A triton and a siren fighting at center, their legs as scrollwork, a swan to right, the grotesque head of an old man below, plate 6 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Antique-Style Ornamental Frieze Designs: Grotesques with Winged Infant, Masks, and Fantastic Animals

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Half Lunette with Putto and Monster

Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Sketch of Two Friezes, Palazzo Mattei

Attributed to Thomas Hardwick

Ceiling Decoration

Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Design for Two Friezes, the One on Top containing a Zephyr flanked by Lions, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano della Bella

Ornamental design with Grotesques

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Two Acanthus Friezes: Cupid Subduing Two Lions; Heads of Four Seasons, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano della Bella, Nicolas Langlois

Two friezes; at top, an eagle and the head of a lion, at bottom, a lion head and two grotesque heads of men, plate 7 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

After Stefano della Bella

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)

Polifilo Giancarli, Odoardo Fialetti

Five grotesque heads, plate 4 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

After Stefano della Bella

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)

Polifilo Giancarli, Odoardo Fialetti

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)

Polifilo Giancarli, Odoardo Fialetti