Portique de treillage en face du Parterre de lâorangerie
1670â95
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-334-6
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Adam Perelle (1638–1695), a prominent French engraver, captures the elegance of 17th-century French garden architecture in *Portique de treillage face du Parterre de l’orangerie* (Trellis Portico Facing the Orang Parterre), created between 1670 and1695. As a master of detailed prints, Perelle specialized in topographic views that celebrated the grandeur of royal estates, particularly the meticulously designed gardens of Versailles under Louis XIV. This work likely depicts a latticed portico—a decorative trellis structure—overlooking the formal parterre beds near an orangery, where citrus trees...