Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1660-70
name: label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
label: Designer
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An ornament print with a central design for a medallion or the lid of a circular watchcase depicting the New Testament Biblical scene of the Flight into Egypt with Mary riding a donkey while holding the baby Jesus, Joseph to the left, holding the reins and a stick. To the right a winged angel. Trees and clouds in the background. The roundel is flanked by four floral designs, the lower two are in glass vases. The plate is numbered and 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: 1921-6-529-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper