La Statue Equestre de Henri IV sur le Pont neuf (Upper Plate)
date: label: Date
content: 1685–1703
name: label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two plates printed on a single sheet. The upper plate is a view of the equestrian statue of King Henri IV on the bridge the Pont Neuf in Paris, with the river and bridges in the background and buildings along the banks. In the foreground the street is crowded with people, carriages, and sedan chairs. The lower plate is a view of the Place des Victoires in Paris with the statue of Louis XIV, with buildings around the square and figures, carriages, and horseman. The plates are titled.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
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: 1921-6-533-30
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper