Wilton Garden
Medium
Illustrations: etching
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 13 x 7/16 in. (21 x 33 x 1.1 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.66.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Wilton Garden**, ca. 1640, showcases exquisite etching illustrations from a rare book, capturing the grandeur of English formal gardens during the early Baroque era. Created by Isaac de Caus—a pioneering French garden designer who worked in England—along Thomas Rowlett and Peterent, these prints measure 8¼ x 13 inches and highlight meticulously detailed garden layouts adorned with heraldic coats of arms.oused in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints (Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 7), they exemplify the era's fascination with symmetry, parterres, and symbolic emblems of nobility. Et...
About the Artist
Isaac de Caus|Thomas Rowlett|Peter Stent (British|British|British) · 1641 |1590 |1600 –1649 |1655 |1700
British, active 1641–49|British (born France), Dieppe 1590–after 1655|British, active ca. 1615/17–1665