# Gate with grotto

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LEDOUX, Claude-Nicolas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

The grotto-like niche bof the entrance gateway constitutes a primitive kind of visual expression akin to &#34;speaking architecture.&#34;

## Related artworks

- [Bird&#39;s eye perspective](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/birds-eye-perspective-r3a06649ec7a92e>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/exterior-view-r00fad50fa97448>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/exterior-view-r042670656f9628>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/exterior-view-r4d7bb45e27e5dc>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/exterior-view-r72979d5a85dddd>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/exterior-view-rbf4f3c8e7c4514>)
- [General view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/general-view-rab1c6fa2bf5fe2>)
- [Grotto wall \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/grotto-wall-detail-r42a35849d2ccbc>)
- [Hôtel de Thélusson, Paris](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/htel-de-thlusson-paris-r796fa94e8ec522>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/interior-view-re12f3753d72322>)
- [River inspector&#39;s house](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/river-inspectors-house-r252e091cd02041>)

## Attribution

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