Designer:

Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711  Search this

Publisher:

Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738  Search this

Medium:

Engraving on laid paper

Object Name:

Bound print

Type:

Bound print

Made in:

France

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

1711

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Three corresponding, vertical panels of grotesque ornamentation. The panel at left features a classically draped woman on a pedestal supported by anguipèdes. At top is a medallion of a cupid surrounded by laurel branches. The center panel has a winged figure under a baldachin, a medallion with a mythological scene, and sphinxes. The panel at right features Poseidon/Neptune with a trident over a fountain with snails and dolphins. The plate is lettered but not signed.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-201-32

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4437bbd3f-64a4-4064-b230-1a4cf3a26158

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-201-32