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Description: | The main block of the impressive chateau at Versailles is visible in the distance on the right hand side of this painting, depicted before Louis XIV made major alterations in the 1680s. The gardens themselves also underwent later changes. This picture is therefore of great historical interest in showing the menagerie part of the extensive garden at a relatively early state in its development. The most likely attribution for this work is the traditional one to Adam Frans van der Meulen, court painter to Louis XIV. Included in the painting are two elaborately dressed figures on the right: they are recognisable as Louis XIV and his Queen, a fact which adds to the conviction of the attribution to van der Meulen (Wright, 2002, p. 42). | Subjects: | landscape; buildings and gardens; place (Versailles) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Meulen, Adam Frans van der (Flemish painter, draftsman, born 1631 or 1632, died 1690, also active in France) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8718... | Go to resource |
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