Design for a Ceiling Decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750-1770
name: label: Artist
content: Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the center, within an arabesque of vine tendrils, Diana on a cloud, running. At either end, on stages supported by arabesques, Minerva, left, and Apollo, right, accompanied by other figures. At the bottom and top center, smoke emerges from urns atop altarpieces. Music-making figures disposed about the composition.
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: 1911-28-166
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pen and ink, brush and watercolor on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.9 × 39 cm (8 1/4 × 15 3/8 in.)