View of the château of Madrid, Royal residence near Paris
Artist
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu
(French, 1736–1810)
Date18th century
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage: 6 x 9 7/8 inches (15.2 x 25.1 cm);
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (17.5 x 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (17.5 x 26.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineBequest of Charles Farrell
Terms
- Prints
- Etching
- cream laid paper
Object number99.070.106
Label CopyThe Château de Madrid was very seldom occupied by François I himself, or even by his son Henri II. Only Charles IX, François's grandson, took up residence there several times during the 1560s and 1570s. Even the great Louis XIV only stayed there once, while hunting as a teenager. By the late eighteenth century, the once-grand palace was becoming decrepit; this image shows the building just prior to the first attempt at demolition by fire in 1792.Collections
