Palais de la Reyne Catherine de Medicis

1650/1655

Israël Silvestre

Associated Names
Israël Silvestre

Artist, French, 1621 - 1691

The image shows a grand palace in the center of the composition, with its detailed architecture rendered in fine lines. The palace has chimneys emitting smoke on both sides. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. In front of the palace are symmetrically arranged garden beds with paths and people walking along them. The palace stands majestically in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert H. Thayer

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 12.7 x 24.4 cm (5 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.69.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faucheux 1857, no. 49, State (7) i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 57, repro.

Bibliography

1857

  • Faucheux, L.E. Catalogue raisonne de toutes les oeuvres qui format l'oeuvre d'Israel Silvestre. Paris: Veuve Jules Renouard, 1857.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 57.

Inscriptions

along bottom margin in plate: Palais del al Reyne Catherine de Medicis, dit les Tuillieries basty Ian 1564. et augmenté l'an 1600. par Hnery quatre qui fit faire le Jardin dudit Palais. / Israel ex.

Wikidata ID

Q74037648

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