Plafond d'appartement

Publisher Jean Martin Will German
ca. 1780
Not on view
Design for a ceiling. At the top are interlacing garlands of leaves and flowers. Surrounding them is another garland of leaves. At the bottom is a cartouche with a book and musical instruments. In the lower right corner is an oval cartouche with vegetation.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plafond d'appartement
  • Publisher: Jean Martin Will (German, 1727–1806)
  • Artist: Juste Nathan Boucher (French 1736–1782)
  • Date: ca. 1780
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/16 × 11 3/8 in. (20.5 × 28.9 cm)
    Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (21.5 × 29.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.586.5(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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