LE BASIN DE LATONE
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1670–1687
name: label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A view of the Latona fountain at Versailles set within the formal garden landscape. The fountain features sculpted figures and frogs with jets of water. Steps in the foreground leading down to the basin with the fountain. Beyond two more round basin fountains with parterre planting. In the background, a large avenue or path with bosquets (groves) on either side with trees, and the Grand Canal beyond. Figures (courtiers) throughout the gardens. The plate is signed and 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: 1921-6-533-106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper