Sheet with Two Designs for Ceiling Decorations, from "Plafons à la Romaine"
date: label: Date
content: 1665
name: label: Artist
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two quarters are shown separated by a stripe with the scale. At left: oblong central representation with Mars chasing a giant. At right: circular central representation with two fleeing giants. Captives and trophies of arms occur in either design. Reverse: Men at a ball game; a watcher sits sidewise on a bench. A house in the central distance.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-100-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 14.4 × 20.6 cm (5 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)