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Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget — Versailles, Basin de Neptune

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget

Versailles, Basin de Neptune

1902

Neptune's basin demonstrates the grand scale of Versailles' fountain system, designed to display royal power through control over water.

Medium
Albumen print

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Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget, Versailles, Basin de Neptune, 1902

Neptune's basin demonstrates the grand scale of Versailles' fountain system, designed to display royal power through control over water.

Medium
Albumen print
Year
1902
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

French, Albumen Print, 1902, Garden, Documentary, Photograph, Classical, Landscape, Historical, Architecture

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