LA PORTE ST. DENIS
date: label: Date
content: 1672–1703
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: View of a Parisian monument, a triumphal arch – The Porte Saint-Denis (St. Denis Gate) - decorated with classical motifs, obelisks with trophies of arms and armor with lions, and friezes. Above an inscription in Latin – Ludovico Magno (To Louis the Great). The street is filled with figures, horses, and horse drawn carriages. Buildings on either side along the streets and cityscape visible in the background. The plate is signed and titled with a description 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: 1921-6-533-62
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper