Le Labyrinte de Versailles
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.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.
Artwork Details
- 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)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts