The print shows the complex of pleasure gardens of Enghien near Brussels. The plan is part of a series of prints commissioned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_Visscher_II" class="extiw" title="en:Nicolaes Visscher II">Nicolaes Visscher II</a> (1649-1702) and engraved by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeyn_de_Hooghe" class="extiw" title="en:Romeyn de Hooghe">Romeyn de Hooghe</a> (1645-1708). This print shows the outsite orangery of the Parc dEnguien where orange trees were planted. Most orangeries were built over and were associated with the legendary gardens of the Hesperides, where Hercules received the golden apples as reward for his virtuousness. It is no coincidence that a statue of Hercules was erected close to the orangery.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Romeyn_de_Hooghe" class="extiw" title="w:en:Romeyn de Hooghe"><span title="Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver, and sculptor (1645-1708)">Romeyn de Hooghe</span></a>
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circa 1685 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1685-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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