LA GROTTE DE VAUX
date: label: Date
content: 1661–1703
name: label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677
label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
label: Architect
content: Louis Le Vau, French, 1612 – 1670
label: Landscape Architect
content: André Le Nôtre, French, 1613 – 1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: View of the gardens at Vaux le Vicomte. A basin/ canal in the foreground with fountains including a large fountain with the statue of Neptune. Beyond a grotto with sculptures /fountains set into niches, with stairs leading above the structure. Beyond the grotto, on an upper level, there is a fountain within a large circular basin. Figures walking throughout the grounds. Details are numbered with a legend below. The plate is titled with a description.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Maincy, 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: 1921-6-533-168
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper