Design for Grotesque Ornament
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1680
name: label: Artist
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Symmetrical pattern filled with airy grotesques arranged in two sections on sheet. Upper portion shows a jester seated on a throne under an arched lattice trellis. The lower section shows two medalions with cherubs, each flanked by seated figures. Additional ornament includes strapwork, lambrequins, acanthus tendrils and fanciful creatures.
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: Bequest of Marian Hague
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1971-71-5
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.6 x 24.3 cm (15 3/16 x 9 9/16 in. )