Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Symmetrical upright rocaille cartouche topped with a palmette, a young triton, and a putti holding a staff. Two dolphins at left and right form the top of fountains, which pour water below. Vegetation and armorial trophies complete the ornamental scheme.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Print Maker
- Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky, German, 1695 - 1774
- Publisher
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Date
- 1738
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Etching and engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 27 × 17.5 cm (10 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
