Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
date: label: Date
content: 1711
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre Giffart, Franch, 1643–1723
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Grotesque ornamentation within a divided frame that features strapwork, medallions, and rosettes. At the center of the composition is a mythologically-themed medallion of a woman riding dolphins, set in an architectural niche. The composition also features a fountain, anguipèdes, terms, a trident wielding putto, birds, reeds, shells, and dolphins. The plate is signed and given the letter "B."
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: 1921-6-201-49
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper