Cartouche with Ruins and Columns
date: label: Date
content: 1738–45
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Lower section, large rocaille formation spewing water with reclining nude woman. Left, figure wrestling with ram. Above, ruins, figure with triton sitting atop entablature of two Corinthian columns, partial obelisk, decorative rocaille element on wall in tree-filled landscape. Left, figure growing out of tall plant holding fantastic border design.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving and etching on on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.7 x 27.6 cm (15 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 34.4 x 20.8 cm (13 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)