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Project for a Fountain for La Place du Carrousel

ca. 1806
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Project for a Fountain for La Place du Carrousel
  • Artist: Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (French, Pontoise 1762–1853 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1806
  • Medium: Pen and black ink on tracing paper
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 in. (34.9 x 25.4 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.532.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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