L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE DE VERSAILLES
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1680–1703
name: label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
label: Architect
content: André Le Nôtre, French, 1613 – 1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A view of a water display within the gardens of Versailles, named the Arc de Triomphe with a trellis temple façade featuring arches, a pediment and cascading fountains and small basins on different levels, a buffet and pyramid of fountains. Flanking on either side there are two large, tiered cascading fountains. Throughout smaller jets of water from fountain basins on plinths and large obelisk fountains with water streaming into basins below. In the foreground there are rectangular basins with cascading water. The whole is framed by trellis/ lattice walls and trees. Figures (courtiers). The plate is titled with a description below.
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: 1921-6-533-116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper