Designer:

Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731  Search this

Print Maker:

Honoré Blanc, French, active 18th century  Search this

Medium:

Etching on laid paper

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Made in:

France

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

early 18th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Ornament designs featuring grotesque motifs: a flying putto holding a quiver of arrows, profile portrait bust of a woman wearing a helmet with a mascaron (mask) and dragon, shield in the lower right, and a male sphynx holding a vase with a tail morphing into scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fleurons, and a snake.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-411-72

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4375a51db-908c-4234-86ba-f2bad06ecba2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-411-72