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Palace of Versailles
| Artist | Le Vau, Louis and Jules Hardoin-Mansart |
| Artist Info. | France |
| View | Royal Chapel, Interior, 1678-79, compl. After 1708 (ceiling decorations by A. COYPEL) |
| Site | Versailles |
| Location | France |
| Date | 1698-1710 |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Period | Northern 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 |
| Source | Gardner, 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 |
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