Two Alcove Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1665
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Gérard Jollain the Elder, French, 1660 - 1683
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two half scenes with beds in alcoves and figures. To the left, a figure leans over the bed, while a man walks away with a barrel over his shoulder. The room is decorated with columns, drapery, a tapestry, hanging medallion portrait, and a statue on a plinth. To the right, a male figure pulls back the curtain of an alcove, many other male figures standing to the right and visible through a doorway. The alcove is framed by an arch, festoons of leaves and flowers, scrolling leaves, moldings, fluted pilasters, and a balustrade. 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: 1921-6-341-38
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: 14.3 × 21.2 cm (5 5/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.7 × 20.5 cm (5 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)