Design for Ceiling Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Decoration intended for execution in stuccowork, showing a quarter of a ceiling with its corner element, left, and a central rosette. Upper right (presumed central ceiling motif) a large symmetrically-decorated medallion with leaves, delicate garlands and small cartouches. Below at right angle, a putti, pinetree, mythological figures on a rock, water below. A winged putti pouring a vase of water, a corner cartouche on the diagonal axis with a bird spewing water, water plants, a mask, a boat carrying barrels, and mythological man representing wind, standing on a rock; sections are connected by dotted lines, presumably as a guide to the stucco.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 27.4 x 39 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26 x 31.4 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)