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

1752

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

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Massé

Artist, French, 1687 - 1767

Johann Georg Wille

Engraver, German, 1715 - 1808

Various Artists

Engraver

Charles Le Brun

Artist After, French, 1619 - 1690

Louis Tocqué

Artist After, French, 1696 - 1772

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.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 56 engravings including 1 engraved portrait of Massé and 23 double-spread plates

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    book: 65.5 × 49 × 5.7 cm (25 13/16 × 19 5/16 × 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.142.1.1-56

Associated Artworks

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The image shows a half-length portrait of a seated man named Jean Baptiste Massé. He is facing slightly towards the viewer in a formal posture. He has a round face, wavy shoulder-length hair, and a subtle smile. He is dressed in an elaborate coat with large buttons and lace cuffs, along with a lace cravat. In his hand, he holds a large rolled sheet of paper with intricate designs. Beside him is an ornate table with art supplies and tools. The background includes a classical sculpture figure and a patterned wall or tapestry.

Jean Baptiste Massé

Johann Georg Wille

1755

Développemens de la décoration intérieure, et des Peintres du plafond de la Galerie de Versailles (Plan of the Interior Decoration and Ceiling Paintings in the Versailles Gallery)

Jean-Baptiste Massé, Andrew Lawrence, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

1752

Le Roi gouverne par lui meme 1661 (The King Governs on His Own) [pl. 2]

Jean-Baptiste Massé, Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis, Jacques Nicolas Tardieu

1752

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dyson Perrins Museum Trust (stamp). R.W. Burns (bookplate). David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

inside first endpaper in graphite circled: EF/1876

Watermarks

Partial watermark visible. Two lines of block letter text [J...AUVERGNE...] with castle or turret in first line. Likely #515 in W.A. Churchill's Watermarks in Paper [J DUPUY MOYEN / AUVERGNE 1742]. Mark appears throughout the book but is not in every sheet.

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