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Fantastic Rocaille Fountain

c. 1750

Carl Albert von Lespiller

Artist, German

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
Accession

1985.61.513

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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 Fantastic Rocaille Fountain by Carl Albert von Lespiller after Jean-François de Cuvilliés I.

Wikidata ID

Q75123062

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