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Date

c.1565-1575

Description

Bâtiment à Plaisir (ideal château), plan of a symmetrical château in the form of a Greek cross, formal gardens in each of the four arms, the whole surrounded by a square moat, with circular islet at each corner between the arms of the cross, tree-lined waterways laid out in a symmetrical manner at left and right. Pen and black ink with grey wash, touched with watercolour; on vellum.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Location

Plaisir, France

Country

France