Print Description
This optical print shows a view of the second water basin, fountain in a garden, in the labyrinth. Probably in Versailles, France. We see the richness of the water basin, the high hedges of the labyrinth and people walking and talking about what they experience.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 43.7 x 32.9 cm (17.2 x 12.95 inch). Image size: 40 x 30 cm. (15.75 x 11.81 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brownish. Stains. Remains of paper in corners on reverse. Tear in left margin been restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SECOND FOUNTAIN-LABYRINTH-WATER BASIN-GARDEN-VERSAILLES-FRANCE-PEOPLE | RB-TEMPLATE 34-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by Georg Balthasar Probst ca 1760.
Biography engraver: Georg Balthasar Probst (1732-1801) was an German engraver and publisher from Augsburg. Together with his father and other outstanding engravers, he participated in the publication of the important series of about one meter wide panoramas of the most important cities in Europe. .
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