LA FONTAINE DE LA PIRAMIDE,
date: label: Date
content: 1669–1703
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
label: Sculptor
content: François Girardon, French, 1628 – 1715
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: View of the cascading Fountian of the Pyramid with water pouring over platforms supported by mermen and putti riding dolphins, within a large basin in the foreground, set within the formal gardens at Versailles. Beyond that, parterre planting, rows of topiary, planted vases and more fountains, with the palace to the far left, and bosquets (groves) to the right. Figures (courtiers) throughout the grounds. The plate is signed and titled with a description.
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: 1921-6-533-107
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper