Ceiling Design
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1727
name: label: Artist
content: Philippe Canot
label: Dedicatee
content: Louis XV, King of France, 1715–1774
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The boy king, Louis XV (1710-1774) stands on a gallery accompanied by Justice and Bellona and crowned by two genii. Abundance is present as well as France, and demons appear to be fleeing the scene. Music greets the king from another gallery. Caryatids support the entablature.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1911-28-29
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and in, brush and watercolor, gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 44.8 × 55 cm (17 5/8 × 21 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)