View of the Chateau of Versailles Showing the Chapel, c. 1730, Jacques Rigaud, French, c. 1681 - c. 1753, 9 7/8 x 18 15/16 in. (25.08 x 48.1 cm) (plate)14 x 21 3/4 in. (35.56 x 55.25 cm) (sheet), Etching and engraving, France, 18th century, The chapel at Versailles was begun toward the end of Louis XIV's massive construction effort and completed in 1710, just five years before the king's death. Jacques Rigaud, an accomplished illustrator and engraver of city and palace views, animated his architectural prints by populating the foregrounds with images of polite society. Here in the plaza in front of the chateau he depicts fashionable ladies and gentleman promenading and conversing, dogs running about, and two high-ranking visitors arriving in sedan chairs, carried by servants. Such bustling activity at the palace was quite common, as an estimated 1,000 courtiers kept rooms-pied-à-terres-in the chateau, accompanied by some 4,000 attendants. In addition, the staterooms and gardens at Versailles were open to the public, accessible to anyone in proper attire.
Keywords:
View, Chateau, Versailles Showing, Chapel, 1730, Jacques Rigaud, French, 1681 - c, 1753, plate, sheet, Etching, engraving, France, 18th century, chapel, Versailles, begun, Louis XIV's massive construction effort, completed, 1710, five years, king's death, Jacques Rigaud, accomplished illustrator, engraver, city, palace views, animated, architectural prints, populating, foregrounds, images, polite society, plaza, front, chateau, depicts fashionable ladies, gentleman promenading, conversing, dogs running, two high-ranking visitors arriving, sedan chairs, carried, servants, bustling activity, palace, quite common, estimated 1, 000 courtiers kept rooms-pied-à-terres-, chateau, accompanied, 4, 000 attendants, addition, staterooms, gardens, Versailles, open, public, accessible, anyone, proper attire
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.