03716cam a2200577 i 4500 20331255 BJBSDDR 20250623124453.0 ta 180129s2018 nyua bc 001 0 eng c 2018003244 9781588396228 (hardback) 1588396223 (hardback) NNFr/DLC eng NNFr rda DLC eng pcc e-fr--- 318 DC 801 V831 2018 944/.03 Visitors to Versailles : from Louis XIV to the French Revolution / edited by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot. New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018. xxi, 369 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm text rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Visitors to Versailles," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 16 through July 29, 2018." Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-362) and index. Introduction -- Incomparable Versailles / Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot -- Going to Versailles / Mathieu da Vinha -- Exchanging Looks: Codes of Dress at Versailles / Pascale Gorguet-Ballesteros -- Magnificent Display: European Ambassadorial Visitors / Helen Jacobsen -- Special Embassies and Overseas Visitors / Meredith Martin -- "Preśents du Roy": Official Gifts from the French Court / Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset -- Incognito in Versailles: Or, How Not to Travel as a King / Volker Barth -- Grand Tourists: Noble Visitors to the Court of the French King / Jean Boutier -- Visitors' Guidebooks and Engravings / Elisabeth Maisonnier --The Americans / Paul Staiti -- Notes to the Essays -- Works in the Exhibition. Based on contemporary documents and works of art, the book explores the experiences of visitors to the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy, methods of transportation, codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the buildings and gardens. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Homes and haunts France Versailles Exhibitions. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Art patronage Exhibitions. Luis XIV, Rey de Francia, 1638-1715. 39377 Luis XIV, Rey de Francia, 1638-1715 Mecenazgo artístico 42847 Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) History 17th century Exhibitions. Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) History 18th century Exhibitions. Palacio de Versalles Historia 42845 Visitors, Foreign France Versailles History 17th century Exhibitions. Visitors, Foreign France Versailles History 18th century Exhibitions. Palacios Historia Versalles (Francia) 42849 Versailles (France) Court and courtiers Exhibitions. Versalles (Francia) 42844 Versalles (Francia) Descripciones y viajes 42848 Francia Historia 1643-1715 42846 Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O. editor 42843 Rondot, Bertrand editor 42842 Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) issuing body, host institution. 8031 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123823 123823 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2025-06-10 0 318 DC 801 V831 2018 00000192921 2025-06-10 00:00:00 1 2025-06-10 BK