Designs for Two Vertical Panels
date: label: Date
content: 1738 and 1745
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two rocaille designs for upright panels. Left panel: within cartouche at upper center, a scene with three putti figures swimming in a river or lake. On the shore, in the distance, a building. Cartouche framed by busts of a man and woman. Ornamental scrollwork completes the decorative scheme. Right panel: within cartouche at upper center, a scene with a putto figure riding a bird, flying towards the sun. Decorative scrollwork completes the scheme, additional putti playing and reclining at bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-55
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper