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Grotto with Fountain of Hercules

17th century

Jean Lepautre

Artist, French, 1618 - 1682

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Accession

1985.61.1277

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[L'Oeuvre Gravée de Jean Le Pautre Reunie Par Charles Mewes Architecte] [1985.61.1217-1437, 2807-2809]

Jean Lepautre

1850

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1994

Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Imaginary Grotto with Fountain of Hercules.

Bibliography

1993

Wiebenson/Baines 1993, no. 98.

Wikidata ID

Q75123015

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