Triomphe de Pomone
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas de Larmessin IV, French, 1684–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: One of five panel designs for a folding screen. The other designs in the series include Rocaille (Rock Garden) etched by Charles Nicolas Cochin; Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); Léda; and Triomphe de Priape (Triumph of Priapus) all etched by Claude Duflos the Younger. This panel design depicts Pomona, a nymph who adored her fruit trees and gardens, two young companions, a male and a female, and a rustic building in the background. Below, a cartouche decorated with fruits and leaves, the interior decorated with a circular courtyard, a fountain and grotesque mask.
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: 1921-6-203-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 52.3 x 26.3 cm (20 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 63.9 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)