Parish Church of Versailles - Original P. Aveline Etching - 1687
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Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the main doorway of the parish church of Versailles, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot: Veüe et perspectiue du Grand Portail de la paroisse de Versailles. It shows the front with its two towers and the dome over the crossing.
Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the main doorway of the parish church of Versailles, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot: Veüe et perspectiue du Grand Portail de la paroisse de Versailles. It shows the front with its two towers and the dome over the crossing.
It is one of the few views in the series devoted to the town of Versailles and not to the palace or the gardens. It belongs to the set of prints of the royal residences that Pierre Aveline drew and engraved after obtaining a ten-year royal privilege in 1685.
Medium: Copper engraving (etching).
Artist and engraver: Pierre Aveline (Paris, 1656-1722).
Date: About 1687.
Source: Series of views of the royal palaces engraved by Aveline under royal privilege.
Dimensions: Plate mark 8.4 x 12.4 in (21.4 x 31.4 cm).
Condition: Laid down on another sheet. There is a restoration to the left side and the lower left corner, visible in the photograph, which slightly affects the image. Paper lightly toned.
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Original etching by Pierre Aveline with the main doorway of the parish church of Versailles, about 1687. Title engraved at the foot: Veüe et perspectiue du Grand Portail de la paroisse de Versailles. It shows the front with its two towers and the dome over the crossing.