Char de Ceres.
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Chariot drawn by eight horses. On the top of the chariot, Ceres, Roman goddess of the harvest, sits on a throne under a baldachin. In her right hand she holds a small scythe as well as the reigns to a pair of dragons. Clouds surround the throne of Ceres, and the carriage is laden with sheaves of wheat.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-207-26
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
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 63 × 87.9 cm (24 13/16 × 34 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 46.8 × 82.5 cm (18 7/16 × 32 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 44.3 × 80.1 cm (17 7/16 × 31 9/16 in.)