Front view and map of the fountain of the four seasons in Paris against an ionic temple facade. In the centre is a female personification of Paris on a throne with at her feet two reclining figures as personifications of the rivers Marne and Seine. At the bottom four masks with water jets. On the left and right reliefs with putti as allegories of the four seasons: Spring is crowned with flowers, Summer is mowing, Autumn seduces the wine and Winter warms up. Above the reliefs are angels with seasonal fruit in niches. Right above Pl. XIII., Fountain of the Four Seasons Façade de la Fontaine érigée à Paris rue de Grenelle Fauxbourg St Germain, under the 5me Prevôte de Mr Turgot, on the Desseins and conduction of Sr Edme Bouchardon Sculpteur de Roy, Architecture., print maker: Bénard, (mentioned on object), Edme Bouchardon, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1745 - 1800, paper, engraving, h 352 mm × w 450 mm
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Front view, map, fountain, four seasons, Paris, ionic temple facade, centre, female personification, Paris, throne, feet two reclining figures, personifications, rivers Marne, Seine, bottom four masks, water jets, left, right reliefs, putti, allegories, four seasons, Spring, crowned, flowers, Summer, mowing, Autumn seduces, wine, Winter warms up, reliefs, angels, seasonal fruit, niches, Right, Pl, XIII, Fountain, Four Seasons Façade de la Fontaine érigée à Paris rue de Gre, under, 5me Prevôte de Mr Turgot, Desseins, conduction, Sr Edme Bouchardon Sculpteur de Roy, Architecture, print maker, Bénard, mentioned, object, Edme Bouchardon, mentioned, object, Paris, 1745 - 1800, paper, engraving, h 352 mm × w 450 mm
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