Cartouche with a Genius
date: label: Date
content: 1738
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blank cartouche in Rococo style topped with an allegory of genius holding a laurel wreath and a trumpet. Torches, banners, and a ram's head provide further decoration. Putto figure at lower left. A globe, banner, and stringed musical instruments (cello and harp) at lower right.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-281-13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.3 × 18.8 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)