Designs for Two Vertical Panels
date: label: Date
content: 1738
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for upright rocaille panels. Left panel: at bottom, a male figure holding a triton and a dragon perched upon rocaille scrollwork. Above, at center, a small landscape scene with two putti and an obelisk. Above, at top, additional scrollwork and ornament, a mask, and trees. Right panel: at bottom, a fishing scene; a putto holds a large net near a body of water; waterbirds perch upon the surface, their wings raised, several large fish below. Above, at center, a fountain scene with three putti, the figure at center wearing a cape and holding a staff, the putto at left blowing water through a conch shell. Above, at top, a wind blows a swath of drapery.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 35.8 × 22.5 cm (14 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)