Rocaille Fountain Design
date: label: Date
content: 1736
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Folio 2, plate 2 of a series of 7. Design for a fountain. Rocaille marine design with figures of a triton, nymph, putti, and snake depicted with a large shell above and below, which serve to catch water. Grotto garden landscape indicated in background.
place: label: made in
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: 1921-6-266-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.5 × 24.5 cm (13 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)