DECORATION EXTERIEURE DE L’EDIFICE DU CÔTÉ DE LA RIVIERE ELEVÉ AU MOIS D’AOUST 1739. Sur la Terrasse ou est placée la Statüe Equestre de Henry IV au Pont Neuf, a l’occasion du mariage de Madame de France et de Dom Philippe II Infant d’Espagne Sous les ordres de Monsieur Turgot Conseiller d’Etat, Prevost des Marchands et Messieurs les Echevins de la Ville de Paris. Sur les Desseins et Conduitte du Chevalier Servandony Architecte et Peintre du Roy.
date: label: Date
content: after 1739
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Designer
content: Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian, active in France, 1695 – 1766
label: Publisher
content: François Baillieul, French, 1697? – 1754
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A festival print illustrating an ephemeral structure built over a bridge on the river Seine in Paris, as part of the festivities in honor of the marriage between Madame de France and the Dom Philippe II in 1739. In the center of the bridge, a large colonnade structure, with two niches with sculptures and cartouches, and a balustrade with a second level above with another balustrade and a low roof. The roof is decorated with sculptural figures and flaming vase finials. Figures stand on each level of the structure. Below the colonnade, three arches with water pouring out over rocks below. On either side of the ephemeral structure, the bridge is ornamented with plinths topped with flaming vases or urns. The title and description are lettered above. The legend, scale and address are lettered below
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: 1921-6-235-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper