"Aqueduct and "machine de Marly"
by MARTIN, Pierre-Denis, Oil on canvas, 115 x 161 cm
The garden at Marly, laid out between 1676 and 1686 by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, was reputed to be Louis XIV’s finest garden. The whole complex was laid out on sloping ground so that there was always enough pressure for the fountains and other water devices.