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 an oval ceiling. At lower left, a scene of three putti figures picking fruit (possibly apples) from a tree. At upper right, a female trumpeting figure with an armorial trophy below. Within curving border, a panel scene with three putti playing, two of them on a seesaw. A second panel with three putti playing, landscape and stair in background. Part of ceiling medallion visible at upper left--a large group of clouds covered with many putti figures holding garlands of flowers.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
label: made 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: 1921-6-282-83
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