Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for a quarter of a ceiling with ornamental borders at bottom and right edges. At lower right, a cartouche filled with winged putti figures upon a cloud, some carrying torches, others holding drapery. At lower left, a smaller cartouche with two putti surrounded by flowers. Ceiling medallion at upper left.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
- Print Maker
- François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
- Publisher
- Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Date
- 1731–68
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
