Le Petit Trianon, Versailles
1700s
Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe
Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1812)
Drawings
Le Petit Trianon, Versailles, 1700s. Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1812). Gouache; sheet: 22.9 x 32.7 cm (9 x 12 7/8 in.); overall: 22.9 x 32.7 cm (9 x 12 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2017.210 Van Blarenberghe’s image portrays the idyllic environs of the Petit Trianon, a small château built for King Louis XV on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. In the foreground, a woman in fashionable dress feeds chickens, while a man in a rowboat enjoys the serenity of a nearby lake and a couple takes a peaceful stroll.
- Maker/Artist
- Blarenberghe, Louis Nicolas van
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Gouache
- Medium
- gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 22.9 x 32.7 cm (9 x 12 7/8 in.); Overall: 22.9 x 32.7 cm (9 x 12 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso of original backing: left, in brown ink: Le Petit Trianon, Versailles; center, in brown ink: La Maison du Seigneur; center, in brown ink: Le Moulin; lower center, encircled and written in graphite: 379
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 2017.210
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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