Drawings for Versailles: 20 Years of Acquisitions

Published on 01 July 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Approximately 100 works on paper, some of them being exhibited for the first time, are on display in the apartments of Madame de Maintenon. They reveal the richness of Versailles’s prints and drawings collection and the will that has driven its expansion for 20 years.

Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), Charles Perrault, 1665, pastel on paper, 55.8 x 42.5... Drawings for Versailles: 20 Years of Acquisitions

Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), Charles Perrault, 1665, pastel on paper, 55.8 x 42.5 cm/219.6 x 163.3 in.© Château de Versailles/C. Fouin

Divided into three spaces, the exhibition starts with a portrait gallery, continues with preparatory drawings for the chateau's great painted décors and ends with views, plans and architectural projects, the section with the largest number of works. Élisabeth…

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