Fontaines et Jardins avec Sujets d'histoire tirés de la fable, inventés et gravés par J. le Pautre, en six planches
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1660-1742 (published)
1660-1742 (published)
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Mythological scene in a garden with a fountain. In the left foreground Meleager, dressed in classical armour, is presenting the head of a boar to Atalanta, who holds a bow and carries a quiver on her back; behind Meleager stand a group of men holding spears. In the centre foreground are hounds and putti, and on the right stands a male figure, brandishing a spear. On either side of the scene are plinths supporting statues of classical figures.
Object details
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| Title | Fontaines et Jardins avec Sujets d'histoire tirés de la fable, inventés et gravés par J. le Pautre, en six planches (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching on laid paper |
| Brief description | A mythological scene in a garden with a fountain, showing Meleager presenting the head of a boar to Atalanta. One of six plates from the set 'Fontaines et Jardins avec Sujets d'histoire tirés de la fable'. Etching by Jean le Pautre; published by Jean Mariette, 1660-1742. |
| Physical description | Mythological scene in a garden with a fountain. In the left foreground Meleager, dressed in classical armour, is presenting the head of a boar to Atalanta, who holds a bow and carries a quiver on her back; behind Meleager stand a group of men holding spears. In the centre foreground are hounds and putti, and on the right stands a male figure, brandishing a spear. On either side of the scene are plinths supporting statues of classical figures. |
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| Copy number | Pl. 1 |
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| Object history | The works of Jean le Pautre were reissued by Charles-Antoine Jombert under the title Oeuvres d’architecture, 3 vols (Paris,1751). In the reissued volume this set was entitled 'Fontaines et Jardins avec Sujets d'histoire tirés de la fable, inventés et gravés par J. le Pautre, en six planches' (Guilmard, p.74:95; Berlin, p.49:95). Although it is not clear whether they were actually published at the same time, numbers 29483:28-33 represent the complete set. |
| Production | It is possible that this plate was printed after 1716, when Jean Mariette took over the Librairie des Colonnes d'Hercule branch of his father's publishing business. |
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| Literary reference | Ovid, <i>Metamorphoses</i> |
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| Accession number | 29483:33 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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