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Print, Ornamental Panel Surmounted by the Crowned Head of a Woman and Two Peacocks, plate 6 from the Livre de Diverses Grotesques peintes dans le Cabinet et Bains de la Reyne Regente, au Palais Royale
This is a Print. It was created by Michel Dorigny and after Simon Vouet. It is dated 1647 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is etching with engraving on white laid paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Purchase in memory of Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt.
- Print, Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
- blackwork engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1945-6-1-a
- Print, Sense of Taste, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
- blackwork engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1945-6-1-b
- Print, Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
- blackwork, engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1945-6-2-a
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Jupiter, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories...
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1945-6-3-1
- Print, Juno, from the series Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et...
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1945-6-3-2
- Print, Athena, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories...
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1945-6-3-3
Its dimensions are
24.6 x 29.6 cm (9 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.) Platemark/repeat: 24.6 x 10.4 cm (9 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in plate, at lower left margin: "S. Vouet inv."; at lower right margin: "M. Dorigny Sc."; at lower center: "6."
Cite this object as
Print, Ornamental Panel Surmounted by the Crowned Head of a Woman and Two Peacocks, plate 6 from the Livre de Diverses Grotesques peintes dans le Cabinet et Bains de la Reyne Regente, au Palais Royale; Michel Dorigny (1617 – 1665); After Simon Vouet (1590 – 1649); France; etching with engraving on white laid paper ; 24.6 x 29.6 cm (9 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.) Platemark/repeat: 24.6 x 10.4 cm (9 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Purchase in memory of Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt; 1946-12-4-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
