2021.344: View of the Courtyard of Fountains at Fontainebleau, to the Left of the Pond

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.344

People

Gabriel Perelle, French (Vernon-sur-Seine 1603(?) - 1677 Paris)

Title

View of the Courtyard of Fountains at Fontainebleau, to the Left of the Pond

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Veue de la cour des Fontaines de Fontainebleau à main gauche de l'Estang

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

17th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370354

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 18.8 × 28.1 cm (7 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
sheet: 29.8 × 36.7 cm (11 3/4 × 14 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, brown ink: 51
• inscription: lower right, graphite: H
• inscription: in plate, below image: Veuë dela Cour des Fontaines de Fontaine-bleau à main gauche de l’Estang / A PARIS Chez N. Langlois, ruë s.t Jacque a la Victoire. Avec privilege du Roy.
• inscription: in plate, lower left: A l’Appartement de la Reine / B la Gallerie de Francois I.er / C la Salle de la Comedie
• inscription: in plate, below image, lower right: D le Pavillon de S.t Louis / E l’Estang / F l Jardin de l’Estang

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[R.E. Lewis & Daughter Original Prints, San Rafael, CA] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2007, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.344

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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