of the Seven Liberal Arts, Astrologia, Astrology, verso - handwritten in brown ink, Numbered top left: 7., print, prints, verso - stamped, 59, height 83 mm, width 58 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching

Initial letter Q with putto. Artist: Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder (German, born 1490, active 1538-1540). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (4.8 × 4.7 cm). Date: ca. 1538. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Francesco di Domenico dit, Il Padovano (around 1500-1571). "Florentin card game. NEW NEW NEW OF A SERIES OF 35 PIECES". Black and white wood engraving. 1547. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123051-21 Card to play, wood engraving, card game, 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16 CENTURY, engraving

Plate 5: a cartouche flanked by Apollo and Pan, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches' ca. 1647 Stefano della Bella Italian. Plate 5: a cartouche flanked by Apollo and Pan, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches' 397882

Sadeler, Aegidius, Gerards, Marcus, Praag, Fable of the Ash and the Reed, An ash tree is blown over and uprooted by the wind. In the foreground are bundles of reeds that blow away with the wind. The fable describes how the ash tree considered itself better than the reed, but is uprooted by a storm, while the reed is not bothered by the wind. The moral of the story teaches that pride comes before a fall., print, book illustration, prints, height 96 mm, width 112 mm, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, 1530, after print by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

God Scheidt Het Licht van de Duisternis, Virgil, 1552 print Nuremberg paper division of light and darkness

Anonymous / 'Saint Michael and the Rebel Angels'. Second half of the XVII century. Pencil, Pencil ground on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Page 460 Georgii Agricolae De re metallica: libri XII. Quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni, que, ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed and per effigies, suis locis infertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis, que, appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint., Eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber, Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555, Woodcut and letterpress, 1556

Albrecht Dürer, Saint John Devouring the Book, probably c 1496 1498 Saint John Devouring the Book

Virgil Solis, Rhetorica (Rhetoric) Rhetorica (Rhetoric)

Brown pen drawing by Cornelis Galle the Elder depicting Mary enthroned in a starry sky above a scroll with text, enhanced with brown lavation.

St.Luke. Artist: Georg Lemberger, German, ca.1490 - 1540

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