Four Cartouche Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1690
name: label: Designer
content: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692
label: Print Maker
content: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Gantrel, French, ca. 1645 – 1706
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four cartouche designs. The central cartouche features the sculpted bust of the French king Louis XIV on a plinth bearing the royal coat of arms, and palm leaves, flanked by two seated figures in Classical military dress, with spears, flags, arms and two male figures representing the vanquished prisoners. The other cartouches feature mascarons (masks), scrolling leaves, a roundel, drapery, shells, trident, clouds, angels, dolphins, coral, and palm leaves. The plate is signed.
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: 1921-6-467-8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper