GRAND ESCALIER DU CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES

by Charles Le Brun

$9,500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

Paris: Louis Surugue, 1725 . Magnificent elephant folio plate book documenting Versailles's architectural and design triumphs by Charles Le Brun, the greatest French artist of all time according to his patron, King Louis XIV. Very good. Item #55669 Initially established as a painter and indeed named First Painter of the King , Le Brun was soon commissioned by the Sun King to design the interiors of the royal palaces.

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