Title Page Design for Le Zodiaque Travesti (Farcical Zodiac)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849
Company
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Figure of a court jester with the torso of a bare-breasted woman. The jester points to a zodiacal sign with his left hand (one of the twelve signs depicted on the border of the medallion); he holds the jester's prop in his right hand. The roundel is surrounded by calligraphic flourishes within which the title is entwined.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster
1824
Accession Number
1989-13-34
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and light brown wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, pen and brown, black ink, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 15.6 cm (8 x 6 1/8 in.)
made in
France
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Record ID
chndm_1989-13-34
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42263b723-d4bd-4b93-8830-6c83be59ca44
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