Fontainebleau, the Tiber Parterre - Original P. Aveline Etching - 1687
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Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the great parterre, the cascades and the pond at Fontainebleau, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot: Veüe et perspectiue du parterre du Tybre des Cascades et de l'Etang de Fontaine-bleau. The parterre owes its name to the antique statue of the Tiber that presided over it.
Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the great parterre, the cascades and the pond at Fontainebleau, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot: Veüe et perspectiue du parterre du Tybre des Cascades et de l'Etang de Fontaine-bleau. The parterre owes its name to the antique statue of the Tiber that presided over it.
The gardens of Fontainebleau had been reworked in the time of Louis XIV under the direction of André Le Nôtre. It belongs to the series of views of the royal residences that Pierre Aveline drew and engraved after obtaining a ten-year royal privilege in 1685.
Medium: Copper engraving (etching).
Artist and engraver: Pierre Aveline (Paris, 1656-1722).
Date: About 1687.
Source: Series of views of the royal palaces engraved by Aveline under royal privilege.
Dimensions: Plate mark 8.5 x 12.3 in (21.7 x 31.3 cm).
Condition: Laid down on another sheet. There is a restoration to the left side and the lower left corner, visible in the photograph, which slightly affects the image. Paper lightly toned.
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Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the great parterre, the cascades and the pond at Fontainebleau, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot: Veüe et perspectiue du parterre du Tybre des Cascades et de l'Etang de Fontaine-bleau. The parterre owes its name to the antique statue of the Tiber that presided over it.