Black-and-white etching of a classical palace facade with statues and cypress trees, with cloaked figures and a horse in the foreground.

A Park of a Castle

A fine black-and-white etching shows a classical palace facade with pilasters, a round ornamented panel and statues on the balustrade, set in a garden with tall cypresses. In the foreground, cloaked figures walk past a statue, while others gather around a horse near a stone plinth.

Artist: Jean Le Pautre
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Etching
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 2560 × 1759 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1655).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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