Recueil des statues, groupes, fontaines, termes, vases, et autres magnifiques ornemens du chateau & parc de Versailles
A 1724 engraved collection published at The Hague by Rutgert Alberts, made by sculptor-engraver Simon Thomassin and David Coster, presenting statues, fountains and garden ornaments from the palace and park of Versailles for admirers of Louis XIV's court. The plates show single standing classical figures in draped robes beside reclining river gods and sculptural groups, drawn in fine line with shading that suggests marble. A designer could take the idealised poses, flowing drapery and the stone-garden ornament vocabulary of Baroque France.
