View of the Chateau of Versailles Showing the Chapel, c. 1730, Jacques Rigaud, French, c. 1681 - c. 1753, 9 7/8 x 18 15/16 in. ( x cm) (plate)14 x 21 3/4 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Etching and engraving, France, 18th century, The chapel at Versailles was begun toward the end of Louis XIV's massive construction effort and completed in 1710, just five years before the king's death. Jacques Rigaud, an accomplished illustrator and engraver of city and palace views, animated his architectural prints by populating the foregrounds with images of polite society.

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