Triumphal Arch with the Royal Swedish Coat of Arms
date: label: Date
content: 1767
name: label: Artist
content: Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794
label: Client
content: Adolphus Frederick, King of Sweden, Swedish, 1710 - 1771
notes: label: Description
content: The triumphal arch, depicted at center, in mid-distance, consists of a higher central and two lower lateral archways. Above the central arch is a chariot with two allegorical figures of women. On the ground, seven small-scale figures of men and a woman (and even one accompanying dog) promenade below the arch, pointing or looking at it.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-282
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray, green wash, watercolor, graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 46.9 x 56.3 cm (18 7/16 x 22 3/16 in.)