Alcove and Terrace Design
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1651
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Jean Le Blond, French, ca.1594 – 1666
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an exterior alcove and terrace. An arch supported by squared fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals, above a central cartouche with putti and festoons of flowers. Balustrades, sculptural figures, and vases. An exterior wall in the background with windows and a rooftop balustrade. In the foreground three figures and possibly a bed. Trees in the far background. The plate is signed.
place: 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: 1921-6-341-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.2 × 26.3 cm (7 9/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 13.4 × 19.1 cm (5 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.1 × 18.8 cm (5 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)