Tag: Versailles

Paintings of French chateaux from back before they were museums. Versailles and Saint-Cloud. French. Étienne Allegrain, topographical painter (1644-1736).

"Detail of the Château de Saint-Cloud." 1675.
“Detail of the Château de Saint-Cloud.” 1675. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_of_the_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Saint-Cloud,_1675_(painting_by_%C3%89tienne_Allegrain).jpg
"Promenade de Louis XIV en vue du Parterre du Nord." 1688.
“Promenade de Louis XIV en vue du Parterre du Nord.” 1688. Collections of the Château of Versailles. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Promenade_de_Louis_XIV_en_vue_du_Parterre_du_Nord_vers_1688.jpg
View of the Château de Versailles and the Orangerie
“View of the Château de Versailles and the Orangerie.” 1695. Attributed to Allegrain. Collection of the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. Image © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY, photo by Jean-Marc Manaï. Fair use license. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/699643

Paintings of people having fun in the sun around the Bosquet de la Colonnade in the gardens of Versailles. One more allegorical than the other two.

Early 18th century. French school.
Early 18th century. French school. In the public domain. via https://www.magnoliabox.com/products/the-bosquet-de-la-colonnade-at-versailles-early-eighteenth-century-xir375741
View of people walking around near Les Colonnades in the Versailles gardens.1908.
View of people walking around near Les Colonnades in the Versailles gardens from the series “Versailles II”. 1908. Oilette postcard. Collection of the Newberry Library. In the public domain. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parc_De_Versailles,_Les_Colonnades._944P_9_(NBY_419521).jpg
Vue du Bosquet de la Colonnade dans les jardins de Versailles. 1693.
Vue du Bosquet de la Colonnade dans les jardins de Versailles. 1693. French. Attributed to Jean Cotelle the younger. Image © the Château de Versailles, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Marc Manaï. Fair use license. via https://art.rmngp.fr/en/library/artworks/jean-cotelle-le-jeune_vue-du-bosquet-de-la-colonnade-dans-les-jardins-de-versailles_velin-parchemin_gouac