La Fontaine du Satyre dans du Carefour de Bosquet à Versailles (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 on the same sheet, one above the other, illustrating detailed views of the gardens at Versailles. The upper plate, a view of a fountain with a statue of a Satyr on a plinth framed by trellis walls and trees. The lower plate, a detail from a large basin and cascading fountains with vases with jets of water. Framed by trellis walls and trees beyond. Statues on plinths and courtiers throughout the grounds. The plates are titled.
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: 1921-6-533-132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper