Versailles Antique

Comparable pieces, attributed to master craftsmen Pierre Gouthière or Pierre-Philippe Thomire, can be found in prestigious collections such as the Louvre, Versailles, and the Clevela...

Declared "Royal Quarries" by decree in 1692, the marble became a hallmark of opulence, adorning the Palace of Versailles and other royal apartments. The stone used in this pair is am...

A pair of this model is recorded in the 1836 Inventory of the Legendre de Lucay collection, and another pair is known to have been commissioned for Marie Antoinette's Salon des Noble...

The original marble work is exhibited in Versailles on the fireplace of the Queen's bedroom.

Grand Tour Fine Group of Sculpture in Bronze after a Louvre Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. Diana is represented at the hunt, hastening forward, as if in pursui...

In late 1739 – early 1740 the Sèvres Porcelain Factory opened in the Royal Château of Vincennes, Sixteen years later in 1756 the factory moved to the village of Sèvres located outsid...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

Famous artists such as François Boucher, Angelica Kaufmann and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painted variations of the story, which can today be admired in museums including the Palace o...

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (Versailles, 1859- Albiar, 1938). He was a French Historical, Romantic painter, famous for his mythological subjects, landscapes, allegorical scenes.

Gogottes still adorn the gardens at Versailles, and continue to enchant and delight visitors as they have for over 300 years.

Other interesting names include Floribunda Shepherd's Delight, President Herbert Hoover, Floribunda Kobona, H T Golden Dawn, Ceanothus Glorire de Versailles, Narcissus Dawson City, N...

Originally inspired by the furnishings of the palace at Versailles, these lamps reference the sumptuous and ostentatious taste of Neoclassical France.

A similar armchair by Nadal that was once held at Versailles is currently in the collection of the Musée du Louvre.

This French antique Bouillotte table has the amazing Versailles style parquet panel tabletop in stead of the usual marble tops.

It was later moved to the Grand Trianon in Versailles, where it still stands today, is rectangular in shape and originally had a top inlaid with a mosaic copied from Herculaneum, whi...

Preparatory work for the large-format painting "The Battle of Taillebourg," 485 x 555 cm, housed at the Château de Versailles Museum, produced between 1835 and 1837.

Boijmans Van Beuningen): Carriage in the Bois de Boulogne (1909) Troyes (MAM, Pierre and Denise Lévy donation): Still-life with Fruit (c. 1919, together with a room devoted to Dufy's...

Time has gently mellowed the colors to a tender patina, lending each petal and leaf the softness of memory, as if these blossoms were plucked from the gardens of Versailles and press...

The Louis XIV style will also reach its peak when the royal court moved to Versailles in 1682.

Main Works and museums : Brest ; Paris (Musée de la Marine) ; Cherbourg ; Nancy ; St Brieux ; Versailles • Brest (MBA) le Combat de la Surveillante et du Québec (1822 • l’Attaque et...

In late 1739 – early 1740 the Sèvres Porcelain Factory opened in the Royal Château of Vincennes, Sixteen years later in 1756 the factory moved to the village of Sèvres located outsid...

In March 1902, the firm was authorized by the Palais de Versailles to replicate Marie-Antoinette’s celebrated Grand cabinet à bijoux.

Charles Edouard Edmond Delort (French, 1841-1895) oil on canvas "Game for the Cardinal", depicting a seated cardinal behind an ornate French Louis XV roll-top Bureau du Roi, after th...

One of the most extraordinary achievements of his later career was the monumental commission for King Fuad I of Egypt in the 1920s, a project widely regarded as the largest and most ...

The depiction by Leber is after the painting by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay (1804-1865), of 1837 now in the Place of Versailles. The beauty of the tables lies principally in the finel...

The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versailles which was featured in Henry Havard's 19th century Ameublement dictionary.

A very large painting by Louis Valtat titled Mere et Enfant (Mother and Child) depicting Valtat’s wife, Suzanne Noel married in Versailles in 1900 and a young infant sitting on a cou...

In late 1739 - early 1740 the Sèvres Porcelain Factory opened in the Royal Château of Vincennes, Sixteen years later in 1756 the factory moved to the village of Sèvres located outsid...

Jean-François Joseph LECOINTE Paris 1783 - Versailles 1858 The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, near Rome Watercolor and brown ink Signed and dated "Lecointe 1833" lower left 56 x 44 cm s...

He was one of the few cabinet-makers to obtain authorization from the Château de Versailles to make in 1902 a replica of Queen Marie-Antoinette’s great jewel cabinet.

Deposit of the Louvre museum in Versailles in 1953.

Admitted to the lycée at Versailles 15 December 1806, he painted portraits and illustrated books with lithographs.He also collected autographs.

Lithographic print of the battle of Cape Lèzard on 21st October 1707, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles. Skelton is the engraver. Original print by Victor Gilbert ...

Lithographic print of the Naval Battle of Beziers on 10th July 1690, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles 319bis. Skelton is the engraver. Original print by Victor Gi...

Lithographic print of the diamond rock battle, the main port of the island of Martinique, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles 112. Chacoane is the engraver. Original...

At the outset the Rococo style represented a reaction against the ponderous design of Louis XIV’s Palace of Versailles and the official Baroque art of his reign.

Many Louis XV style rooms can still be found today in the Palace of Versailles.

This is the very high end for quality for salon set comprising a sofa and 4 armchairs in the style of louis XVI ,This salon set was upholstery in exactlty in the same maner what they...

Many Louis XV style rooms can still be found today in the Palace of Versailles.

Many Louis XV style rooms can still be found today in the Palace of Versailles.

Museums: Alençon, Chantilly, Châteauroux, Dijon, Louviers, Lyon, Montpellier, Paris (Mus. du Louvre), Rouen, Versailles, Saint Petersburg… In all likelihood, our painting was exhibi...

Her accomplishments include awards such as a gold medal in oil painting in Arcachon in 1888, a silver medal in Versailles in 1889, and a Mention Honorable in Evreux.

Sèvres was also conveniently near the home of Madame de Pompadour and the King's own Palace at Versailles. From the outset the king's clear aim was to produce Sèvres Porcelain that ...

King Gustav III (1771-1792) established the Neo-Classical Scandinavian style, later referred to as Gustavian, after his visit to the courts of Versailles, bringing home French propor...

His works were commissioned for palaces including Fontainebleau, the Tuileries, and Versailles. Numerous examples of his oeuvre are held in major public collections such as the Louvr...

French, circa 1830 Dimensions: H: 25 in / 63 cm W: 31 in / 79 cm D: 7 in / 18 cm Several versions of "Les adieux de Fontainebleau, 20 avril 1814" based on Vernet's are known,...

Returning to Paris, Lambert-Sigisbert Adam worked on the famous waterfalls of the Château de Saint-Cloud (River Seine and RIver Marne), sculpted the central group of the Neptune basi...

He moved to the Paris region at a young age and completed a classical education at the Lycée Hoche in Versailles. Encouraged in his vocation by his father, himself an amateur painter...

18th Century ReStrike Print of Bronzes Adorning the Fountain of Daybreak at the Palace of Versailles. Originally created and printed in 1687 by Jacques Houzeau, when the Bronzes were...

The Louis XIV style will also reach its peak when the royal court moved to Versailles in 1682.

Meraviglioso Orologio a Pendolo in Legno Laccato Style barocco veneziano 700 provenienza villa reale lago maggiore produzione mice versailles anni 60 - 70s Magnifico orologio a pend...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

Large diagonal squares known as parquet de Versailles were introduced in 1684 as parquet de menuiserie to replace the marble flooring that required constant washing, which tended to ...

In March 1902, the firm was authorized by the Palais de Versailles to replicate Marie-Antoinette’s celebrated Grand cabinet à bijoux.

The distinctive lion-pelt corner mounts are indebted to those which feature prominently to the legs of the bureau de Roi in the Palace of Versailles, which is the most celebrated pie...

Baird lived and exhibited almost exclusively in France, living in the Latin Quarter of Paris and working at Pont Aven, the Cote d’Azur, Fontainebleau, Nice, Versailles, and Brittany....

Its theatrical composition, luxurious materials and evocative architectural setting create an image of enduring elegance, recalling the sophisticated visual culture of Versailles and...

In late 1739-early 1740 the Sèvres Porcelain Factory opened in the Royal Château of Vincennes, Sixteen years later in 1756 the factory moved to the village of Sèvres located outside ...

A similar armchair by Nadal that was once held at Versailles is currently in the collection of the Musée du Louvre.