Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth
date: label: Date
content: 1815
name: label: Artist
content: Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851
label: Manufacturer
content: Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752–1827
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Psyche kneeling at right offers a cup to Venus who is sitting enthroned on the left with doves in her lap. Three unidentified maidens look on in the center of the composition. Neoclassical architectural setting.
place: label: made 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: Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1996-57-1
objectType: label: Type
content: wallpaper designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to thin ply paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 40 x 35.1 cm (15 3/4 x 13 13/16 in.)