Quarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Portion de Plafonds en Vousures (Book of Portions of Vaulted Ceilings), François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, Nicolas Jean-Baptiste de Poilly, French, 1712–after 1758, François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, Engraving on paper, View of a quarter of a vaulted ceiling. At lower left corner, a fountain with a seabird creature sitting upon a vase, water spewing from its beak. Plants and a dolphin surround the fountain. Along left edge, various decorative scenes including a reclining female nude figure and Poseidon with a trident above horses. Along right edge, a figure sitting beneath a tree against an architectural fragment of a wall, a man holding a staff beneath a rocaille arch made up of sea creature forms, and a view of two ships at sea; in the nearest ship, a figure holds a swath of drapery, using it as a sail. At upper right, rocaille form with shells, vegetation, crustaceans, and a small stream of water., Munich, Germany, Paris, France, 18th century, albums (bound) & books, Bound print, Bound print
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Quarter, Ceiling, Livre de Portion de Plafonds en Vousures, Book, Portions, Vaulted Ceilings, François de Cuvilliés, Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, François de Cuvilliés, younger, German, 1731 - 1777, Nicolas Jean-Baptiste de Poilly, French, 1712– 1758, François de Cuvilliés, younger, German, 1731 - 1777, Engraving, paper, View, quarter, vaulted ceiling, lower left corner, fountain, seabird creature sitting upon, vase, water spewing, beak, Plants, dolphin surround, fountain, left edge, various decorative scenes, reclining female nude figure, Poseidon, trident, horses, right edge, figure sitting beneath, tree, architectural fragment, wall, man holding, staff beneath, rocaille arch, up, sea creature forms, view, two ships, sea, nearest ship, figure holds, swath, drapery, using, sail, upper right, rocaille form, shells, vegetation, crustaceans, small stream, water, Munich, Germany, Paris, France, 18th century, albums, bound, & books, Bound print, Bound print
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