The Ceres Fountain in the Gardens of Versailles, Maurice Baquoy, after Girard, c. 1715

Title(s)

The Ceres Fountain in the Gardens of Versailles
Ceresfontein in de tuinen van Versailles
Fontaine de Cerés representant l'Eté, dans les Jardins de Versailles (...) (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1905-2787

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 5

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Rechtsonder genummerd 29.

Artist

• print maker: Maurice Baquoy (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Girard (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Gilles de Démortain (mentioned on object)
• Lodewijk XIV (koning van Frankrijk) (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: France
publisher: Paris

Dating

c. 1715

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 276 mm × width 406 mm

What

• French or architectonic garden; formal garden
• garden fountain
• (story of) Ceres (Demeter)

Where

• Versailles

Acquisition

purchase 1905

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, dl. 2, p. 496, cat.nr. 5