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Portal Design,"la Prusse et la Religion," design for plate 40 in the "Nouvelle iconologie historique..."

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A doorway flanked by two draped grotesque figures. Before the doorway is a framed artwork depicting a cross and wolf pierced by a flag pole. Above door is a scene of cupids feeding each other grapes.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789
Date
ca. 1765
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
Mat: 45.9 x 35.7 cm (18 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
(irregular): 37.1 x 22.6 cm (14 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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