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Palace of Versailles

ArtistLe Vau, Louis and Jules Hardoin-Mansart
Artist Info.France
ViewRoyal Chapel, Interior, 1678-79, compl. After 1708 (ceiling decorations by A. COYPEL)
SiteVersailles
LocationFrance
Date1698-1710
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodNorthern Baroque
Add'l. Info.originally built as a Hunting Chateau for Louis XIII by Solomon de Brosse, 1620s. Radical alteration begun 1669 by Louis Le Vau. Major extensions by Jules Hardoin-Mansart from 1768. Interiors under direction of Charles Le Brun
Saskia No.Mfb-0376
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 24, plate 71
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 27, plate 16