Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for a ceiling with water motifs. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif) seated on an arrangement of coral and shell, a putto figure blowing water through a horn. A triton and paddle to the right side. A rustic god blowing wind, at left. Below at right angle an asymmetric design with putti, fish nets, tritons, a water fountain (in corner), flowers, leaves and cartouches, elements of a fantastic water design. Sections are connected with dotted lines, presumably as a guide for 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
- 26.8 x 38.5 cm (10 9/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
- Platemark: 26.8 x 32 cm (10 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
