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Le Bassin d'Encelade, Versailles
Le Bassin d'Encelade, Versailles

Le Bassin d'Encelade, Versailles

Artist Adam Perelle (French, 1640 - 1695)
Datelate 17th century
MediumHand-colored etching
DimensionsImage: 8 × 11 7/16 inches (20.32 × 29.05 cm)
Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 15/16 inches (21.75 × 30.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William H. Chapman
Object number35-494/2
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In the later 17th century, King Louis XIV built his enormous palace at Versailles near Paris as a symbol of his personal rule and the glory of France. Versailles was the center of the court and the source of all power. This view of one of the lakes in the park seems to reflect this, in the way the strolling figures circle the fountain just as court life revolved around the king.
Provenance

Margaret Cameron Chapman (née Mann, 1865-1935), Kansas City, MO, by 1935;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

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