LE BASSIN DE SATURNE
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 large circular basin with a fountain made up of sculptural groups featuring the figure of Saturn surrounded by putti with a festoon of shells and the edges decorated with ice motifs, representing Winter. The whole is framed within a bosquet (grove) with paths leading outwards. Figures (courtiers), horseman, and gardeners throughout the grounds. The plate is 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: 1921-6-533-115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper