Cartouche with Lion
Object Details
- Designer
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Print Maker
- Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
- Publisher
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Asymmetrical oblong rocaille cartouche with a lion at lower left and a boar at top. Military weapons (ax, mace) surround the ornamental frame. Within cartouche, a landscape scene depicting a building on the edge of a cliff near a valley; aqueduct at lower right.
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- 1738
- Accession Number
- 1921-6-281-31
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
- Medium
- Etching and engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.7 × 24.8 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
- made in
- Munich, Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1921-6-281-31
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b16dc73c-28c6-414c-b1b0-f3c8e9ed94a5
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