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On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
A special keepsake volume for Louis XIV contained Leclerc’s etchings of the Labyrinth, illuminated by Bailly. The red morocco leather binding bears the Sun King’s double L monogram on the spine and his coat of arms on both covers.
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Title: Le Labyrinte de Versailles
Author:
Written by Charles Perrault (French, Paris 1628–1703 Paris) and
Author:
Isaac de Benserade
Illuminator:
Painted by Jacques Bailly (French, Graçay 1629–1679 Paris)
Etcher:
Etched by Sébastien Leclerc I (French, Metz 1637–1714 Paris)
Date: ca. 1677
Culture: French
Medium: Vellum, gouache, ink, gold; binding: red morocco leather
Dimensions: Closed: 7 3/16 × 5 7/16 × 15/16 in. (18.2 × 13.8 × 2.4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Collection Dutuit (LDUT00724)
