Allegorical Frontispiece
date: label: Date
content: 1753
name: label: Architect
content: Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763
label: Designer
content: Jean Girardet, French, 1709 – 1778
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Charles François, French, 1717–1769
label: Publisher
content: Jean-Charles François, French, 1717–1769
label: Dedicatee
content: Stanislaw I Leszczynski, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1677 – 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Allegorical frontispiece with a portrait bust of Stanislaw Leszczynski (1677-1766), Duke of Lorraine. The bust is being crowned with a laurel wreath by Minerva; female figures representing the arts stand about the base: Architecture unfurls a plan of the château of Lorraine, Sculpture carves the dedication on the plinth, and Painting stands behind a canvas depicting the château. Meanwhile, winged Time with a scythe lies fallen to the ground. This plate is the verso of 1921-6-209-1 and faces the dedication page, 1921-6-209-3.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: made in
content: Lorraine
label: place depicted
content: Lorraine
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-209-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper