Design for Illuminated Initial "F"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1695
name: label: Artist
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figures of river god and four nymphs on a rock at the base of which a bull crouches. The letter F is shown in reverse at the center of figural grouping.
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: 1911-28-237
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and white gouache (corrections), green watercolor on paper, framing lines in pen and black ink, squared
label: Dimensions
content: 16.1 x 11 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)