Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Search

AU LECTEUR

1 pp

Engraved text addressed to the reader explaining the origin and purpose of the series of bifurcated grotesque ornament panel designs. The text is framed by an arch with netting and reeds, with a base at the bottom flanked by two mermen blowing horns. Below in the center is one of the prints with a hand holding a mirror in the center to illustrate the intended use of the bifurcated designs (two per

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AU LECTEUR

1 pp

Engraved text addressed to the reader explaining the origin and purpose of the series of bifurcated arabesque/ grotesque ornament panel designs. The text is framed by an arch with netting and reeds, with a base at the bottom flanked by two mermen blowing horns. Below in the center is one of the prints with a hand holding a mirror in the center to illustrate the intended use of the bifurcated desig

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AVIS AUX AMATEURS DU DESSEIN

1 pp

Ornamental frame for text giving "Advice to Amateurs of Design." The frame features motifs such as reeds, scrolls, an angel blowing a horn, garlands, winged mascarons, snakes, and mythological figures. At the top is a head with radiating rays above clouds. The plate is signed and numbered. The version of the plate before lettering is in the album (1921-6-216-3).

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AVIS AUX AMATEURS DU DESSEIN (Before Lettering)

1 pp

Ornamental frame for text (before lettering). The frame features motifs such as reeds, scrolls, an angel blowing a horn, garlands, winged mascarons, snakes, and mythological figures. At the top is a head with radiating rays above clouds. The plate is signed. The version of the plate with lettering is in the album (1921-6-216-4).

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Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

1 pp

30.8 x 21 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

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Abingdon

1 pp

Plate: 25.2 × 35.5 cm (9 15/16 in. × 14 in.)

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Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

2 pp

Abraham stands in the center foreground, facing the spectator, his head turned toward the right in profile. He gestures with his left hand toward the figures of Hagar and young Ishmael, moving to right. Signed and dated, upper right: "Rembrandt / f. 1637."

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