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Drawing, Stage Design of a Garden Setting with Fountains and Arbors

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to François de Cuvilliés the Elder. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, watercolor, graphite, ruled borders in pen and black on white laid paper, laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Overall: 24.1 x 34.2cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/16in.) Mat (Mat): 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Illegible signature in pen and black ink at lower left.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design of a Garden Setting with Fountains and Arbors; Attributed to François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; pen and black ink, watercolor, graphite, ruled borders in pen and black on white laid paper, laid down; Overall: 24.1 x 34.2cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/16in.) Mat (Mat): 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-106

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