Versailles by J. Carroll Beckwith

The American artist James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917) painted the Versailles Palace gardens.

O norte-americano James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917) pintou os jardins do Palácio de Versailles.

James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917)-‘Bassin of Neptune’-1913

James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917)-‘Allée de l’Eté’-1913

James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917)-‘Arcade of the Grand Trianon’-1913

James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917)-‘Carrefour at the end of the Tapis Vert’-1913

James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917)-‘Parterre du Nord, fountain of Sirens’-1913

Versailles Palace and Trianons

In a 700-hectare park, where Louis XIII had a hunting lodge, Louis XIV ordered the construction of a grand palace. To that end he hired the architect Louis Le Vau (1612-1670) and by his death Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708), a relative of the creator of mansards. He had the landscape commissioned to André Le Nôtre (1613-1700). It houses an important historical museum.

Num parque de 700 hectares, onde Luís XIII possuía um pavilhão de caça, mandou Luís XIV construir um grandioso palácio. Para o efeito contratou o arquiteto Luís Le Vau (1612-1670) e por sua morte Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708), familiar do criador das mansardas. Da paisagem encarregou André Le Nôtre (1613-1700). Possuí importante museu histórico.

Pierre Patel elder (1605-1676)-'view of Versailles'-oil on canvas-1668   Versailles-Musée National du Château et des Trianons

Pierre Patel elder (1605-1676)-'palace of Versailles'-flemish tapestry (William Morris)

Jean-Baptiste Martin (1658-1735)-'town and palace of Versailles' oil on canvas-1688   Versailles-Grand Trianon

Jean-Baptiste Martin (1658-1735)-'garden of Versailles (bosquet)'-oil on canvas

Israël Silvestre (1621-1691)- Versailles Palace forecourt'-engraving-1682   New York-Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pierre-Denis Martin (1663-1742)-'view of Versailles Palace seen from Place d'armes'-ca 1722

Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) II

At 15 (1770) she traveled to France to marry the Dauphin Louis Auguste de Bourbon. She was enthusiastically greeted between Versailles and Strasbourg. Marie Antoinette became queen four years later when her husband, Louis XVI, ascended the throne. Unlike other 'exiled' princesses she adapted easily to life at court and spoke French correctly. The decline in popularity began in 1782 with the appearance of pamphlets about her personal conduct, written by members of several revolutionary groups.


Aos 15 anos (1770) viajou para França a fim de casar com o Delfim Luís Augusto de Bourbon. Acolheram-na entusiasticamente entre Estrasburgo e Versalhes. Tornou-se Rainha quatro anos depois quando seu marido, Luís XVI, subiu ao trono. Ao contrário de outras princesas 'exiladas' adaptou-se facilmente à vida da corte e falava francês correcto. O declínio da sua popularidade iniciou-se em 1782 com o aparecimento de panfletos sobre a sua conduta pessoal, escritos por elementos de vários grupos revolucionários.

Joseph Krantzinger (?)-'Marie Antoinette in hunting attire (a favorite of her mother)'-oil on canvas-1771 Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum Gemäldeghalerie

Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty (1740-1786)-'Marie Antoinette playing harp at the French court'-gouache on paper-1774

Joseph Hautzinger (1728-1786)-'Marie Antoinette with his husband and brother (Maximilian)'-oil on canvas Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum Gemäldeghalerie

Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842)-'Marie Antoinette in a court dress'-1778

Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller (1751-1811)-'Marie Antoinette with two eldest children'-oil on canvas-1785 Stockholm-Nationalmuseum