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Design for a Centerpiece

Johannes Lutma1630-1660

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Four intertwined tails of dolphins support four shells. Putti holding reeds sit upon the dolphin’s heads. Another child bearing a trident stands upon the shells, above.

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  • Title: Design for a Centerpiece
  • Creator: Jan Lutma
  • Creator Lifespan: 1584/1669
  • Date Created: 1630-1660
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Gift of Ogden Codman
  • Medium: Black and white chalk on tan laid paper
  • Provenance: Ogden Codman
  • Paper Support: Tan laid paper
  • Markings: Watermark: foolscap upper 1/2 of sheet; below: a cross upon three circles (see card for more details)Recto: Stamp in black ink: Museum for the Arts of Decoration the Cooper Union Museum [Lugt 457c]
  • Inscribed: Recto: across bottom of sheet in graphite: Cornelius de Cock 10 Drawings Presented by Ogden Codman Esq. 1916 (7)verso in brown ink: "Twapon hobb inde gouar/ vylbusse/ gelegt dot hyr / toobehoort." (See card for more details.)
  • Dimensions: 35.8 x 28.5 cm (14 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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