Elevation Geometralle de la Fontaine des Sts. Innocents. Erigée dans la rue St. Denis a Paris.
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural elevation depicting the Fountain of Innocents in Paris, originally built between 1547 and 1550 by the architect Pierre Lescot (ca.1515-1578) and the sculptor Jean Goujon (ca. 1510-ca.1565). The building is in the French Renaissance style with a lower level made of stone bricks and an upper level with an arcade made of two arches, flanked by Corinthian pilasters, classical figures and sculpted friezes above. A scale for measurement runs along the left side of the building. The title is lettered below in a rococo-style cartouche. The name of the printmaker is lettered in the lower left corner.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-302-7
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper