LE MARAIS D’EAU
date: label: Date
content: 1671–1703
name: 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: A view of a large water display within the gardens at Versailles. In the center there is a square basin with a large fountain in the form of an oak tree with jets of water emanating from its branches, below sculpted shrubbery, and swans with jets of water. On either side are buffets with vases and jets of water on each level. The whole is framed by groves with wrought-iron gates. Figures (courtiers) throughout. The plate is titled with a description.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Versailles, 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: 1921-6-533-118
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper