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La Grande Galerie de Versailles, et les deux salons qui l'accompagnent (The Grand Gallery of Versailles and Two Accompanying Salons)

Jean-Baptiste Massé (designer and author) and various engravers after Charles Le Brun, with an engraved portrait of J-B Massé by Johann Georg Wille after Louis Tocqué

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a historical title page. The page shows a printed text announcing a work titled "La Grande Galerie de Versailles, et les deux Salons qui l'accompagnent," credited to Charles Le Brun, with designs by Jean-Baptiste Massé and engraving by artists supervised by Le Brun. The page features a central decorative emblem, a detailed crest surrounded by foliage. The text is laid out elegantly, with various font sizes and styles, and indicates Paris as the place of printing by the Royal Printer in 1752. The background has a slightly aged appearance, typical of old paper.

Artwork Details

Date
1752
Medium
bound volume with 56 engravings including 1 engraved portrait of Massé and 23 double-spread plates
Dimensions
5159 × 7217 px
Public Domain
Yes
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