Menagerie at Versailles - Original Engraving by P. Aveline - c. 1687
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A 17th-century engraving lettered below "Veue de la Menagerie de Versailles du dessein du Sr. Marot": the menagerie of Louis XIV, with its octagonal central pavilion and the canal in the foreground crossed by gondolas and swans.
A 17th-century engraving lettered below "Veue de la Menagerie de Versailles du dessein du Sr. Marot": the menagerie of Louis XIV, with its octagonal central pavilion and the canal in the foreground crossed by gondolas and swans.
Pierre Aveline (Paris, 1656-1722) obtained in 1685 a ten-year royal license authorizing him to reproduce the royal residences; these views, worked from the designs of Jean Marot, come from that privilege. Aveline combined etching and burin and was also a print publisher and seller.
Medium: etching and engraving
Artist / after: after a design by Jean Marot
Engraver: Pierre Aveline (Paris, 1656-1722)
Date: c. 1687
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.9 x 10.1 in (17.6 x 25.6 cm)
Condition: margins trimmed; damage with old restoration in the left margin, visible in the photograph. Mounted on paper at an early date
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A 17th-century engraving lettered below "Veue de la Menagerie de Versailles du dessein du Sr. Marot": the menagerie of Louis XIV, with its octagonal central pavilion and the canal in the foreground crossed by gondolas and swans.