Caption

Terrace with decorated fountain, Receuil de dessins sur pierre, Series of lithographs, print, album page, Print is part of an album., printmaker: H. Lebas, 1819, paper, lithography, lithografie, height 298 mm x width 432 mm, garden fountain, A detailed black and white drawing shows ornate stone architecture and decorative urns set against trees; on the left is a tall fluted urn with sculpted dolphin figures and a carved pedestal adorned with garlands and a lion head, while in the center a rectangular basin with a carved face spouts water into a lower pool and is flanked by a carved pilaster with acanthus motifs; to the right an elaborate covered font with columns and a round basin rests on a pedestal decorated with human faces and bull heads, and a carved semicircular ornament sits atop the central wall; patterned paving stones cover the foreground and leafy trees fill the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B24_044

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.9Mb (11.1Mb) / 15.1in x 10.0in / 4529 x 3001 (300dpi)

Keywords

Terrace decorated fountain Receuil de dessins pierre Series lithographs print album page Print part album printmaker H Lebas 1819 paper lithography lithografie height 298 mm x width 432 mm garden fountain detailed black white drawing ornate stone architecture decorative urns set trees left tall fluted urn sculpted dolphin figures carved pedestal adorned garlands lion head center rectangular basin carved face spouts water lower pool flanked carved pilaster acanthus motifs right elaborate covered font columns round basin rests pedestal decorated human faces bull heads carved semicircular ornament sits atop central wall patterned paving stones cover foreground leafy trees fill background