Étienne Allegrain
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Étienne Allegrain was a French topographical painter. Inspired by Nicolas Poussin, he evoked still ambiences and atmospherics bathed in a deep play of light and shade.
Classical landscape with staffage, painted in Poussin's style (Wilanów Palace in Warsaw).
Versailles Orangerie
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The Versailles Orangerie was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1684 and 1686, before work on the Château de Versailles had even begun. The Orangerie, which replaced Louis Le Vau's earlier design
Versailles Orangerie
Parc de Versailles, with the orange trees in boxes
Escaliers des Cent Marches
Equestrian statue of Louis XIV (Bernini)