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date: label: Date
content: 1723-1735
name: label: Designer
content: Antoine Watteau, (French, 1684–1721)
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
label: Director of Production
content: Jean de Jullienne, French, 1686–1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Page of arabesque ornamentation framing a central vignette of well-dressed figures playing music and lounging in a stepped landscape with fountains; at left, are a group of Commedia dell'arte figures. At the center of the steps is a mascaron spewing water into a basin with cat tails and swans. The scene is framed by branches, garlands, a rose wreath, and scrolls, on top of which sit monkeys playing music (singeries). The plate is signed. This plate is a variation of 1921-6-224-55, with the addition of the Commedia dell'arte figures.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-224-56
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper