Design for Ceiling Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: View of a quarter of a vaulted ceiling. At lower left corner, a fountain with a seabird creature sitting upon a vase, water spewing from its beak. Plants and a dolphin surround the fountain. Along left edge, various decorative scenes including a reclining female nude figure and Poseidon with a trident above horses. Along right edge, a figure sitting beneath a tree against an architectural fragment of a wall, a man holding a staff beneath a rocaille arch made up of sea creature forms, and a view of two ships at sea; in the nearest ship, a figure holds a swath of drapery, using it as a sail. At upper right, rocaille form with shells, vegetation, crustaceans, and a small stream of water.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
label: made 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: 1921-6-282-73
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper