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Design for Grotesque Panel

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for panel with grotesques. At center, three medallions, the largest at center. Moulded oblong frame with a bottom ornament. Grotesques in the style of Bérain. A medallion with a figure of a setaed old man addressed by a putto is shown in the center over a canopy, under which a figure that may be Venus and two doves are supported by a faun's mask.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1650
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
22.9 × 15.7 cm (9 × 6 3/16 in.)
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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