Le Bassin quarré du Rocher à Chantilly (Upper Plate)
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: Two plates printed one above the other. Views of fountains in the gardens at Chantilly, France. The upper plate illustrates a rectangular basin with a jet of water shooting out from sculpted rockwork, framed by paths with figures, and trees. The lower plate illustrates a central oval basin with a jet of water, framed by paths with figures. To the center left, a path leading towards the Manse Pavilion and to the right, a path leading to another fountain. Trees framing the paths. The plates are titled.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Chantilly, 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: 1921-6-533-201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper