Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Title plate for a series of designs for irregular rocaille panels. Large rocaille cartouche at center with inscription, a mask at the base. At upper left, two putti figures near banners and a helmet. At lower left, two herm figures, one of which holds a triton. Water pours from the top of the cartouche and from the mouth of a dragon at lower right. In the background, trees and clouds.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Print Maker
- Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
- Publisher
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Date
- 1738
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 34.2 × 20.8 cm (13 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
