LA GRANDE PIECE D’EAU
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: View of fountains within the formal gardens at Versailles. In the foreground a round basin with sculptural groups of putti, dolphins, and birds with jets of water shooting outwards. Beyond a large semi-circular basin featuring smaller sculptures with jets of water and cascading fountains supported by putti along the edge of the basin. Other smaller fountains and basins within the grounds. In the background there are trees, landscape, and windmills. Swans in the basin and figures (courtiers) throughout the grounds. The plate is titled.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Meudon, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-533-109
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper