LE BASSIN D’APOLLON
date: label: Date
content: 1670–1703
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: View of the Fountian of Apollo and the Grand Canal within the formal gardens at Versailles. In the foreground, a basin with Apollo in a horse drawn chariot with putti and large jets of water sprouting upwards. Beyond, the Grand Canal filled with boats, and sail ships, with trees in the background and framing the scene in the foreground. Figures (courtiers), horseman, and horse drawn carriages throughout the grounds. 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: 1921-6-533-110
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper