Vaux-le-Vicomte, Canal and Cascades - Original P. Aveline Etching - 1687
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Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the general view of the canal, the great cascades and the garden of Vaux-le-Vicomte, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot, in the spelling of the day: Veüe et perspectiue en general du Canal des Grandes Cascades, et du Jardin de Veaux le Vicomte.
Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the general view of the canal, the great cascades and the garden of Vaux-le-Vicomte, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot, in the spelling of the day: Veüe et perspectiue en general du Canal des Grandes Cascades, et du Jardin de Veaux le Vicomte.
The château, built for the superintendent Nicolas Fouquet by Louis Le Vau, with decoration by Charles Le Brun and gardens by André Le Nôtre, directly anticipates Versailles: the same team would afterwards pass into the service of Louis XIV. The print forms part of the series that Aveline engraved under the royal privilege of 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 8.8 x 12.9 in (22.4 x 32.8 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, with light stains in the left margin.
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Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the general view of the canal, the great cascades and the garden of Vaux-le-Vicomte, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot, in the spelling of the day: Veüe et perspectiue en general du Canal des Grandes Cascades, et du Jardin de Veaux le Vicomte.