[Set of six views of Versailles.] Diverses Vues du Chateau de Versailles.1. Vuë prise de la grandes avenue entre les deux Ecuries. [&] 2. Vue des Ecuries de Versailles prise de la Seconde Grille. [&] 3. Vüe Particuliere de la Châpelle du Chateau de Versailles. [&] 4. Vue du Chateau de Versailles Prise du Côte de la Terrace vis à Vis la Chapelle. [&] 5. Vuë du Chateau et d'une partie de la Ville de Versailles du Côte de l'Estang. [&] 6. Vüe du Château de Versailles du Côte de l'Orangerie.
Dessiné et Gravé par J. Rigaud.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the Palace of Versailles drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts the huge complex of buildings as the centre of French society, with each scene filled with the participants in Louis XV's court as well as the workers who made it function. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38425] £2,400.00
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the Palace of Versailles drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts the huge complex of buildings as the centre of French society, with each scene filled with the participants in Louis XV's court as well as the workers who made it function. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38425] £2,400.00