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This and 149 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Designs by François de Cuvilliés as well as other German Artists.

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1920

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2016

2024

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Print, Design for Ceiling Ornament

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: 32 x 26.4 cm (12 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, upper left: C. P. S. C. M.; Printed upper right, in plate: C. P. R.; Printed upper right, in plate: R; Printed lower right, in plate: 2; Inscribed in graphite, center left, in margin: 88

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Ceiling Ornament; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 32 x 26.4 cm (12 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-89

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