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The Banquet of the Guards in the Versailles Opera (October 1, 1789)

Jean Louis Prieur le Jeune French

1789

Not on view

Part of a larger series by Prieur, this and three other drawings in the exhibition document the momentous events in early October 1789 that ultimately led to the king’s forced return to Paris. This work brilliantly depicts splendid festivities at Versailles—in stark contrast with the cries for bread elsewhere in France. On October 1, a magnificent banquet was held in Versailles’s Opera House to honor officers brought in to protect the palace and the royal family following riots in Paris.

The Banquet of the Guards in the Versailles Opera (October 1, 1789), Jean Louis Prieur le Jeune (French, Paris 1759–1795 Paris), Graphite, gray wash, ink applied with brush, on paper — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: The Banquet of the Guards in the Versailles Opera (October 1, 1789)

Artist: Jean Louis Prieur le Jeune (French, Paris 1759–1795 Paris)

Date: 1789

Medium: Graphite, gray wash, ink applied with brush, on paper

Dimensions: 7 11/16 × 10 in. (19.5 × 25.4 cm)

Classification: Drawings

Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Arts Graphiques, on long-term loan to the Musée Carnavalet—Histoire de Paris (RF 6193/ D7760)

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