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This and 52 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Architectural Prints.

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1920

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2016

2026

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Print, Fountain and Garden Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the younger and Giovanni Paolo Gaspari and print maker: François de Cuvilliés the younger and Valerian Funck and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger. It is dated 1770 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Upper Plate: lettered lower left: I.P. Gaspari pinx; lettered lower right: de. Cuvillies del et sculp; Lower Plate: lettered lower center: Inventé par F. de Cuvillies Fils Capitaine Ingenieur et pr. Architecte de S.A.S.E. de Baviere/ V. Funck sc. 1770

It is inscribed

Upper Plate: numbered in plate, upper left corner: 19; lettered upper right corner: M; lettered lower right: C.P.R; lettered lower center: LE JARDIN DES GRACES/ Dédié a son Excellence Monsieur Le Baron de Berchem &&&/ 1770; lettered lower left: C.P.S.C.M; Lower Plate: lettered in plate, upper left: 18/ C.P.S.C.M; lettered upper center: FONTAINE PUBLIQUE FESANT CLOTURE DE JARDIN/ lettered upper right: C.P.R./ M

Cite this object as

Print, Fountain and Garden Designs; Designed by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari (1714 – 1775), François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Print Maker: Valerian Funck; Germany; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-286-42

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