Allegorical Temple Design and Ornamented Gueridons
date: label: Date
content: 1711
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
label: Print Maker
content: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Page containing two plates printed on it. The top plate is of an allegorical temple topped with a giant crown held aloft by a unicorn and a lion, and adorned with statues of horn-blowing angels and trophies. In the apse is a statue of a woman with a flame over her head, holding a chalice in one hand and a cross and shield in another. She stands above snakes and a man. This plate is signed and given the letter "B." The lower plate features three gueridons in front of tapestries. The gueridon on the left has captives at its base and a trophy of war. The center gueridon has anguipèdes and winged putti. The gueridon on the right has clawed, scroll feet, military attributes, a winged putto with a wreath, and a tasseled top. The plate is not signed but given the lettering "B."
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: 1921-6-201-51
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