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Orders for the Sentinel at the Queen’s Apartment

after 1774
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
This document lists security rules for the guards at the entrance to Marie Antoinette’s apartment at Versailles. The prohibition of unknown persons, in particular clergymen, was prompted by the 1589 assassination of Henri III by a monk. The rules also address the danger of infection by diseases such as smallpox, which claimed the lives of many members of the royal family, including Louis XV in 1774.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Orders for the Sentinel at the Queen’s Apartment
  • Date: after 1774
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Stencil and manuscript, pen and brown ink, gold gouache, brush and wash with brown ink traced over pencil on cream paper
  • Dimensions: Without frame: 14 × 11 5/8 in. (35.5 × 29.5 cm)
    With frame: 21 15/16 × 17 1/8 × 1 3/16 in. (55.7 × 43.5 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Paper-Documents
  • Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (INV.DESS 1106)
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts