Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
date: label: Date
content: 1711
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel design filled with symmetrical, grotesque ornaments of mythological theme. At center is a figure of a kneeling Bacchus holding a pitcher and grapes, and surrounded by panthers. The composition is filled with aspects of the harvest, vines and grapes. There are three inset rondels with figures blowing hunting horns, holding cornucopia, and looking downward. The motifs perhaps indicate elements, and the months, of Autumn. The plate is not signed, and there is a printed "E" at the bottom.
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: 1921-6-201-9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper