Quarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Portion de Plafonds en Vousures (Book of Portions of Vaulted Ceilings)
View of a quarter of a vaulted ceiling with ornamental panel and cartouche decorations along the borders. A scene with two putti figures draped beneath fabric, sitting beneath a tree at lower left. Blank elongated panels within curving frames at each side. In the curved spaces between, partial views of landscapes with architectural ruins.
Credit: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
18th century
Engraving on paper
1921-6-282-77
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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