'De Cascade van Galathea, aan de West-zyde van de Groote Tuin', in: Tooneel Der Voornaamste Nederlands Huizen, En Lust Hoven, Naar T Leven Afgebeeld
Medium
Color engraving (à la poupée)
Dimensions
Plate: 6 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (17 × 20.7 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.48(9)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This color engraving captures the Cascade of Galathea, a dramatic fountain the west side of a grand Dutch pleasure garden. Created by Lorenzerm and published by Carel Allard the print belongs to the volume *Tooneel Dernaamste Nederlands Huizen En Lust Hoven*, which the country estates and formal gardens of the Dutch elite. The scene shows dressed figures strolling amid sculpted water features, reflecting the Baroque taste for theatrical landscapes that blended nature, architecture, and mythology. The work employs the delicate à la poupée technique, in which colored inks are applied directly t...
About the Artist
Lorenz Scherm|Carel Allard (Dutch|Dutch) · 1648 |1619 –1709 |1707
Dutch, Amsterdam 1648–ca. 1709 Amsterdam|Dutch, active 1619–1707