Alcove with Apollo Kissing Leucothoe
date: label: Date
content: 1658–1703
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A scene from Greek and Roman mythology featuring figures in an alcove with a bed. In the center, Apollo kisses Leucothoe with a highly ornate canopy bed behind them, flying putti, and a landscape tapestry on the wall. Doorways flanking the alcove with female figures watching from both sides. The paneling is ornately carved featuring mascarons (masks), portrait busts, leaf pattern moldings and cornucopias. The scene is described below. The plate is signed.
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: 1921-6-341-36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.3 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 16.6 × 22.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.9 × 21.4 cm (5 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)