Design for a Fantastical Landscape
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Designer
content: Maurice Jacques, French, ca. 1712–1784
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, French, 1707–1783
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, French, 1707–1783
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for a fantastical landscape from a suite of six. A landscape with trees, flowers, and foliage, with a plinth or altar in the center on steps. The alter is decorated with garlands of flowers and a cartouche with a putto, and flames, a quiver of arrows and a bow on top. In the background a fantastical arched trellis canopy, decorated with rocaille motifs. 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: 1921-6-323-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper