Design for Ceiling Ornament

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
View of a quarter of a vaulted ceiling with ornamental panel and cartouche decorations along the borders. A scene with two putti figures draped beneath fabric, sitting beneath a tree at lower left. Blank elongated panels within curving frames at each side. In the curved spaces between, partial views of landscapes with architectural ruins.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
Date
1745
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Platemark: 31 x 25.6 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Type
interiors
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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