Rococo Prints
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Disegno di una Galera Parigi 1772 Cornice Blu Enciclopedia Diderot di Benard
By Robert Benard
Located in Milan, IT
Grande incisione nautica tratta dall’Enciclopedia di Diderot edita in Parigi, raffigurante una Galera vista di fianco con disegni delle ancore intitolata al centro Marine Dessein d’u...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Prints
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Paper
lavishly colored and gold-heightened prints about Dutch 18th-century life
By Paul Troost 1
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
An impressive collection of prints by Cornelis Troost shows vividly the everyday life of the eighteenth-century middle class. Colored by one hand and h...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Prints
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Paper
Italian Spolvero Rococo Scroll Print on Canvas with an Fragment Frame
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero rococo scroll pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an fragment scroll frame and adorned with polished fossil agate coral.
Spolvero is an artisti...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas with an Antique Red Frame and Red Rubies
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero pattern printed onto canvas and framed with a coordinating antique red frame and adorned with polished garnets and red ruby stones.
Spolvero is an arti...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas Framed with Red Phantom Quartz Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with a custom frame and red phantom quartz crystals.
Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a des...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Rock Crystal
Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas with an Antique Frame with Red Rubies
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique red frame and adorned with red ruby stones.
Spolvero is an artistic method of transferrin...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Rock Crystal
Italian Spolvero 'Cherubs' Rococo Print on Canvas with an Antique Scroll Frame
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero 'cherubs' pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique scroll frame and adorned with fossil agate coral.
Spolvero is an artistic method of tr...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas with an Antique Frame
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique wood frame.
Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a print to the p...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Italian Spolvero Rococo Scroll Print on Canvas with an Fragment Scroll Frame
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero rococo scroll pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an fragment scroll frame and adorned with polished fossil agate coral.
Spolvero is an artist...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas with an Antique Frame & Citrine Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique molding frame and citrine crystals.
Spolvero is an artisti...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Italian Spolvero Rococo "Fruit & Foliage" Print on Canvas with an Antique Frame
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero "fruit and foliage" fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique wood frame.
Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design f...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Canvas, Wood, Ash, Paper
Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas Framed with Citrine Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with a custom frame and citrine crystals.
Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Rock Crystal
Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas with a Fragment Frame & Citrine Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique molding frame and citrine crystals.
Spolvero is an artisti...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Rock Crystal
'Il Giocolare' Travelling Young Juggler + Drummer Antique Original Copper Plate
By Francesco Maggiotto, Giovanni Volpato 1
Located in Munich, DE
This delightful original copper engraving by Giovanni Volpato ( 1733-1803 ) after a painting by Francesco Maggiotto ( 1738-1805 ) was executed in Venice in 1765.
A little boy, carry...
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1760s Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Paint, Paper
Baron Rais d'Eisenberg, Hand-Colored Equestrian Engraving c. 1747, "Le Brillant"
By Eisenberg
Located in Morristown, NJ
18th century German, a hand-colored engraving of a dressage horse and rider from Description du Manège Moderne by Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron Rais d' Eisenberg (German, ca. 1700-ca. 1770). Engraved by Bernard Picart (French, 1673-1733). Titled "Le Brillant", this dressage engraving is plate XXXIII. There is a gallery label verso. The print is matted and framed under UF-3 plexiglass, which offers the maximum amount of UV protection (approx. 97%).
This print was originally part of an illustrated book Baron d'Eisenberg made describing the art of the cavaliers and depicting the different breeds of horses- The full title of the book is L'Art de Monter a Cheval: ou Description du Manége Moderne, Dans sa Perfection, published in Leipzig: Arkstée et Merkus, 1747). A set of 7 framed engravings from the same book sold at Sotheby's for $9,500 (plus tax and buyers premium).
Reference:
The author, a German horseman and artist, spent some of his youth at the manège of Saxe-Weimar before entering into the service of the Emperor. He then spent six years in Naples as the Master of Horse of the Viceroy before returning to Vienna where he studied under M. de Regenthal, the imperial Master of Horse. He participated in the coronation of the Emperor Charles V at Frankfurt in 1711, then spent some time in England, but was back in Germany before 1753. He probably died in Tuscany where he was Director and Master of the Horse at the Academy in Pisa. Brunet II, 957; Mennessier de la Lance I, p. 438.
The Baron wrote several important and lavishly illustrated books on horses: his Description du manège moderne dans sa perfection, London 1727, and Dictionnaire des termes du manège moderne, 1747, being the best well-known.
He dedicated Description du Manège Moderne to King George II and to his son, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Subscribers to the book included royalty and nobility from all over Europe.
The engraver was Bernard Picart, born in Paris in 1673. He gained honors at the Academy of Paris at the age of sixteen. He was a master designer and engraver and worked in Paris and Amsterdam until his death in 1733.
Dimensions:
9"h x 12"w (sight), 16.5"h x 19.25"w (frame)
Condition:
Good, some rippling to sheet, not examined out of frame.
Provenance:
Lombard Antiquarian Maps & Prints, Cape Elizabeth...
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1740s German Antique Rococo Prints
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Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Pair of 18th Century Italian Spolvero Print on Canvas with Fragments & Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian spolvero patterns printed onto canvas and adorned with 18th century Italian fragments and red fanthom quarts points.
Spolvero is an early method us...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Prints
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Quartz
Set of Two Framed French Engraved Art Prints
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a set two framed French engraved art prints. The first one is titled “La Conversation Interessante”. It depicts an 18th century group of lover’...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Prints
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Paper
Mezzotint Engraving Etching "A Fruit Piece" '1779' by Josiah Boydell
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JOSIAH BOYDELL AFTER MICHELANGELO DI CAMPIDOGLIO
British, 1752-1817
"A Fruit Piece" (1779)
Mezzotint on paper
Item # C104056
A finely preserved and unframed mezzotint on paper b...
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18th Century English Antique Rococo Prints
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Paper
Delightful Story, Large Mezzotint by William Ward After George Morland
Located in Norwich, GB
Created by William Ward (British (English), 1766-1826), after George Morland (British (English), 1763-1804)
Lettered below title: Two blooming Nymphs all in a downy bed / In virgi...
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18th Century English Antique Rococo Prints
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Paper
Late 19th Century Engraving of Greek Graces in Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique frame with a print of dancing Greek graces. The frame is made of wood, with refined carving and graceful curls. The wood is decorated with stucco and gilded with gold leaf. The print is also interesting, it is an antique print with beautiful gold print, depicting the dancing graces...
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1890s French Antique Rococo Prints
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Gold Leaf
Terkel Kleve Portrait Crayon Engraving of Johannes Ewald
Located in Kastrup, DK
Portrait crayon copper engraving of Johannes Ewald (1743-1781) by Johan Terkel Kleve (1743-1797)
Engraving on paper, approx. 1770.
Measures incl. frame 24 cm.
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Giovanni Antonio Canal 'Canaletto' Etching of Prato Della, Venice, 1697-1768
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Lovely etching on paper in back ink by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto).
Measurements:
22" x 15"
Hand-numbered in pencil at the bottom right with the number 6.
Part of a co...
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Rococo prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo prints for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage prints created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo prints made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original prints, popular names associated with this style include Interi, Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), and Eisenberg. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for prints differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $217 and tops out at $12,800 while the average work can sell for $2,750.
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