Ornament Design with Hercules
date: label: Date
content: 1669–93
name: label: Print Maker
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
label: Manufacturer
content: François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693
label: Publisher
content: François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693
label: Designer
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fourth plate from a series of six ornament plates featuring mythological scenes. An oval medallion in the center depicts Hercules wrestling with a lion. The medallion is framed by a leaf frieze surmounted by a mascaron with a shell on their head, and acanthus leaf scrolls around its face and garlands of fleurons emanating from the shell. The medallion is surrounded by foliate scroll arabesques, featuring acanthus leaves, fleurons, branches with leaves and berries, and two profile heads. Above, drapery hangs, framing the whole from three rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-297-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper