first been used at El Escorial. One of the grandest examples, the Escalier des Ambassadeurs at the Palace of Versailles, was built by 1680 but demolished...
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by Louis XIV, at the Palace of Versailles, at the foot of the Escalier des Ambassadeurs [fr], in 1674. The painting was acquired in 2004 by the Musée...
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escalier de la reine (Queen's staircase), which corresponded (albeit a smaller, though similarly decorated example) to the escalier des ambassadeurs (Ambassador's...
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marriage) to her death in 1712. The Ambassadors' Staircase [fr] (Escalier des Ambassadeurs) was an imperial staircase built from 1674 to 1680 by François...
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Petit Trianon. Equally significant was the destruction of the Escalier des Ambassadeurs (Ambassadors' Stair), the only fitting approach to the State Apartments...
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being the most frequently used starting from 1746. In 1748, the Escalier des ambassadeurs was converted into a theatre, in which Madame de Pompadour staged...
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on 5 January 1769 (Verlet, 323). After the destruction of the escalier des ambassadeurs in 1752, Louis XV planned for the salon d’Hercule to be the landing...
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created when the escalier des ambassadeurs was destroyed in 1752. Occupying the site of the cabinet des médailles of Louis XIV is the cabinet des jeux (1789...
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Charles Le Brun (category Academic staff of the École des Beaux-Arts)
visitors with the splendor, wealth and taste of the king. The Escalier des Ambassadeurs was the main staircase at the entryway to Versailles from its...
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good example of a polychrome Louis XVI style interior. Baroque - Escalier des Ambassadeurs of the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France, by François d'Orbay...
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thought to have been primarily responsible for the design of the Escalier des Ambassadeurs [fr] (decorated by Charles Le Brun), although d'Orbay apparently...
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Ceiling of the Escalier des Ambassadeurs in Versailles, 1720...
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Museum, London (url) Louis Surugue (c. 1686 – 1762), 1 engraving: Escalier des Ambassadeurs in Versailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (url) Francesco Susini...
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Versailles' theatre of the Petits Appartements, upon the Grand Escalier des Ambassadeurs (Ambassadors' Great Staircase), with a cast starring Madame de...
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also revived at Madame de Pompadour's Théâtre des Petits Appartements, on the Grand Escalier des Ambassadeurs in the Palace of Versailles, on 23 December...
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was created at its eastern end above the lavishly decorated Salon des Ambassadeurs on the ground floor. That upper room was known at the time as Grand...
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Louvre Palace (redirect from Porte des Lions)
Galerie : Aile de Flore : escalier des Souverains, 1873–1878 et 1901–1902. (actuelle salle de consultation du département des arts graphiques)". France...
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opening of her Théâtre des Petits Appartements for the inauguration of the Theatre's new venue upon the Grand Escalier des Ambassadeurs (Ambassadors' Grand...
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of France. The Escalier Murat (Murat Staircase) is the main staircase in the palace, linking the ground and first floors. The Salle des Fêtes during the...
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(Gilberte) also televised 1968: C'est malin ! by Fulbert Janin, Théâtre des Ambassadeurs 1968: Brève Rencontre by Noël Coward, Théâtre Saint-Georges 1968: La...
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