Design for a Pediment with Balcony Above
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Thomas Germain, French, 1673 – 1748
label: Print Maker
content: Benoit II Audran, French, 1698 – 1772
label: Publisher
content: Benoit II Audran, French, 1698 – 1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural detail featuring a pediment with religious iconography, shells, angels, putti (children) mascarons (masks), with corbels supporting a balcony above with an ornamental balustrade sculpted with scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, festoons of leaves, flowers, and fruit, shells, and c-scroll motifs.
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: 1921-6-464-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper