Allegorial Frontispiece
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Designer
content: René-Michel Slodtz, French, 1705–1764
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Jacques Flipart, Franch, 1719–1782
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Frontispiece depicting allegorical figures of France and Saxony being united at the altar of marriage under the presence of Juno, who holds in each of her arms a medallion portrait of Louis Dauphin and Marie-Josephe of Saxony, with Minerva looking on. A rainbow, symbolizing happiness, appears in the background. At the bottom of the print, putti weave a garland. The description of the allegory is provided on the verso of 1921-6-207-39.
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: 1921-6-207-23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.8 × 45.4 cm (24 3/4 × 17 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 54.8 × 36.1 cm (21 9/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 51.2 × 34.5 cm (20 3/16 × 13 9/16 in.)