PLAFOND DE PEINTURE; Plafond du même cabinet, 4th Plate
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Engraver
content: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline, French, 1702–1760
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Engraving (square) for the ceiling of Count Bielinski's cabinet. Large central roundel shows a sunburst as background for a mythological scene. A chariot, drawn by two horses and driven by a man is surrounded by female figures, putti, garlands and fruits. Cartouches at the four corners are decorated with putti. On lower border of engraving is written, to left and right of center: PLAFOND DE PEINTURE/Pour le Cabinet de Mr. le Comte de Bielinski grand M.al de la Couronne de Pologne
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-212-48
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 40.8 x 35.8 cm (16 1/16 x 14 1/8 in.)