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Print, Design for Ceiling Ornament
This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and print maker: Karl Albert von Lespilliez and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. 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: 32.5 x 26.7 cm (12 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed in plate, upper right: 17.me. Livre. / C. P. S. C. M. / R / Livre de Portion de Plafonds en Vousures, Nouvellement inventés / par le Sr. de Cuvilliés, premier Architecte de S. A. S. E. / de Baviere. / Gravé par Cuvilliés le fils; ét ce vend a Paris chez le Sr. Poilly / rue St. Iacques, a l'image St. Benoit, Avec Privilege du Roy, ét / chez l'auteur.; Printed upper right, in plate: R; Printed lower right, in plate: 1; Inscribed in graphite, center left, in margin: 87
Cite this object as
Print, Design for Ceiling Ornament; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Karl Albert von Lespilliez (1723–1796); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 32.5 x 26.7 cm (12 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-88
