View of the Palace of Versailles and the two aisles from the Gardens
(Veue du Chasteau de Versailles et des deux Aisles du costé des Jardins)
1682
- Medium
- etching and engraving
- Measurements
- 33.6 × 55.5 cm (image) 38.3 × 56.3 cm (plate) 49.9 × 65.3 cm (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- Paris, France
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Le Blanc 753, Faucheux 317.14
- Edition
- only state
- Printing/Publishing
- probably published by the l’Imprimerie Royale, Paris
- Inscription
- printed in ink l.c.l.: Veuë du Chasteau de Versailles et des duex aîsles du costé des Jardins.
printed in ink l.r.: Dessigné et graué par Isr. Silvestre en 1682. - Accession Number
- p.183.63-1
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879 - Gallery location
- 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Produced in the year Louis XIV – also known as the Sun King – officially moved his court from Paris to Versailles, this exaggerated depiction of the palace facade highlights the emerging propagandistic function of print culture. Prints played a key role in communicating the grandeur of Versailles, and by extension, the Sun King’s omnipotence, to a mass audience.
