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Designs for Cartouches
Carlo Marchionnimid- 18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle. Cartouches, formed by two trees and two dolphins, three birds flying above. Verso: cartouche formed by two trees with two children with fishtail legs riding upon dolphins below two children in clouds above. Alternative suggestion for the top with two flying birds.
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Details
- Title: Designs for Cartouches
- Creator: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
- Date Created: mid- 18th century
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and sepia ink on laid paper; verso: pen and ink, graphite
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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