Quarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Plafonds (Book of Ceilings), François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790, Engraving on white laid paper, Folio 11, plate 3 of series 7. Design for ceiling with one quarter depicted. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif), lard medallion with 4 quadrants: moon and stars (upper left), wind with birds in flight (upper right), rain (lower left), wind (lower right). Below, at right angle, grotesque figure, a cartouche with a scene of a small boy and dog, a helmet and spear, a sun, signs of the zodiac, neptune holding a triton, leaning on a barrel of falling water. Design is linked together by cartouches and arabesques. S and C scrolls. Sections are connected with dotted lines, presumably as a guide for the stucco decoration., Munich, Germany, 1740, interiors, Bound print, Bound print
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Quarter, Ceiling, Livre de Plafonds, Book, Ceilings, François de Cuvilliés, Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790, Engraving, white laid paper, Folio 11, plate 3, series 7, Design, ceiling, quarter depicted, Upper left, presumed central ceiling motif, lard medallion, 4 quadrants, moon, stars, upper left, wind, birds, flight, upper right, rain, lower left, wind, lower right, right angle, grotesque figure, cartouche, scene, small boy, dog, helmet, spear, sun, signs, zodiac, neptune holding, triton, leaning, barrel, falling water, Design, linked together, cartouches, arabesques, S, C scrolls, Sections, connected, dotted lines, presumably, guide, stucco decoration, Munich, Germany, 1740, interiors, Bound print, Bound print
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