LA FONTAINE DE LA RENOMMÉE
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1676–1680
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 fountain in the gardens at Versailles. A fountain and basin in the center with water shooting from a trumpet blown by an angel. The basin is framed by balustrades. The whole is contained within a bosquet, or large hedged ‘grove’, with statues on plinths and a central arch. The outer balustrades support planted vases. Figures (courtiers) walking along the paths. The title and a description of the fountain is lettered below.
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: 1921-6-533-123
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper