17C Gardens - Enghien - Grotto Fountain

Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch artist, 1645-1708) The Grotto Fountain at the Renaissance gardens at Enghien near Hainault. With this grotto fountain, the garden architect tried to invoke an imaginary, yet natural, world of stones, shells, & water. Grottos were an attempt to imitate nature & were linked with classical ideas about the natural world, art, & love.