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Print, Design for Three Wall Brackets with Vases
This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder. It is dated 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off-white 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
Platemark: 24.7 x 19.1 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed upper left, in plate: 18me. Livre.; Printed upper center, in plate: C.P.S.C.M. / Livre D'Ornemens a divers usages, Nouvellement / jnventé par françois de Cuvilliés, premier / Architecte de S.A.S.E. de Baviere. / Gravé par Cuvilli[és] le fils; upper right: S.; Printed lower center, in plate: Se vend a Paris chez le Sr. Poilly ruë St. Iacques, a / l'jmage St. Benoit, Avec Privilege du Roy / ét chez l'auteur.; Printed lower right, in plate: 1; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 93
Cite this object as
Print, Design for Three Wall Brackets with Vases; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 24.7 x 19.1 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-94