Title Page
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
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: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an interior wall. An arched niche in center with a sculptural fountain depicting a male herm or merman seizing a female figure, who stands with arms raised. Below, a woman holding a staff pilots a chariot led by dolphins. A wall painting within the surrounding niche; at top, a group of fish, net, and a triton. At either side, small pedestals with a putti group with fruit at left and a vase or urn at right. Above them, panels display different decorative schemes. Scale at lower left.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
label: made in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-282-66
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