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Design for Architectural Motif
Gilles-Marie Oppenordtca. 1710
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle within a semi-circular architectural niche an eagle, wings outspread, rests on a socle, before which is suspended a wreath. Smoke rises in the background; an arch above, and volute brackets at either side. Ink framing lines. On verso, written: "Babel."
Details
- Title: Design for Architectural Motif
- Creator: Gilles-Marie Oppenord
- Creator Lifespan: 1672/1742
- Date Created: ca. 1710
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Red chalk on paper, lined
- Provenance: From the Collection of Léon Decloux; acquired by him after 1906.
- Exhibitions: Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota, University Art Gallery, "The Eighteenth Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists," January 24-March 7, 1961, no. 63.
- Dimensions: 17.5 x 26.9 cm (6 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
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