This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color darkgrey grey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1911

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Elevation of a dining room wall

This is a Drawing. It was style of Robert de Cotte. It is dated 1710-1720 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper. 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

23.7 × 43.9 cm (9 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

water mark: Monogram of Jesus with three nails piercing heart

Cite this object as

Drawing, Elevation of a dining room wall; Style of Robert de Cotte; France; pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper; 23.7 × 43.9 cm (9 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-78

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18172811/ |title=Drawing, Elevation of a dining room wall |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=11 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>