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Orders for the Sentinel at the Queen’s Apartment

after 1774

Not on view

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.

Orders for the Sentinel at the Queen’s Apartment, Stencil and manuscript, pen and brown ink, gold gouache, brush and wash with brown ink traced over pencil on cream paper, French — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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)

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