Le Bassin quarré du Rocher à Chantilly (Upper Plate)
late 17th century
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-533-201
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Le Bassin quarré du Rocher à Chantilly (Upper Plate)** by Adam Perelle captures a precise moment in French landscape design from the late 17th century. Perelle, a skilled French engraver (1638–1695), specialized in detailed prints of chateaus and gardens, offering viewers a window into the grandeur of Versailles-era estates. This work depicts the "Square Basin of the Rock" at Château de Chantilly, a highlight of its formal gardens, rendered as the upper plate of a multi-part composition. Created during the height of Louis XIV's reign, when landscape architecture flourished under designers l...