Design for a fountain and four square parterres for a pleasure garden
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/8 × 15 1/2 in. (48.5 × 39.4 cm) Plate: 18 5/16 × 14 13/16 in. (46.5 × 37.7 cm) Album: 15 3/4 × 10 1/16 × 1 1/8 in. (40 × 25.5 × 2.9 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.104.5(12)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This enchanting 1651 engraving, titled *Design for a Fountain and Square Parterres for Pleasure Garden*, captures the elegance of 17th-century garden design. Created by a collaborative team including renowned landscape architect André Mollet—alongside family members Noël and Jacques Mollet, Queen of Sweden (a key patron), and engravers like Jan van dede IV—it hails from an album of ornamental prints now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints. The intricate plate depicts symmetrical parterres (formal flower beds) surrounding a central fountain, evoking the structured beauty...
About the Artist
Noel Mollet|Kristina, Queen of Sweden|André Mollet|Jacques Mollet|Henry Kayser|Jan van de Velde IV|Wolfgang Hartmann (French|Swedish|French|French|Swedish|Dutch|Swedish?) · |1626 |0017 | | |1610 | – |1689 |0017 | | |1686 |
French|Swedish, 1626–1689|French, active 17th century|French| |Dutch, Utrecht before 1610–1686 Haarlem|