Cartouche with Fountain and Sea Putti
date: label: Date
content: 1738–45
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In landscape, large rocaille formation on ground, merman putto holds spear and with right hand gestures toward cartouche, framed by rocaille design depicting spears. On right, columned structure. Above, merman putto sits atop fountain structure in rocaille motif; above this, putto sits holding vase spewing water and trellis-like element reaching to the right structure, with hanging putto.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving, etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.9 x 27.9 cm (15 5/16 x 11 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 34.4 x 21.1 cm (13 9/16 x 8 5/16 in.)