Print, PLAN GÉOMETRAL DE LHERMITAGE EXÉCUTÉ DANS LE JARDIN DE NIMPHENBOURG MIS AU JOUR EN MDCCLXXI

This is a Print. It was architect: Joseph Effner and print maker: Valerian Funck and François de Cuvilliés the Elder and published by François de Cuvilliés the younger. It is dated 1771 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving and etching 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

Lettered in plate, lower left: C.P.S.C.M; lettered lower center: du dessein de Mr. D’Oeffner architecte de feu Lelecteur Maximilien; lettered lower right: gravé par V. founck, C.P.R

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper left corner: 1; lettered upper center: 1771/ PLAN GÉOMETRAL DE LHERMITAGE EXÉCUTÉ DANS LE JARDIN DE NIMPHENBOURG MIS AU JOUR EN/ MDCCLXXI; lettered upper left: Iam multis Laudata Domus, Laudabere rursus,/ Fundamenta operis quando videre datur/ Ut fama artificis, fic oeris Honore mitefcis,/ Pulchra situ, sed adhuc pulchrior arte venis./ sit e conspiciunt oculi, milal esse videris,/ Divintis tamen es nobilitata suis.; lettered upper right: Horrendum spargit rugosa fronte Nitorem,/ Et faciem jam jam, jamque ruentis habes./ Sic terrendo trahis, Lusuque illudis amico,/ Damna minando oculis gaudia mille facis./ Qui te non vidit, vix talem credere possit,/ Qui vidit, fama vincitur ille tua.; lettered center left to right within plan: alcove, Salle a mange decoré à la Capucinne, Sacristie, La Chapelle de Ste. Marie Magdelaine decorée en grotte/ Cabinet, Antichambre, Vertibulle decoré en grotte/ tourelle, tourelle; lettered lower right: Pieds de France

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