Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- View of a fountain within the formal gardens at Versailles. The fountain within a circular basin features sculptural group of dolphins and putti on swans or long-necked birds. A path beyond framed by rows of smaller fountains and potted plants with bosquets (groves) on either side. Another large fountain and basin in the background with a view of the palace beyond. Figures (courtiers) throughout the grounds. The plate is titled and signed.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Print Maker
- Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
- Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677
- Publisher
- Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
- Date
- 1670–1703
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Etching on laid paper
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