Two Alcove Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1665
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Gérard Jollain the Elder, French, 1660 - 1683
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two half scenes with figures in Classical dress in alcoves. The alcoves and surrounding walls feature leaf pattern moldings, ornate paneling, medallion with double profile portraits, festoons of flowers, and foliate branches. Landscapes in the background, possibly tapestries. 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: 1921-6-341-39
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: 14.5 × 21.5 cm (5 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.7 × 20.8 cm (5 3/8 × 8 3/16 in.)