Ground floor plan and front elevation of a Garden Pleasure House
ca. 1735-ca. 1745
- DR1984:0572 and DR1984:0573 describe a theoretical project for a garden house consisting of a central block and four smaller pavilions. The central block, rectangular in plan and containing a single-storey, oval salon, or hall, is entered by means of curved stair ramps on front and back. The four pavilions, also rectangular in plan but two storeys in height, are joined at a forty-five degree angle to the four corners of the central block. On the main level the interior walls of the central hall and of three pavilions are articulated by statue niches. The fourth pavilion contains a staircase leading to the second floor. Except for the pavilions this upper level is open to the sky. At ground level four fountains are placed axially in the angles created by the pavilions. On the exterior the walls of the main floor are rusticated, while those of the pavilions at second-storey level are framed by an order of Corinthian pilasters.
Engraving in black ink
plate mark: 29.9 x 19.9 cm sheet: 41.4 x 25.4 cm
DR1984:0572
imprinted - t: "No.1. / Grund und aufriß eines Lust Haußes / in einem Vornehmen Garten / mit 4. pavillons und 2. Frëy= / ligenten und eine inwendige / Stiege."; l.c.: a legend keyed alphabetically to the plan; l.l.: "Iohannes Hoffmeister, del."; b.: "No.95."; l.r.: "Ioh. Georg Hertel, excud. Aug. Vind. [superscript "1"]".
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