Print Maker:

Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695  Search this

Publisher:

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703  Search this

Medium:

Etching on laid paper

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Published in:

Paris, France

Place depicted:

Sceaux, France

Date:

1674–1683

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Two plates printed on the same sheet, side by side with views of garden details at Sceaux. Both illustrate trellis/ lattice arches decorated with ornamental details, pilasters, panels, and finials. Groves (bosquets) visible beyond with a fountain in the right plate. Figures seated on the ground and on benches in the foreground and walking throughout. The plates are titled.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-533-160

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48f303ad3-fc7c-4700-b415-1093ca337a23

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-533-160