Cinquiéme Journée. Feu d’artifice sur le Canal de Versailles (Day Five. Fireworks on the Canal of Versailles)
date: label: Date
content: 1676
name: label: Engraver
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle: In the foreground the King sits under a canopy flanked by spectators seated in the stands. At center, in the large basin, four men set off fireworks from boats. Beyond, an obelisk flanked by figures of Fame. At right and left, pyramidal structures with dolphin fountains and symbols of Victory. In the background, rockets and fireworks. Engraved on the plate at the lower left: "Le Pautre, Sculps, 1676." Inscription at lower left: "Cinquieme Journee. Feu d'artifice sure le canal de Versailles." Lower right: "Dies Quintus Incendium ludicrum e pyrio puluere super alueum Versaliarum."
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-86-66
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engraving
label: Type
content: Engraving
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black ink on rolled paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11 11/16" X 16 1/4" (29.7 X 41.3 cm)