Gabriel Perelle (1604 - 1677) and/or Adam Perelle (1638 - 1695) FONTAINEBLEAU: THE ORANGERY OF THE QUEEN. ca. 1670 - 90. Etching.
See Betsy G. Fryberger: The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of European and American Art, University of California Press, 2003, no 14B, illustrated. “Citrus - long highly esteemed - were raised, as were other tender plants in a cold climate, in winter shelters. At Fontainebleau, pots of citrus were arranged in pleasing patterns along the edges of scrollwork parterres.”
$500.
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