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Plate from Frises pour les architraves, cornices, et autres ornements d'architecture (Friezes Intended for Ornamenting Architecture, Cornices, and Other Architectural Elements)

Jean Le Pautre

Sheet divided horizontally into four friezes. From the top: a sea monster; eagles with a festoon; a woman with a cloth; and putti with a dolphin and a river god mask.

Credit: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

c. 1660
Etching on paper
1921-6-91-1
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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