Illustration by Arent van Bolten, from Groteske figuren omgeven door een kaderlijn (ca. 1610).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bc588339-cce0-4274-84e8-a4ce02316cb9

#grotesques #birds #monsters #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/53b45fc2-3c47-4b5e-a86b-4221fd4670a5

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Guide for Constructing the Letters h and i (ca. 1595) by Joris Hoefnagel.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0cfeb726-6355-4476-9289-76f5df312f29

#animals #grotesques #calligraphy #floral #art #publicdomain

Guide for Constructing the Letters h and i (ca. 1595) by Joris Hoefnagel.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0cfeb726-6355-4476-9289-76f5df312f29

#animals #grotesques #calligraphy #floral #art #publicdomain

Guide for Constructing the Letters h and i (ca. 1595) by Joris Hoefnagel.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0cfeb726-6355-4476-9289-76f5df312f29

#animals #grotesques #calligraphy #floral #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ca167e11-aa92-4cbb-b70f-57584fae9951

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1bf171b8-8fab-435d-bc4c-752b512a308c

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

The Baths of Apollo at Versailles (1870).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8e283ccd-ed17-40a3-94ac-a7100b4767f7

#grottoes #fountains #gardens #grotesques #nature #artifice #caves #stereoscopes #foliage #design #sculpture #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Christoph Jamnitzer, from Neuw Grotteßken Buch (1610).

Source: Rijksmuseum

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b93bb772-e512-4a9b-9f84-ea06faeb88f8

#grotesques #grotesque #human-animal-hybrid #flowers #ornament #design #art #publicdomain

Grotto Design with Automata (1615), from Les raisons des forces mouvantes
.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/df34ceaa-504c-4248-84b2-464ad4685293

#grottoes #fountains #gardens #machinery #grotesques #nature #artifice #caves #design #sculpture #art #publicdomain