Mausolee
date: label: Date
content: ca.1635–ca.1660
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a classical mausoleum in the shape of a monumental arch with fluted pilasters, metope frieze and pediment, topped with a coffin on plinth with a sculpture of a kneeling figure on top. The decoration features classical motifs including acanthus leaves, festoons, friezes, eagles, and gadrooning. There is a large ladder leading up to the top of the monument and a standing figure in the foreground to the right. The plate is titled and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
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: 1921-6-351-63
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper