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Print, Le Bassin d'Encelade (The Fountain of Enceladus), Versailles

This is a Print. It was created by Joseph Mulder. It is dated 1682 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is etching. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.

Its dimensions are

49.5 x 66 cm (19 1/2 in. x 26 in.)

It is signed

Imprinted, lower center: J. Mulder F 1682

It is inscribed

Imprinted in margin, lower right: De Lespini ex: Amstellodami.; lower left, Cum privilegio Ordin: Hollandice et West Frisiae; lower center, Le Bassin d"encelade dans le jardin de Versailles

Cite this object as

Print, Le Bassin d'Encelade (The Fountain of Enceladus), Versailles; Joseph Mulder (Dutch, 1659/60 – 1710); Netherlands; etching; 49.5 x 66 cm (19 1/2 in. x 26 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1998-1-1

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