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Title: [Antique etching, ets] N. Langlois, Les cascades de Fontainebleau (Waterval bij Fontainebleau, Parijs), published before 1700.
Description: View of the gardens of the palace of Fontainebleau with, in the foreground, gondolas and boats sailing in a large basin, and beyond a terrace with horsemen escorting a carriage going to the right.Inscription below from a different plate. LES CASCADES DE FONTAINEBLEAU sont au bout du grand Parterre du Tibre devant la teeste du Canal... Cet ouvrade a été fait sous Louis le Grand par le S.r Francine. Signed with address below: A Paris chez N. Langlois, rue St. Jacques a la Victoire. Avec Privilege du Roi. Etching from two plates on paper, trimmed to plate mark; total: 176 x 267 mm; some damages on the top corners and along the margins; charming impression.

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