Design for a Monument with Allegories
date: label: Date
content: 1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural screen with central arched bay flanked by rectangular panels extending forward and ornamented with columns and trophies above. In the center, a blank escutcheon surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by figures of classical warriors; above in a cloud three allegorical figures alluding to peace. In the tympanum of the central arch, a trophy of War, and the central bay is surmounted by a blank escutcheon surmounted by a royal crown and figures accompanying the implements of warfare.
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: 1911-28-407
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and grey ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 40.2 × 44.7 cm (15 13/16 × 17 5/8 in.)