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Plate 4, Receuil de Fontaines (Collection of Fountains)

Folio 3, plate 3 of a series of 7. Design for a fountain. Rococo fountain design with two tritons supporting a shell-shaped rock upon which a nymph sits. The female figure holds a large vase tipped sideways, from which the water pours. A putti below the rock at lower right. Ornamental grotto details in background, a conch shell at lower center.

Credit: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

1736
Engraving on paper
1921-6-266-4
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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