Panel with the Exploits of Theseus
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Architect
content: Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a wall panel. The composition shows episodes from the lives of Theseus, interspersed amidst a finely drawn, elaborate display of garlands, urns, nymphs, leafy arbors, pavilions and arabesques. From the bottom up the scenes represent: Theseus discovering the sword and sandals of his father, Theseus slaying the Minotaur, Theseus abducting Antiope, and Theseus being rescued by Hercules.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-225
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined with white heavy paper and framed by blue color paper border colored light brown and black
label: Dimensions
content: 71.4 x 20.7 cm (28 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)