We don’t have an image of this object online yet. V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: 26913
Find out about our images

Image of Gallery in South Kensington
Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E , Case I, Shelf 7, Box A

"Les plaisirs de L'Isle enchantée, ou les festes, et divertissements du Roy, à Versailles..."

Print
1664 (made)

View of the Palace of Versailles, with on a road below a carriage escorted by horsemen going to the left, in the lower section the title engraved on a cartouche surrounded by shields decorated with emblems, and in the upper section two angels supporting the royal coat of arms; lettered state, before plate number. 1664


Object details

Object type
Print
Title"Les plaisirs de L'Isle enchantée, ou les festes, et divertissements du Roy, à Versailles..." (popular title)
Materials and techniques
etching on laid paper
Laid Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Title to a series of plates representing festivities given in Versaille on 7-10 May, 1664; "Les plaisirs de L'Isle enchantée, ou les festes, et divertissements du Roy, à Versailles..."; etching by Israel Silvestre; 1664
Physical description
View of the Palace of Versailles, with on a road below a carriage escorted by horsemen going to the left, in the lower section the title engraved on a cartouche surrounded by shields decorated with emblems, and in the upper section two angels supporting the royal coat of arms; lettered state, before plate number. 1664
Dimensions
  • Height: 283mm
  • Width: 428mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • VEUE DU CHASTEAU [sic] VERSAILLE (Text above image of chateau)
  • Les plaisirs de l'Isle enchantée, ou les festes, et divertissements du Roy, à Versailles / Diviséz en trois journées, et commencéz le 7me Jour de May, de L'année 1664 (Text of print)
  • Isreal Silvestre del, et Sculp.parisiis. et, excud. cum priviligio Regis. (Production detail printed in ink below the image)
  • Ces Escus chargé de deuises sont icy placées selon le rang que les chevaliers tenoient dans la marche, et non pas suivant leurs qualitez. (Printed in ink below the title and above the row of shields.)
Subject depicted
Châteaux
Place depicted
Versailles
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
26913

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdDecember 5, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O176706/les-plaisirs-de-lisle-enchantée-print/
Download as: JSON