. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. Chantilly to an end. The Condes emigrated; the spoilersrazed the palace to the level of the rock, and scattered the pre-cious collectionsto the four equestrianstatue of Annede Montmorency,which stood onthe esplanade ofthe Connetable,was broken, andthe bronze re-melted to makecannons; brokentoo were the stat-ues of Henri Louis XIII.,and Coysevoxsstatue of the GrandConde. Soon there re-mained of Chantilly noth-ing but the foundationsand the substructures inthe rock, and even the love-ly chatelet was on the pointof being demolished an
. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. Chantilly to an end. The Condes emigrated; the spoilersrazed the palace to the level of the rock, and scattered the pre-cious collectionsto the four equestrianstatue of Annede Montmorency,which stood onthe esplanade ofthe Connetable,was broken, andthe bronze re-melted to makecannons; brokentoo were the stat-ues of Henri Louis XIII.,and Coysevoxsstatue of the GrandConde. Soon there re-mained of Chantilly noth-ing but the foundationsand the substructures inthe rock, and even the love-ly chatelet was on the pointof being demolished and soldstone by stone, when the Min-ister of War saved it, under thepretext that its stabling would be useful for cavalry. The Conde stables and the chateauof Enghien were saved from destruction in the same
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