Designs for Watchcase Lids or Medallions
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1660-70
name: label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
label: Designer
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An ornament print with a central design for a medallion or the lid of a circular watchcase depicting the New Testament Biblical scene of the Baptism of Jesus. The figure of Jesus is kneeling in the center surrounded by other figures and angels, with John the Baptist to his left looking up towards the sky, with a flying dove above representing the Holy Spirit and rays of light shining down. Other angles and putti are in the clouds flanking the dove. To the right, a roundel design with a seated male figure in a landscape, probably John the Baptiste, with his arms outstretched, another figure stands in the distance to the left. The roundel is framed by a garland of flowers, leaves, and ribbons. To the left, a design for a circular frame featuring flowers and leaves, possibly for the use on the lid of a watchcase. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-529-9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper