Title-plate, with view of Versailles and coats-of-arms

People:

Israël Silvestre (role unspecified)
Carlo Vigarani (designer)

Title:

Title-plate, with view of Versailles and coats-of-arms

Date:

1673

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 28.4 x 42.3 cm sheet: 41.9 x 54.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1984:1445

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

one of ninefolding illustrations to Israel Silvestre's text of ninety-one pagesdescribing three days of festivities at Versailles (text lacking here)

Inscription:

inscribed - Veue du Chasteau deVersaille (upper centre), Les plaisirs de l'Isle enchantée, ou les festes, etdivertissements du Roy, à Versailles,/ Diviséz en trois journées, et commencézle 7me. jour de May, de l'année 1664. (across bottom), Israel Silvestre del,et scul. parisiis. Ces escus chargés de devises sont icy placés selon le rangque les chevaliers tenoient dans la marche, et non pas suivant leurs qualitez.(small, across bottom, above crests; crests also inscribed with mottoes),No.1 (lower right plate margin).

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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