Le Chateau des Tuileries du còté du Pont Royal a Paris (Tuileries Palace next to the Pont Royal in Paris)
Medium
Bound print
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
Accession Number
1931-84-32-2
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into 18th-century Paris with *Le Château des Tuileries du côté du Royal à Paris*, a captivating bound print published by Chez Daumont, prominent Parisian print shop active during that elegant era. This artwork offers a poised vista of the grand Tuileries Palace, sprawling royal residence overlooking the Seine near the stately Pont Royal bridge. Though the exact date remains a mystery—befitting the "research in progress" status—it evokes the opulent world of pre-Revolutionary France, where such architectural marvels symbolized the Bourbon monarchy's splendor. As a bound print, likely an e...