Design for the Grand Trianon at Versailles
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1766
name: label: Attributed to
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The sculptured group of a fountain is shown against a paved terrace with some plans at right. The water pours from the eyes and the mouth of a sea monster to which two mermen cling.
label: Description
content: Reverse: a part of a plant ornament; graphite.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-27
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen, brush and wash with black ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 25.3 x 18 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)