Veüe perspective de la décoration élevée sur la terrasse du Château de Versailles pour l’illumination et le feu d’artifice qui a été tiré à l’occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France avec Don Philippe Second Jnfant d’Espagne le XXVI Aoust M.DCC. XXXIX.
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790
label: Director of Production
content: Michel de Bonneval, French, 17..-1766
label: Office of
content: Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, France
label: Publisher
content: Imprimerie de Ballard, Paris, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Exterior view of the terraces of the Palace at Versailles showing a decorated landscape in preparation for a fireworks display celebrating the marriage of Madame Louise-Elisabeth of France to Philip of Spain. In the background, an elaborate arched colonnade with topiaries and plants in the archways. At left and right, fountains occupy the niches of larger arches with sculptures on pedestals populating the surrounding niches. In the center background, a large group of arches decorated with sculptures. In the middle ground at left and right, two large pools of water with a grotto at the center, from which emanate fountains in a radial pattern. Within each grotto, groups of figures. Surrounding the pool, groups of statues. Within the rest of the grounds, many crowds of various male and female figures in fine clothing gather for the celebration.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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: 1921-6-205-3
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
label: Dimensions
content: 60.5 × 97.5 cm (23 13/16 × 38 3/8 in.)