# General view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIRARD, Dominique](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girard-dominique-r7aaee3c2f2078c>)
- 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, 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

- [General view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girard-dominique-r7aaee3c2f2078c/general-view-r20ae4a04f74b36>)
- [General view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girard-dominique-r7aaee3c2f2078c/general-view-rf40f30b88f52f3>)

## Attribution

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