Le Labyrinte de Versailles

ca. 1677
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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