Iron Gates of the Mint, Paris
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1776
name: label: Artist
content: Jacques-Denis Antoine, French, 1733 – 1801
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The gate set in a rusticated wall. The gate itself consists of two wings with two vertically oriented panels making up each wing. Centered in the upper panels are circular medallions with the royal chiffre (initials), surrounded by two laurel branches. Above entablature is the winged royal coat of arms between two cornucopias and flanked below by laurel twigs.
label: Description
content: The alternate drawing for the lunette is attached at the top to main sheet on a separate piece of paper. The alternative suggestion shows an enriched variation of the design of the lunette. An entablature in the shape of a pediment is supported by the points of the cornucopia. The crown lies upon the pediment with the heads of two maces. The coat of arms is framed by an oval band with the chain of the Order of the Holy Spirit hanging from the entablature and the badge being in front of the crossing point of the laurel branches, leaves of which help to support the oval band.
place: label: designed 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: Gift of Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1923-51-2
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and blue, brown, gray wash, with black chalk indications on paper with mounted overleaf
label: Dimensions
content: 60.4 x 42.6 cm (23 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)