This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color tan bisque grey dimgrey darkkhaki or see all the colors for this object.

This and 249 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Architectural Prints.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, LA MAISON DE SCEAUX, 1674–1683

This is a Print. It was published by Nicolas Langlois and print maker: Adam Perelle. It is dated 1674–1683 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: fait par Perelle; lettered lower right: A Paris chez N. Langlois rue St. Jacque a la Victoire Avec Privilege du Roy

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: LA MAISON DE SCEAUX scituée auprés du Bourg-la-Reine, est l’une des plus Magnifiques maisons, qui soit de ce côté la, elle appartient à Monsieur Colbert, elle/ a esté commencée environ l’an 1673 ou 74 et achevée peu de temps apres.

Cite this object as

Print, LA MAISON DE SCEAUX, 1674–1683; Print Maker: Adam Perelle (French, 1638 – 1695); Published by Nicolas Langlois; France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-533-156

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18289817/ |title=Print, LA MAISON DE SCEAUX, 1674–1683 |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=15 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>