Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (page 2/4)

Half-Title Page

The half-title page features an ornate decorative initial "M" available as a separate image. [more...]

Front Cover, Le Musée Artistique et Littéraire

The front cover for the 1880 collected editions is made from marbled cardboard with a leather spine.

Ornate rococo baroque capital letter M

A rococo decorative initial letter “M” taken from the title page. It is repeated on page 66 as a drop cap (drop capital), where it is given this caption: [more...]

Title Page, Le Musée Artistique et Littéraire

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Study by Rubens

Two men, touching their heads together at the temples, presumably in a sign of affection. They smile. [more...]

Pierrot Galant [The romantic peasant]

A French troubadour or wadering minstrel, with his lute over his shoulder, presents a gift with roses to a lady. [more...]

Cartouche With Cherubs

This cartouche, or border, or frame, was drawn and then engraved by the French designer Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, or Ducerceau, in or around 1560. The cherubs look like nine or ten year old boys to me, but are supposed to be infants. There are also some flowers alopng the top, and a harpy at either lower corner. There is a skull, possibly of [...] [more...]

Initial Leter Q From Mitelli’s Alphabet

Thiis decorative initial “Q” was used as a drop capital (drop cap); it is marked, “Lettre tirée de l’Alphabet de Mitelli.” The letter Q is formed from two female angels, one topless and one naked, back to back, with their wings touching. [more...]

Charmeuse D’Oiseaux

Dessin de James Bertrand, d’apreès son tableau. [more...]