Coupe de l’Escalier de la Reyne au Château de Versailles / Plan au rez-de-chaussée de l’Escalier de la Reyne
date: label: Date
content: 1727–42
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An architectural section of the Queen’s staircase at the Royal Palace of Versailles in the upper half and a plan of the ground floor of the staircase below, with a scale between the two. The section illustrates a plain ground floor with two arches and a couple of steps and a balustrade. Above the steps lead to a landing with two sets of two-leaf doors with rectangular overdoor panels with putti above. In the center, an arched niche with a classical sculpture of a woman with a peacock, above the niche a sculpted trophy of arms and armor. Pilasters on the wall in between the doors and niche and corbels at the cornice level. The plate is labelled.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Versailles, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-356-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper