versailles, le petit trianon3
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Although Madame de Pompadour, who wished to “relieve the king’s boredom”, was the instigator of this small palace that Gabriel built in the 1760s, it is the memory of Marie-Antoinette that hangs over the building. In 1774, Louis XVI offered the Trianon estate to the Queen who was able to live away – too far away for some – from the Court.Petit Trianon was built according to the latest "Greek-style" fashion and by revisiting classical art elements. From the ground floor to the first floor of the Attic, architect Anges-Jacques Gabriel created his masterpiece
Château de Versailles
French PavilionThis pavilion is known as the “French” pavilion because it was located in the middle of one of those regular gardens which began to be known as “French” gardens in contrast with the budding trend of English gardens. Built by Gabriel in 1750, it was one of Louis XV’s first creations at Trianon, the estate to which he had felt drawn towards since childhood.
French Pavilion
Dessus-de-porte de l'antichambre(Over doorof the antechamber)
French pavilion
Petit Trianon - Façade ouest
Sobriety, reasoned richness of embellishments, order and perfection characterized this new method of building
The main staircase
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria,
the later Queen Marie Antoinette of
France by Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802) Palace
of Versailles
this portrait was sent to the Dauphin, so he could see his bride before he met
her.
Marie Antoinette's bedroom
The Petite salle à manger
On the first floor, the reception rooms and apartments of the Queen welcome visitors before they discover the mezzanine and the apartments of the King, located on the last floor, in the Attic.
AtticAntichambre du Roi
AttiqueAntichambre du roi
Cabinet de l'attique
In the Attic, Jacques-Ange Gabriel created an apartment for Louis XV as well as a series of quarters for the lords of his suite. This apartment, composed of an antechamber, a bedchamber and a corner cabinet, was naturally assigned to Louis XVI who, nevertheless, never slept there. Therefore, it was probably the King’s sister, Madame Elisabeth, who occupied this apartment.
Cabinet de l'attique Bureau
de Louis XVI Riesener, 1777
AttiqueChambre du roi (The King’s Bedchamber)
AttiqueLa pendule dans la Chambre du roi
AttiqueChambre du roi
AttiqueChambre du roi
Augustin PajouAllegory of the birth of the dauphin Louis Joseph,
showing Marie Antoinette as Venus holding ‘Love’ in her arms
AttiqueChambre du roi
AttiqueChambre du roiOver door painting
AttiqueChambre du roi
Attique Chambre du roi
Attique Salle évoquant la chambre de l'impératrice Marie-Louise puis de la duchesse d'Orléans
Attique Salle évoquant la chambre de l'impératrice Marie-Louise puis de la duchesse d'Orléans
Attique Salle évoquant la chambre de l'impératrice Marie-Louise puis de la duchesse d'Orléans
Napoléon II Roi de Rome by François Gérard - 1812
Chaise du Pavillon du Rocher (ou Belvédère), replacée aujourd’hui dans l’attique du Petit Trianon (salle Madame Elisabeth)
Attique Salle évoquant
le cabinet de toilette
Attique Empress Eugenia
room
The tapestry has been
reconstructed to the state it would
have been in when Marie Antoinette
occupied the mansion.
It was Empress Eugénie who
decided that the room should pay tribute to Marie
Antoinette herself -
consequently the room has been named after the
Empress.
Empress Eugenia room
The Empress had furniture and other objects from Marie Antoinette's time (even some of the decapitated Queen's personal belongings) brought back to the Petit Trianon in 1867 as a part of the World Fair. In total Empress Eugénie managed to gather 144 objects with a reference to the last Queen of the l'ancien régieme.
AttiqueSalle évoquant le boudoir de
la duchesse d'Orléans
Surrounded by gardens, Petit Trianon is visible from all sides, a appearance which was all the craze at the end of the 18th century. The four sides are all different.The simplicity of north-facing side reminds us that it is the back of the castle which originally faced the greenhouses of the Botanical garden, replaced by Louis XVI with the English Garden.
From the Petit Trianon to the Queen’s Gardens, passing by the Hamlet, Marie-Antoinette's estate, opened in 2006, reveals Marie-Antoinette’s private life. Louis XVI’s wife loved this place where she could return to the pleasures of simple, rural pursuits, away from the pomp of Versailles.
On 6 June 2012, the palace of Versailles officially opened the Belvedere and its Rock, restored after a year of work
The Belvedere, the principal building dominating the ornamental lake of the garden, is an octagonal pavilion built by the architect Richard Mique. It illustrates perfectly the taste of the 18th century for picturesque scenes of vegetation and architecture.
Used by the queen as her music room, the Belvedere pavilion, like Cupid’s Temple, is decorated in the classical style.
The Rock, which completes this landscaped scene, drawn and designed by the painter Hubert Robert, forms the pendant to the Belvedere with its contrasting aesthetic. The grotto is the entrance to the Belvedere and you must pass over the faux bois bridge to gain entrance
The Rock
The Belvedere
Built on a hill on an artificial island, the Belvedere is circled by a terrace with charming sphinx standing guard. It has a commanding view of the English gardens with the Petit Trianon resting nearby, hidden by trees
The Belvedere
The balance of its proportions, the refinement of its sculpture
and the richness of its
interior paintings of
rural themes is completed by the patterned polychrome marble floor
The Belvedere and its Rock
are located in the Country Garden or
English Garden of Trianon, laid
out in the 1780s for
queen Marie-Antoinette, in the style of landscape gardens, in which the
picturesque combination of
the architecture
and the vegetation is
brought to its highest degree of refinement
The chapel at Petit Trianon was used by Marie-Antoinette during her stays there. Sometimes she would visit her country house for an afternoon but other times she would remain there for a month. The altar painting (1774) by Joseph-Marie Vien portrays Saint Louis IX and Queen Marguerite visiting Saint Thibauld, whom they were asking to pray for them to have a child.
The chapel is decorated in a simple style so cherished by Marie-Antoinette, as is the rest of Petit Trianon. There is a tiny onion dome over the chapel roof reminiscent of Austria.
Marie-Antoinette, 1775 Musée Antoine Lécuyer
The Petit Trianon and its park are indissociably linked to the memory of Queen Marie-Antoinette. She is the only queen to have imposed her personal taste on Versailles. Sweeping away the old court and its traditions, she insisted on living as she wished. In her Trianon domain, which Louis XVI gave her in 1774, she found the heaven of privacy that enabled her to escape from the rigours of court etiquette. Nobody could come there without her invitation.
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Sound: Dinu Lipatti - Chopin - Nocturne No.8 in D-flat major, Op.27