Alcove with the Daughters of Pelias Assassinating their Father
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: A scene with a canopy bed in an alcove and figures, a man lying on the bed with a woman holding a dagger above her head and attacking him with other women behind her. To the right of the bed soldiers and men, including one soldier wielding his sword and holding a shield. The scene is from Greek mythology featuring the king Pelias being assassinated by his daughters. The alcove and flanking walls are decorated with ornate paneling, fluted pilasters, cornices with carved moldings, a medallion with a profile portrait, and putti. A female figure pours liquid from a jug into a large smoking basin placed above a fire. The scene is described below. The plate is signed.
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: 1921-6-341-34
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 × 26.2 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 16.5 × 22.4 cm (6 1/2 × 8 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.7 × 21.5 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)