LE CHATEAU DE MAINTENON (Upper Plate)
date: label: Date
content: 1674–1703
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: Two plates printed one above the other. Views of the chateau of Maintenon. The upper plate illustrates the entrance to the chateau with its courtyard, gates, and moat with buildings and houses in the background. The lower plate illustrates the garden façade with formal parterre planting and water basin in the foreground. Trees on either side. Figures throughout the grounds in both views. The plates are titled.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Maintenon, 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: 1921-6-533-212
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper