View of the Château de Versailles and the Orangerie
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Allegrain chose to accentuate the monumentality of one of the two staircases known as the Cent Marches (One Hundred Steps), enlivening his scene with strolling figures, including five dressed in Persian costumes. Using the sloping site to best advantage, the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart built the staircases between 1684 and 1686 during the creation of the north–south axis of the Versailles gardens.
Artwork Details
- Title: View of the Château de Versailles and the Orangerie
- Artist: Attributed to Etienne Allegrain (French, Paris 1644–1736 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1695
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Without frame: 45 1/4 × 64 15/16 in. (115 × 165 cm)
Framed: 53 3/8 × 72 13/16 × 5 5/16 in. (135.5 × 185 × 13.5 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (MV 6812)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts