Panel Designs of Grotesque Ornaments
date: label: Date
content: 1711
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two panel designs of grotesque ornamentation. The upper panel has a central oval rondel with Venus disarming Cupid. It features motifs such as birds, masks, garlands, trophies, scrolls, snails, and monkeys (singeries). The lower panel is divided into three sections, and is comprised of motifs of: sphinxes, scrolls, masks, birds, baskets of flowers, and putti. Both plates are unsigned but feature the letter "L" at the bottom.
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: 1921-6-201-23
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