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Sheet with Description, Floor Plan, and Elevation of Louis XIV’s Medals Cabinet (cabinet des bijoux or cabinet des médailles)
Artist and architect Nicodemus Tessin, the Younger Swedish
Not on view
The decoration of the room where Louis XIV kept his impressive collections of engraved gems and medals, seen here in a rapid sketch, duly impressed the Swedish architect Tessin. With an oculus window in the domed ceiling, the space had walls lined with paintings and with artworks arranged on brackets. Tessin undertook three European trips to study art and architecture abroad. He made this sheet, other drawings, and detailed descriptions of Versailles while in Paris in 1687.
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