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 of grotesque ornaments with mythological motifs. At the center is Apollo with his lyre and pairs of dancing bacchantes on either side; at top is a medallion of Hercules and Antaeus. In addition to strapwork, garlands, and scrolls, the design also features animals, such as birds, cats, squirrels, dogs, snakes, a deer, bear, and unicorn, and an owl and a cat. The plate is lettered but not 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: 1921-6-201-33
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