Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées
after 1745
Medium
Bound print
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-218-15
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This bound print captures the elegant ceiling design of the Salon de Madame la Princesse de Rohan, viewed from the side opposite the windows. Created by French architect and designer Germain Boffrand after 1745, it preserves a vision of refined 18th-century French interior decoration. Boffrand, celebrated for his graceful Rococo style, brought lightness and ornament to aristocratic spaces, and this print offers a window into one of his later projects. As a bound print rather than the original ceiling itself, the work served as both documentation and inspiration for other designers and patrons...