Design for Ceiling Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1731–68
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
label: Print Maker
content: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a quarter of a ceiling, the lower right corner cropped at a diagonal. At lower left, within cartouche, a scene of putti figures feeding grapes or berries to a goat. At lower right, a landscape scene with a view of a large terrace; two seated figures, viewed from behind, at right, one pointing forward. At upper right, two putti holding a bird attached to a string. Partial view of central medallion at upper left.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
label: made in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-282-80
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper