Arabesque Design
date: label: Date
content: 1788
name: label: Designer
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Print Maker
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Simon Chéreau, French, 176.–1807
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Arabesque with an Asclepeion tripod and a diamond shaped medallion depicted a woman astride a bull (Europa on a disguised Zeus). The arabesque also features heads of lions and goats, draped beading, birds, and lizards. Above the arabesque is an eagle with thunderbolts in its talons, and a male face as the sun. The print is signed, numbered, and dated.
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: 1921-6-228-7
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 41 x 25.6 cm (16 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)