Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for an interior wall. An arched niche in center with a sculptural fountain depicting a male herm or merman seizing a female figure, who stands with arms raised. Below, a woman holding a staff pilots a chariot led by dolphins. A wall painting within the surrounding niche; at top, a group of fish, net, and a triton. At either side, small pedestals with a putti group with fruit at left and a vase or urn at right. Above them, panels display different decorative schemes. Scale at lower left.
- 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
- Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Date
- 18th century
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
