Ornament Design with Hercules
date: label: Date
content: 1669–93
name: label: Print Maker
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
label: Manufacturer
content: François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693
label: Publisher
content: François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693
label: Designer
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Second plate from a series of six ornament plates featuring mythological scenes. An octagonal medallion in the center depicts Hercules, wearing his lions’ skin, strangling a half-man half beast creature. The medallion is rests on a plinth or socle ornamented with a mask with garlands of flowers, and foliate scrolls and acanthus leaves emanating from it and surrounding the central medallion. The ornament features acanthus leaves, scrolling branches, vine leaves and grapes, garlands of fleurons, rosettes, ribbons with an eagle surmounting the central medallion. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-297-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper