Entrance elevation of a grotto with a dome open at the top
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA125152 |
| Artist/Photographer | Gentilhatre, Jacques (b. 1578)
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| Country | France |
| Subject Date | 1600 |
| Image Date | 1600 |
| View | Exterior |
| Style | Renaissance |
| Medium | Drawing |
| Library Reference | VOS/231 f.30r |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Colour / B&W |
Colour |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
The building shown is, in many ways, similar to the Nymphaeum at the Chateau of Wideville built after 1630 and influenced by Salomon de Brosse's Fontaine Medicis at the Luxembourg (circa 1620).
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Subject tags
garden buildings, domes, grottoes