Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Folio 10, plate 2 of series 7. Design for ceiling with trophy motif. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif) a cartouche with trophy motifs- horn, banner and garland. Below, at right angle, an asymmetric design of putti riding dolphins (at left hoding a paddle, at right holding a triton), a pine tree in center. A goddess holding a banner (center), a goddess with plumage and two horns, the House of Wittelsbach banner and mask below. A rustic god, a putti riding a dolphin, water plants at right. Sections are connected with dotted lines, presumably as a guide to the stucco decor.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Print Maker
- Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790
- Publisher
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Date
- 1740
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Engraving on white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 27.9 x 38.8 cm (11 1/16 x 15 1/4 in)
- Plate: 25.6 x 31.3 cm (10 1/4 x 12 1/4 in)
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
