Panel Design (Right Plate)
ca.1734-49
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-490-24
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Discover the elegant *Panel Design (Right Plate, a print created by the French artist Bellay, active from1734. Dated around 1734–49, this work belongs to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection of prints, purchased through the generosity of the Museum's Advisory Council. As part of an ongoing research effort, it invites us to explore the refined world of 18th-century French decorative arts. In mid-18th-century France during the lavish Rococo era transitioning toward Neoclassicism, prints like this served as vital blueprints for paneling in interiors—think ornate boiseries on walls, s...