"Le Port de Cherbourg"
Petitpierre et Cie
ca. 1786 · Linen · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The cones shown in the design are caissons being towed into the harbor to be sunk for the foundations of a dyke. On the largest one, with canopy, are the king and his party. The open boat at top is presumably a state barge for the use of the king. At the lower left corner is a view of town of Cherbourg.
- Artist
- Petitpierre et Cie
- Date
- ca. 1786
- Medium
- Linen
- Culture
- French, Nantes
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1926
