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Print, Upper Plate: Designs for Fountains, Monuments, and Sculpted Architectural Details
This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger and print maker: François de Cuvilliés the younger and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger and dedicatee: François de Cuvilliés the Elder. It is dated 1770 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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.
It is signed
Upper Plate: lettered in plate, lower right: De Cuvillies sculp 1770
It is inscribed
Upper Plate: numbered in plate, upper left corner: 22/ C.P.S.C.M; lettered upper center: Les Matinés de differends artistes à l’usage des architectes Des sculpteurs et des peintres; lettered upper right: M/ C.P.R; Lower Plate: lettered upper left: 23/ C.P.S.C.M; lettered center: Suite de Monumens; lettered upper right: C.P.R./ M; lettered lower center: Dédiés à Monsieur de Cuvillies Directeur des Batiments Conseiller et pr./ Architecte de S.A.S.E. de Baviere par son trés humble et trés Respectueux/ Serviteur et fils de Cuvilliés Capitaine.
Cite this object as
Print, Upper Plate: Designs for Fountains, Monuments, and Sculpted Architectural Details; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Dedicatee: François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-286-44