LES SINGES DE MARS
date: label: Date
content: 1723-1735
name: label: Designer
content: Antoine Watteau, (French, 1684–1721)
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Moyreau, French, 1690–1762
label: Publisher
content: Edmé-François Gersaint, French, 1694 – 1750
label: Publisher
content: Louis Surugue, French, 1686–1762
label: Director of Production
content: Jean de Jullienne, French, 1686–1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Page of ornamentation with a figure of the god of war, Mars, armored and holding a sword at the center. The figure is framed by drapery, branches, scrolls, a bas-relief of a battle, and columns made of cannons. On steps around the columns on either side are monkeys dressed and preparing to light the cannons (singeries). 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: 1921-6-224-97
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper