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Design for a Fountain
Gilles-Marie Oppenordtca. 1710
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Left half of fountain at edge of stream (at left) with bridge and tower in the distance. Central section of fountain with shell as basin into which water pours from a mask in the upper part and from jar held by a mermaid who kneels on a pedestal.
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Details
- Title: Design for a Fountain
- Creator: Gilles-Marie Oppenord
- Creator Lifespan: 1672/1742
- Date Created: ca. 1710
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and brown ink on paper
- Provenance: Léon Decloux, Sèvres, France, acquired after 1906
- Dimensions: 15.9 x 12.1 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
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