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. At lower right corner, a hunting trophy composed of a horn, fox (or other animal?), and a rifle, suspended by a ribbon wrapped around the leg of a putto figure above, who is seated upon a cloud along with two other putti, one of whom holds a bird on a string. At lower left, a bust of a figure on a plinth emitting rays of light. At upper right, a symmetrical cartouche with a staff at center. Ceiling medallion at upper left.
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: 1921-6-282-82
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