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Drawing, Design for a Fountain in a Park
This is a Drawing. It was created by De Crenice and dedicatee: Louis-Basile de Bernage. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
Mount: 33 × 43.8 cm (13 in. × 17 1/4 in.) 26.8 × 37.3 cm (10 9/16 × 14 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: Stransburg bend and lily over WCL Bottom left, the stamp of Marquis Ph. de Chennevieres, Lugt 2073.
It is inscribed
Written along the bottom: "Monsieur DeBernage, Conseiller d'Etat Ordinaire, Grand Croix de l'Ordre Royal et militaire de St. Louis, Prevost des marchandes de la/Ville de Paris, etc." Lower right: "Par son tres humble et obeissant serviteur de Crenice."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Fountain in a Park; De Crenice; Dedicatee: Louis-Basile de Bernage; France; pen and black ink on paper; Mount: 33 × 43.8 cm (13 in. × 17 1/4 in.) 26.8 × 37.3 cm (10 9/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-37