Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
33.6 × 55.5 cm (image) 38.3 × 56.3 cm (plate) 49.9 × 65.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
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.
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