Alcove with Scylla Cutting Her Father Nisus' Hair
date: label: Date
content: 1658–1703
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An alcove with a bed in the center. A figure lying in the bed, another standing next to the bed, with a group of soldiers sleeping on the floor (Scylla cutting her sleeping father, Nissus' hair). The canopy of the bed is in the shape of a tent with draped textiles. The walls of the alcove are grandly decorated with fluted pilasters, statues in niches, festoons of leaves, and ornately carved paneling and moldings. A description of the scene is lettered 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: 1921-6-341-32
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 × 26.3 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 16.7 × 22.5 cm (6 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 15.4 × 21.4 cm (6 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.)