17C Garden 1609

1609 Month of April Print made by Adriaen Collaert After Jacques Callot After Joos de Momper  

17C Garden 1614

APRIL print Made & Published by Hendrik Hondius II 1614

17C Gardens 1689

1687 April Crispijn van de Passe (I), Maerten de Vos, 1574 - 1687

17C Discovering a Garden in a Painting Background - 1640 Minerva

 1640 Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder (French artist, 1612-1689) Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans Grande Mademoiselle as Minerva

17C Garden 1610

1610 Twelve months  Jacques Callot (Print made by) Adriaen Collaert (After) Joos de Momper (After) 

1782 John Jay's wife on Gardens in France

Robert Edge Pine's (English-born American artist, 1730-1788) drawing of Sarah Van Burgh Livingston Jay daughter of the Governor of New Jersey William Livingston and wife of John Jay

In 1774, John Jay (1745-1829) married New Jersey Governor William Livingston's 17 year-old daughter Sarah (1756-1802).  Five years later, with the American Revolution in full fury, John Jay, president of Congress, was sent to Spain in an unsuccessful search of support for the democratic effort.  In 1782, he traveled to France to join Benjamin Franklin.  His young wife accompanied him on this trip.  She later wrote of France, "I could not but remark their natural inclination for chearful objects displayed in their little flower gardens, for there is scarce a peasant’s cottage without the appurtenance of a garden & many of them have little bowers that discovers a very pretty taste..."

18C Ladies on Horseback Honing their Gamepark Skills

 1710 Elizabeth Cahrlotte d'Orleans, Duchesse de Lorraine by Jean-Baptiste Martin

 1720 Lady on Horseback Unknown artist

 1730s Marie Leczinska Queen of France (1703-1768), riding side saddle on a white horse, the moor attendant with parasol

 1740 James Seymour (British artist, 1702–1752) Princess Amelia Sophia

 1743 Elisabeth I of Russia by Georg Christoph Grooth
 1744 Catherine the Great based on Catherine the Great of Russia while Grand Duchess by Georg Christoph Grooth

 1750 Catherine the Great of Russia after Georg Christoph Grooth

1760 George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

1762 Catherine II (1729–96) the Great of Russia by Vigilius Erichsen (1722–82)

1769 Johann Zoffany (German-born English painter, 1733-1810) The Drummond Family

1777 George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) John and Sophia Musters Out Riding at Colwick Hall

1780 George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) The Wedgewood Family 

1783 Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish painter, 1746–1828) Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain on Horseback (María Teresa de Vallabriga)

 1783 Marie Antoinette in hunting attire by Louis Auguste Brun de Versoix

 1783 Marie Antoinette Riding at Versailles by Brun de Versoix

 1785 José Campeche Dama a caballo

 1789 Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange by Tethart Phillipp Christian Haag

1793  George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) Laetitia, Lady Lade on Horseback 

1799 Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish painter, 1746–1828) Maria Luisa,Queen of Spain on Horseback (Maria Louisa of Parma, Queen of Spain) 

18C Unknown British artist, An English Country House 1797

1797 Unknown British artist, An English Country House

Haimbhausen Castle. - Early 18C Bavarian Gardens & Grounds

1701 Bavarian Views with Gardens.  Haimbhausen Castle. Michael Wening (Bavarian artist, 1645-1718)  Historico-Topographica Descriptio. Detail

Michael Wening (1645-1718) was a Bavarian engraver known for his depictions of cityscapes & views of stately homes, castles & monasteries in the Bavaria of his day.  His concept was to publish a visual account of Bavaria’s 4 districts called Historico-Topographica Descriptio. He began in 1696, & had finished more than 100 drawings within the first 2 months.  The 1st volume appeared in 1701, but work on the other 3 volumes was delayed by Austria’s occupation of Bavaria.  At least 1 volume was published after his death in 1718.

A great alternative view of the gardens & grounds from Michael Wening thanks to the Bavarian State Library & Daniel Seuffert of Munich, Germany!   

Man-made Landscapes of Bavarian Gardens, & Grounds by Michael Wening (1645-1718)

 Michael Wening (Bavarian artist, 1645-1718) Riedenburg

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

The Walk which surrounds the Royal Garden. View of a paved walk lined with fir trees interspersed with small bushes trimmed to tall cones, a domed pagoda at the end, and men and women walking. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

The Theatre. View of a rectangular space, raised with a short flight of steps leading up to it, enclosed by rows of tall box hedges with classical statues set on pedestals in each opening, a man striking an attitude on the stage produced and men and women talking at the foot fo the steps. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

The First Grand Cross Walk & after your Entrance into ye Royal Garden. View along a walk with a large round fountain in the centre, lined by small trees trimmed into cones interspersed with classical urns and statues set on pedestals, small rectangular gardens enclosed in low hedges beyond and rows of trees along the horizon, with people walking. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

The Cascade behind the Theatre. View of an ornamental cascade; water flowing from three arched niches and two large shells held by water gods either side, with rows of firs, classical statues and box hedges on the level above, and flights of steps curving down on either side to the foreground, where people walk. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

Two Summer Rooms one towards the Grand Gallery the other towards the Cascade. View of a summer pagoda with a round archway topped by a triangular pediment and two small balustraded wings, people sitting inside and walking outside, the interior walls painted with scenes of crowds greeting a man on horseback, and tall hedges behind. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

Front of the Grotto towards the Royal Garden. View of a building with a colonnaded roof terrace, an arched doorway, two protruding wings and flights of steps running up on either side, men and women walking, and trees in the background to left. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

Front of the Grand Gallery towards ye Gardens. View of a building with a mansard roof, dormer windows and porch with a triangular pediment, and people walking in a garden in front of it with a fountain and rows of small potted firs, enclosed by a hedge with tall trees behind it. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

Entry into the Grand Middle Walk of the Royal Garden. View looking down over ornamental gardens composed of potted plants and small sections enclosed with low hedges, with a large fountain in the middle distance, smaller ones set out at the corners of a hexagon around it, and two pagodas either side in the distance, fronted by a trellis divided by pillars forming a screen with three openings, and people walking. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

A View of the Grand Cascade in ye Royal Garden. View of a large cascade with water flowing in four streams over steps between arched niches, two containing classical statues, into a shallow basin, with statues in a row along the low balustrade on the top and flights of steps curving down either tide to the lawn where people walk, an ordered forest in the background to right and the corner of a single storey building of the same height as the cascade to left.
From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London

1751 Gardens of Herrenhausen in Germany - Johann Sebastian Müller (c 1715–1790)

A View of the Amphitheatre as it fronts the Natural Theatre. View of a small amphitheatre formed of two sets of three broad grassy steps, enclosed by a tall box hedge, with tall trees set in a semi-circle on the steps creating natural pillars, and classical statues on pedestals between them, with people walking in the foreground. From Twelve Principal Views of Herrenhausen; artist Johann Sebastian Müller & publisher Robert Sayer; 1751-52; London