Design for Tapestry, Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder, French, 1688 - 1754, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, Etching on paper, A lofty central arch is flanked by two lower and narrower ones. A statue of Venus holding an apple accompanied by puttos and birds, is shown under Flora and Zephyr upon clouds, in the center. Cybele and a girl holding a cornucopia and accompanied by a dragon are seated in the foreground beside an anvil with a smith's tools and weapons. At left: Pluto rides in a chariot drawn by dragons over a representation of Autumn, Bacchus as a boy and satyr children.

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