La Musique
date: label: Date
content: 1743–48
name: label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Print Maker
content: Francois Antoine Aveline, French, 1718 – 1762
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Charpentier, French, 1704 – 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seventh plate form a series of seven designs representing the arts in rocaille ornament vignettes. Within a garden landscape eight putti sit on and in front of a fantastical rococo garden wall, ornamented with rocaille, shell, acanthus leaf and c-scroll motifs. Some of the putti are playing musical instruments such as the cello and flute, while others watch and listen and hold a large book of music. In the foreground to the right, a pile of musical instruments and sheet music. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
place: 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: 1921-6-531-21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper