File:Bound Print, Quarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Plafonds (Book of Ceilings), 1740 (CH 18238489).jpg

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English: Bound Print, Quarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Plafonds (Book of Ceilings), 1740   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Engraved by Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth
Title
English: Bound Print, Quarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Plafonds (Book of Ceilings), 1740
Description
English: Folio 11, plate 3 of series 7. Design for ceiling with one quarter depicted. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif), lard medallion with 4 quadrants: moon and stars (upper left), wind with birds in flight (upper right), rain (lower left), wind (lower right). Below, at right angle, grotesque figure, a cartouche with a scene of a small boy and dog, a helmet and spear, a sun, signs of the zodiac, neptune holding a triton, leaning on a barrel of falling water. Design is linked together by cartouches and arabesques. S and C scrolls. Sections are connected with dotted lines, presumably as a guide for the stucco decoration.
Date 1740
date QS:P571,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving on white laid paper
Dimensions

28 × 38.8 cm (11 × 15 1/4 in.)

Platemark: 25.5 × 31.5 cm (10 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1921-6-282-11
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Notes
  • Type: Bound print
  • Inscribed: Printed in plate, upper center: Cum Privil. S. C. Maj.
  • Period: Rococo
  • Country: Germany
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