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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 five panel designs for a folding screen. The other designs in the series include Rocaille (Rock Garden) etched by Charles Nicolas Cochin ; and Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona); and Triomphe de Priape (Triumph of Priapus) all etched by Claude Duflos the Younger. Vertical panel design with central scene depicting Leda and the swan, the personification of the god, Zeus. She is flanked by two child figures. The composition includes shells, leafy bushes, trees, and below, a large cartouche with a grotesque mask (top center) and large leaves (interior). A shell cartouche below depicts a pool of water.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-203-9
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: 50.8 x 26.2 cm (20 x 10 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 63.9 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)