Le Parterre des Grenoüilles 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. Bird’s-eye views of French gardens. The upper plate illustrates a fountain within a round basin with potted trees, topiary, parterre planting, hedges, and figures throughout with a larger basin or water feature to the right. The lower plate illustrates parterre planting, avenues, trees, fountains, and cascading fountains in the gardens of Beauvais with figures throughout. 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: 1921-6-533-209
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper