Salon d'Hercule - Palace of Versailles

Palace of Versailles

Meal at Simon's place by Paolo Veronese

Meal at Simon's place by Paolo Veronese (Detail)

Paintings on the ceiling of The Triumph of Hercules by François Lemoyne.

Salon de Venus - Palace of Versailles

Another room in the Palace of Versailles: the Salon de Venus.

Marie Leczinska by C. Van Loo (1747)

Ceiling of the Salon de Venus

Salon de l'Abondance - Palace of Versailles

Some of the rooms in the Palace of Versailles have magnificent ceilings, like the Salon de l'Abondance.

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Gallery of the Battles in the Palace of Versailles

Cockerel - ink pen and watercolour

Cockerel - In pen and watercolour (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe

Gallery of the Battles in the Palace of Versailles

We went to visit the Palace of Versailles and will make a few posts in the coming weeks.

The vast Gallery of the Battles was conceived and executed from 1833, and inaugurated on 10 June 1837. Louis-Philippe gathered there 33 large oil paintings featuring some battles won by France; from the battle of Tolbiac in 496 to the battle of Wagram in 1809.

Battle of Taillebourg by Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). The battle won by Saint Louis on 21 July 1242 – Oil on canvas (4.89m by 5.54 m) 1837.

La Bataille de Fontenoy, 11 mai 1745 by Horace Vernet (1789-1863) –
Oil on canvas (5.10m; 9.58m) 1828

Siege of Yorktown by Auguste Couder. General Rochambeau and George Washington give the final orders to attack in October 1781 – Oil on canvas (1836)

The Palace of Versailles

Palace of Versailles,
Place d'Armes,
78000 Versailles,
France

Website of the Chateau de Versailles