Allegory for Garden Fountains
date: label: Date
content: 1707–44
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques Fouquet, French, active 1685 – 1704
label: Print Maker
content: Marie-Jeanne Renard Du Bos, French, active early 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Gaspard Duchange, French, 1662 – 1757
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A print depicting the Roman god of seasons and plant growth, Vertumnus, seated on a fountain next to a water nymph with a basket of flowers in between them, flanked by three winged putti. Behind them a descriptive text is lettered on a large shell cartouche, decorated with acanthus leaf scrolls and a putto holding water reeds.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-236-36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper