Petits Trumeaux de la Galerie d’Apollon
Medium
Bound print
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-222-4
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of early 18th-century French arts with *Petits Trumeaux la Galerie d’Apon*, a bound print created by Jean Bérain the Younger (1674–1726). This French artist, succeeding his father as designer to King Louis XIV, specialized in intricate ornamental motifs that bridged Baroque grandeur and emerging Rococo elegance. Produced in 1710, the work features designs for "small trumeaux"—decorative panels typically placed over doors or between windows in grand spaces like the lavish Galerie d’Apollon at the Louvre Palace, a symbol of royal splendor and Apollo's mythological pat...