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Design for Fountain in Niche
Edmé Bouchardonca. 1735
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Fountain consisting of a pedestal of two dolphins and a mask which support the basin in which water flows. A shell rises from behind the basin obliquely to the entablature of the niche forming an opening in the wall at the top.
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Details
- Title: Design for Fountain in Niche
- Creator: Edmé Bouchardon
- Creator Lifespan: 1698/1762
- Date Created: ca. 1735
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Red chalk on off-white laid paper
- Provenance: Ex-collection Léon Decloux, Paris.
- Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
- Dimensions: 38.3 x 19.2 cm (15 1/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
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