Ornament Design with Hercules
date: label: Date
content: 1669–93
name: label: Print Maker
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
label: Manufacturer
content: François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693
label: Publisher
content: François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693
label: Designer
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Third plate from a series of six ornament plates featuring mythological scenes. An oval medallion in the center depicts Hercules seated next to a female figure. Foliate scroll arabesques surround the medallion, featuring acanthus leaves, rosettes, garlands of flowers and fleurons, branches of leaves and berries, and two herm figures, sprouting acanthus leaf scrolls from their limbs and head. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-297-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper