Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- View of a quarter of a vaulted ceiling, the border decorated with elaborate cartouches in Rococo style, the largest cartouche at the lower left corner blank within. At left edge, within cartouche, a framed view of architectural elements including stairs and walls. At right edge, within cartouche, a similar scene with trees and a fountain.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Print Maker
- François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
- 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
