Prospectus Castelli Versaliensis, at latus hortense ex adverso Sacelli (View of the Palace of Versailles, from the Gardens opposite the Chapel)
name: label: Publisher
content: Georg Balthasar Probst, German, 1732 - 1801
label: Etcher
content: Georg Gottfried Winckler, German, 1710 - 1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Perspective view of the Palace of Versailles, viewed from the gardens. The palace extends horizontally across the middle of the print, with cut-out windows and fabric visible through the openings. The gardens are filled with figures in fanciful dress, colored in red, green, and yellow. A blue sky fills the top margin, and a tall conic tree alongside pedestaled statue are seen at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Patches of colored and patterned fabrics. Print label: Prospectus Castelli Versaliensis, at latus hortense ex adverso Sacelli. / Vüe du Chateau de Versailles, du côté de la Terrasse vis a vis la Chappélle. / Prospetto del Castello du Versaglie della parte di Terreno dirimpetto della Capella. / Gesicht des Schloßes zu Vesailien, von Seiten des Gartens der Capelle gegen über. / Med: Folo. No. 21. / G.G. Winckler Sculpts. / Georg Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V.
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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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: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-84-32-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hand-colored etching on paper; verso: fabric adhered with thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Print): 27 × 40.5 cm (10 5/8 × 15 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Page): 28.8 × 43 cm (11 5/16 × 16 15/16 in.)