Design for a Garden with a Fountain
date: label: Date
content: 1749-1761
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a garden. At the left is a fountain with a pinecone-topped obelisk and water pouring from the vases held by nymphs. The base of the fountain also features mascarons, scrolls, and dolphin-supported shell basins. At the center is a cross-section of a colonnade of fluted columns with Corinthian capitals, and statues of anguipeds and a nymph at top. At right are steps leading to an archway through which one sees a balustrade. At either side of the arch is an urn (left) and a statue of Minerva (right). A graphite inscription at the bottom of the plate indicates that this design was part of a project for the Palais Royal in Paris. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-216-69
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper