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Val de Grâce
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Val de Grâce

Primary (Paris, France, 1638–1695)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1660
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 10 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (27.3 × 34.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in. (18.6 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.580
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.580
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Label Text
The Val-de-Grâce was a Benedictine convent built in Paris in the 1620s by Anne of Austria, mother and Queen-Regent of Louis XIV (born 1638, accession in 1643, reigned 1661-1715). In 1645, Anne commissioned François Mansart to design the church of the Val-de-Grâce, fulfilling a vow she had made if God granted her a son. The church was completed in 1662. The print shows the exterior of the convent complex and the garden as they were in the 1600s. The parterres have fleur-de-lis (emblem of the French monarchy) ornaments on the borders. The strollers are nuns from the convent.
Exhibitions
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Vue de la Fontaine de l'Etoile à Versailles [View of the Fountain of the Star at Versailles], from the Vues des plus beaux lieux de France et d'Italie [Views of the Most Beautiful Places in France and Italy]
Adam Perelle
published by Langlois in 1704
Object number: 2002.576
Veue du canal et des cascades de Fontaine Bleau, from the Veues des plus beaux lieux de France et d'Italie [Views of the Most Beautiful Places in France and Italy]
Veue du canal et des cascades de Fontaine Bleau, from the Veues des plus beaux lieux de France et d'Italie [Views of the Most Beautiful Places in France and Italy]
Adam Perelle
printed in 1704
Object number: 1999.87
Le Bassin de Bacchus [The Pond of Bacchus], from the Vues des plus beaux lieux de France et d'Italie [Views of the Most Beautiful Places in France and Italy]
Le Bassin de Bacchus [The Pond of Bacchus], from the Vues des plus beaux lieux de France et d'Italie [Views of the Most Beautiful Places in France and Italy]
Adam Perelle
published by Langlois in 1704
Object number: 2002.577
Arch of Constantine, from the Vues de Rome et de ses environs [Views of Rome and Its Surroundings]
Arch of Constantine, from the Vues de Rome et de ses environs [Views of Rome and Its Surroundings]
Adam Perelle
after 1688
Object number: 2002.581
Arch of Septimius Severus and the Campidoglio, from the Vues de Rome et de ses environs [Views of Rome and Its Surroundings]
Arch of Septimius Severus and the Campidoglio, from the Vues de Rome et de ses environs [Views of Rome and Its Surroundings]
Adam Perelle
after 1688
Object number: 2002.582
Le Bassin de Saturne, Versailles
Le Bassin de Saturne, Versailles
Adam Perelle
published by Langlois in 1704
Object number: 2002.578
La Salle des Festins, Versailles [The Hall of Feasts, Versailles]
La Salle des Festins, Versailles [The Hall of Feasts, Versailles]
Adam Perelle
published by Langlois in 1704
Object number: 2002.579
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Chateau de Rincy
Adam Perelle
1660
Object number: 2002.575
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L'Arc de Vincennes
Adam Perelle
1660
Object number: 2002.583
Le Chateau d'Ancy le Franc
Le Chateau d'Ancy le Franc
Adam Perelle
1660
Object number: 2002.574
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Plate 6 from Etudes de chevaux, after Georg Philipp Rugendas
Adam von Bartsch
1698
Object number: 2002.1008
Christ on the Cross Between the Two Thieves (Le Coup de Lance), after Peter Paul Rubens
Christ on the Cross Between the Two Thieves (Le Coup de Lance), after Peter Paul Rubens
Boetius Adams Bolswert
1631
Object number: 2002.2581