Designs for Two Vertical Panels
date: label: Date
content: 1738–45
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: Folio 8, plate 7 of series 6. Two designs for upright rocaille panels. At left, panel decorated with masks, armorial trophies, banners, drums, and putti figures. A central male armored figure sits upon a rock and holds a spear and shield. At right, panel decorated with masks, scrollwork, armorial trophies. At center, a fantastical landscape scene with pyramid in background. Seated in the foreground is a group of putti drinking wine, the figure at center vomitting on the ground.
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: 1921-6-282-8
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: 33.8 × 23.5 cm (13 5/16 × 9 1/4 in.)