LES JARDINS DE CYTHERE
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: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Director of Production
content: Jean de Jullienne, French, 1686–1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scene of a fountain with anguipeds set in a garden with well-dressed individuals, commedia dell'arte figures, and a winged putto strolling and reclining. The vignette is framed by ornamentation, with motifs including drapery, terms, garlands, cupids with arrows, branches, trophies, dolphins, monkeys playing musical instruments (singeries), and a cartouche at the bottom framing an antique bust. The plate is signed.
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: 1921-6-224-67
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