Chariot of Apollo, Ceiling Design for Count Bielinski's Cabinet, Warsaw, Poland

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The central area is taken up with simulated sky with the chariot of Apollo. Around the edges, allegorical figures seated on clouds; simulated architecture of vaults and pendentives about the outer edges, within an architectural frame.
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
1734
Accession Number
1911-28-214
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint, black chalk on white laid paper
Dimensions
31.8 x 32.1 cm (12 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)
Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
Frame: 60.3 x 44.8 cm (23 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.)
made in
Paris, France
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Record ID
chndm_1911-28-214
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49712f0e3-5536-4025-b1bf-4f9e8809dbd7
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