THÉATRE ITALIEN
date: label: Date
content: 1753-1757
name: label: Designer
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vignette of three butterflies in commedia dell'arte costumes, standing under a canopy made up of reeds, garlands of flowers, butterfly herms, feathers and trophies (on the left, with masks and ribbon, and on the right, with a tambourine). Below the platform are intertwining serpentine forms, at the center of which are the words "Théatre Italien." The plate is signed but not numbered.
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: 1921-6-402-8
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: 40.2 × 23.5 cm (15 13/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 32.3 × 23.5 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 32 × 20.6 cm (12 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.)