Chariot of Apollo, Ceiling Design for Count Bielinski's Cabinet, Warsaw, Poland
date: label: Date
content: 1734
name: label: Artist
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The central area is taken up with simulated sky with the chariot of Apollo. Around the edges, allegorical figures seated on clouds; simulated architecture of vaults and pendentives about the outer edges, within an architectural frame.
place: label: made 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: 1911-28-214
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint, black chalk on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.8 x 32.1 cm (12 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame: 60.3 x 44.8 cm (23 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.)