Le Petit Trianon, Versailles (1700s): Art, History and Details

Le Petit Trianon, Versailles (1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1812).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Van Blarenberghe’s image portrays the idyllic environs of the Petit Trianon, a small château built for King Louis XV on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. In the foreground, a woman in fashionable dress feeds chickens, while a man in a rowboat enjoys the serenity of a nearby lake and a couple takes a peaceful stroll.

Object facts

• Title: Le Petit Trianon, Versailles
• Date: 1700s
• Creator attribution: Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1812)
• Culture: France
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: Gouache
• Dimensions: Sheet: 22.9 x 32.7 cm (9 x 12 7/8 in.); Overall: 22.9 x 32.7 cm (9 x 12 7/8 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2017.210

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

Further reading listed by the museum

• Maillet-Chassagne, Monique, and Irène de Château-Thierry. Catalogue raisonné des oeuvres des Van Blarenberghe, 1680-1826. Lille: Soprepart, 2004.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.