Illumination de la Grande Cascade de Saint Cloud / Philbert-Louis Debucourt
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.189
- Title
- Illumination de la Grande Cascade de Saint Cloud
- Artist
- Philbert-Louis Debucourt
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1755 - 1832
- Medium and Support
- color aquatint printed à la poupée on medium white wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1813
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Dimensions
- 35.5 cm x 44 cm (14 in. x 17 5/16 in.)
- Physical Description
- This colored etching with aquatint depicts a night scene of a large illuminated cascade of fountains. A raised architectural structure with three arches is placed in the center left of the composition. A series of cascades descend from this structure and lead into a pool of water decorated with a series of geyser fountains spouting water upward. Many small groups of figures in elegant costumes are gathered around the water. Their costumes appear to be hand painted in pink, blue, white and black wash. The upper third of the image is devoted to the dark night sky.
- Subject Matter
- The illuminated cascading fountains at Saint-Cloud at night.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- europe (continent)
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- hauts-de-seine (department)
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- water distribution structures
- œle-de-france (region)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3237 x 2464
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2012/2.189
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.189/2012_2_189.jpg
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"Illumination de la Grande Cascade de Saint Cloud; Philbert-Louis Debucourt." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.189/2012_2_189.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
