La Fontaine de Rocaille et les Goulettes de St. Cloû (Left Plate)
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677
label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two plates printed on the same sheet, side by side. Garden views at St. Cloud. The left plate illustrates the Fountain of Rocaille featuring rockwork, potted plants, hedges, and trellis/ lattice walls and arches. With stone arches in the background decorated with pilasters. The right plate illustrates a cascading fountain with steps and basins of water. Hedges with niches featuring sculptures on the right, hedges and trees framing the cascades. Figures walking throughout the grounds in both scenes. The plates are titled.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-533-84
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper