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Bound Print, Design for Ceiling Ornament
This is a Bound Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and published by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and print maker: Carl Albert von Lespilliez. It is dated 1740–68 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.
Its dimensions are
19.1 × 21.7 cm (7 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
It is signed
Lettered lower left, in plate: F. de. Cuvillies. In.; Lettered lower right, in plate: C. A. de. L'Espilliez. Sc.
It is inscribed
Printed in plate, lower center: C. P. S. C. M.; upper center left: Quart d’un Plafond.; upper center right: Autre Quart diferend.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 34
Cite this object as
Bound Print, Design for Ceiling Ornament; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Carl Albert von Lespilliez (German, 1723 - 1796); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; 19.1 × 21.7 cm (7 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-282-35
