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Vue générale de Fontainebleau, prise du haut de la Montagne oposée du côté du Parterre: P.13332-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Vue générale de Fontainebleau, prise du haut de la Montagne oposée du côté du Parterre
Diverses veues de la maison royal de fontainbleau dessinee sur le lieux

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rigaud, Jacques
Publisher: Rigaud, Jacques

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1738

Note

Laid on card with the edges folded over the back and blackened 'margins', in a contemporary presentation for a 'Vue d'Optique' device. Extensively coloured throughout with scene extended beyond printed image on all sides; lettering almost completely obscured on recto; figure on horseback pasted foreground left from another print (similar examples pasted on P.13333-R)

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.13332-R
Primary reference Number: 203604
Le blanc: 75-80
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Vue générale de Fontainebleau, prise du haut de la Montagne oposée du côté du Parterre" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/203604 Accessed: 2024-11-25 09:32:39

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