View of the Hall of Mirrors
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This is a rare view of the Hall of Mirrors while it was still being decorated. The ceiling here represents an unrealized design by Charles Le Brun on the theme of the god Apollo. Courtiers and visitors walk through the Grande Galerie admiring the vault and the famous silver furniture, most of which was melted down in 1689. The table in the foreground, made by the goldsmith Claude Ballin in 1672, incorporates in its design the "four parts of the world" and cupids riding dolphins.
Artwork Details
- Title: View of the Hall of Mirrors
- Artist: Sébastien Leclerc I (French, Metz 1637–1714 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1684
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash on paper
- Dimensions: Without frame: 5 3/8 × 3 9/16 in. (13.6 × 9.1 cm)
With frame: 14 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (36.5 × 31.5 × 4 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux du Versailles et de Trianon (INV.DESS 1247)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts