The Menagerie, Versailles (Small Plate) (Versailles, la Menagerie (petite planche))
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Frank Crowninshield Collection
Accession Number
1948.3.149
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art are invited to explore *The Menagerie, Versailles (Small Plate, a delicate 192 etching by French artist André Dunoyer deonzac. Part of the esteemed Frank Crowninshield Collection this print captures the ornate menagerie—an exotic animal enclosure—at the Palace of Versailles, the lavish royal residence built by Louis XIV in the th century. Segonz, a key figure in School of Paris, was renowned for his realist depictions of French landscapes and architecture, blending precise observation with a touch of decorative elegance. The menagerie, with its radial p...
About the Artist
André Dunoyer de Segonzac
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974) was a leading French painter, draughtsman, engraver, and illustrator, born on 6 July in Boussy-Saint-Antoine near Paris, where he spent much of his childhood alongside time in the city. Defying his parents' initial hopes for a military career at Saint-Cyr, he pursued art, enrolling in 1900 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a general student. He studied u...