Aerial View of a Garden with Parterres Forming a Quatrefoil Design Around a Fountain, from Nouveux Liure de Parterres, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Design for a garden with an octagonal basin with fountain at center, around which four axe-shaped parterres form a quatrefoil design. From a series of six plates with designs for ornate garden designs with parterres. The series was included in the collected works of Marot published in 1703.
Artwork Details
- Title: Aerial View of a Garden with Parterres Forming a Quatrefoil Design Around a Fountain, from Nouveux Liure de Parterres, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
- Series/Portfolio: Nouveux Liure de Parterre
- Artist: Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
- Publisher: Published by Pierre Husson , The Hague
- Published in: The Hague
- Date: published 1703 or 1712
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 7/16 in. (34.4 × 21.4 cm)
Plate: 11 7/16 × 7 11/16 in. (29 × 19.5 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.4(74)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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