Jean Bérain the Elder
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Jean Bérain the Elder was a draughtsman and designer, painter and engraver of ornament, the artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi where all the designs originated for court s
Portrait of Bérain, engraving by Claude Duflos after Joseph Vivien
Transom of the Soleil Royal, Louvre, 1670
Costume design for Pulcinella (1703)
Menus-Plaisirs du Roi
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The Menus-Plaisirs du Roi was, in the organisation of the French royal household under the Ancien Régime, the department of the Maison du Roi responsible for the "lesser pleasures of the King", which
Jean Bérain the Elder
…the Elder (1640 – 24 January 1711) was a draughtsman and designer, painter and engraver of ornament, the artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi where all the designs originated for court spectacle, from fêtes to funerals, and many designs for furnishings not covered by the Bâtiments du Roi. The…
Design for the "Grotto of Thetis," a 1719 firework show for Louis XV at the Tuileries, designed by M. le Sebure, Intendant of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi.
Royal arms of France with legend Menus plaisirs du roy.
The meeting of the Estates General, in the Salle des États, 5 May 1789
Long section of the Hôtel des Menus Plaisirs Gourret 1985 p 83