Alcove with Military Trophies
date: label: Date
content: 1655–57
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An alcove with a bed topped with a canopy in the style of a military tent with hanging textiles. On the back wall, there is a tapestry or painting of a battle scene with soldiers holding spears. A balustrade in front of the alcove, ornately carved with military trophies, festoons of leaves and flowers, and lion mascarons (masks). The alcove is framed by an ornately carved cornice with moldings and friezes and flanked by statues of prisoners in chains on plinths with military trophies, and medallion profile portraits. The plate is signed, numbered and includes a scale below.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-341-42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.7 × 21.1 cm (5 13/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.1 × 20.6 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)