LE BATELEUR
date: label: Date
content: 1753-1757
name: label: Designer
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vignette of a butterfly walking across a tightrope held up by reeds and cattails. Another butterfly stands below to catch the balancing insect. On the ground is a chair and a ladder. The scene is framed by a rocaille stage made of scrolls and flowers, and plants. There is a cartouche with the words "Le Bateleur" printed on it, and two garlands of balls, at the bottom of which is (on the left) a horn and (on the right) a deck of cards and a sword. The plate is not signed or numbered.
place: 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: 1921-6-402-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24.4 × 39.8 cm (9 5/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 18.2 × 27.3 cm (7 3/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 17.5 × 26.4 cm (6 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.)