Triumphal Arch Design
date: label: Date
content: 1647
name: label: Designer
content: D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647
label: Publisher
content: Madeleine de Colemont, French, d. 1664
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a Triumphal Arch featuring trophies of arms and armor, pilasters, smooth-faced rustication, and corbels. On the top there is a central plinth featuring an eagle in relief with the seated female personification of Victory, holding a scale in her left hand, flanked by flags, arms and armor, and seated figures of slaves, or the defeated, with their arms tied behind their backs. The top of the arch includes the inscription: ‘REGINA. VICTORIARVM’. The top of the arch is decorated with a cartouche, topped with leaves and a crown. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-446-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper