# Aerial view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ARCHITECT, German](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

Schloss Augustusburg at Brühl was the favourite residence of the archbishop of Cologne and Prince Elector Clemens August of Bavaria. Dominique Girard \(died 1738\), a French landscape architect active in Germany, took over the garden layout in 1728 and based his work on the canal system at Nymphenburg. A magnificent park was created, surrounded by water and dominated by a basin laid on the central axis in imitation of Versailles. Diagonal pathways connected the main parterre with the woodland.

## Related artworks

- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/aerial-view-r1ecc395675cc96>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/aerial-view-r6f8f79dfdce952>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/aerial-view-r99c7498254949b>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/aerial-view-rdf2cd7445c7402>)
- [Baumburg Tower](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/baumburg-tower-r99b7a00917ac39>)
- [East view \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/east-view-detail-rd4bab6107de7fb>)
- [Exterior view \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/exterior-view-detail-r0fe8282ec35641>)
- [Exterior view from the east](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/exterior-view-from-the-east-r64fa802db84d0a>)
- [Exterior view from the east](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/exterior-view-from-the-east-rd5a235d65665a1>)
- [Exterior view from the north-east](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/exterior-view-from-the-north-east-r049afbb63bc397>)
- [Exterior view from the north-east](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/exterior-view-from-the-north-east-r81ae76cfdc8504>)
- [Exterior view from the north-west](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-german-r58f966d9014e51/exterior-view-from-the-north-west-r402eead9e3f1b4>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)