Alcove with a Bed and Figures
date: label: Date
content: 1656–57
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A figure lying in a bed within an alcove with a male figure holding a sword and wearing a feathered hat to the left of the bed. The bed canopy is topped with feather finials and hung with textiles. A tapestry along the back wall, and balustrade in front. The canopy is flanked by ornately carved moldings and overdoor panels, and in the center above, an oval cartouche framed by putti and festoons of flowers and fruit. A statue of the Roman god Mercury on a plinth to the left, and a standing female figure on a plinth to the right. The plate is numbered and includes the publisher’s address, with a scale below the scene.
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: 1921-6-341-20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.5 × 20.8 cm (5 11/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.3 × 20.4 cm (5 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)