Triomphe de Priape
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: Claude Augustin Duflos, French, 1700–1786
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas de Larmessin IV, French, 1684–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: One of a set of five panels for a fold-up screen. The other designs in the series include Rocaille (Rock Garden); Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); and Léda (Leda and the Swan), all etched by Claude Duflos; and Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona) etched by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger. Shell motif at top. Three putti grasping at berries in the upper portion of the design, to the right of a herm in the personification of Priapus, protector of orchards and gardens, which is at left. Cypress trees at right. Two putti pulling a goat on top of stairs and other putti both helping with the goat and holding berries. Panel framed with leaves, branches and berries.
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: 1921-6-203-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 51 x 25.5 cm (20 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)