Projet d'un Tombeau fait pour Mr. le President de la * * * * * à Dijon en 1733 (Design for a Tomb for President * * * * * in Dijon in 1733), plate 99, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Engraver
content: John Ingram, British, 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: tomb with two central figures, one reclined on rocaille formation, with right hand on head, left hand holding had of second figure who leans over and holds a book upright in his right hand. tombe topped with two putti and urn; standing putto holds head in hand, while seated putto engraves urn. Architectural indoor background with window behind tomb and columns on either side.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-212-57
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 44.9 x 29.4 cm (17 11/16 x 11 9/16 in.)