Vue de la 2ême Entrée du Grand Trianon

by Claude-François Fortier, after Courvoissier

$225 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A broad view of the opulent lodge and landscaped grounds of the Grand Trianon at Versailles. Built in 1678 by the royal architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart 1646-1708 , the palatial Grand Trianon was erected on the site of the former Trianon of Porcelain, a small pavilion constructed for Louis XIV by Louis Le Vau 1612-1670 in 1670. It was primarily intended as a country retreat and was a sprawling Italianate edifice with a colonnaded portico designed under the specific

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