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The small living room Louis XV



The alliance of painting and the sculpture 
(detail with the bust of Louis XV) CLICK ON the IMAGE TO VIEW PAINTING
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If the interest or the name of this part seems a little obscure to the visitor, it is undoubtedly because it is not observant enough. First of all, a glance with the window will let to him see a plunging point of view on the court of the Fountain. The name of this living room does not come from furnishing (and due...) but from the very beautiful painting from the ceiling, Louis XV glorified by Painting and Sculpture, by A.-CH. Challes (1753). And it is only after having conscientiously admired it that the visitor, to put back the neck finally, will observ, on the walls, the seven figures of gods carrying the signs of the zodiac: Diane, Minerve, Venus, Cérès, Cybèle, Jupiter, Vulcan.

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