The king's animals

The king's animals

October 12, 2021 February 13, 2022 Exhibition has ended

The Palace of Versailles, located in the heart of an immense forest in the Île-de-France region, encouraged the development of a new relationship with the animal world. From animals as objects of study and collection to animals as political attributes and symbols of power, what was the relationship between the Court and pets, wild and exotic animals?

Exhibition Catalogues

The King's Animals - Exhibition catalogue

MX004351

€ 49

FRENCH LANGUAGE

Can you imagine the palace of Versailles and its gardens teeming with animal life today? And yet there were dozens of pets in the flats of the princes, and even in the antechambers of the kings, cluttered with kennels: The Menagerie housed the rarest animals, from the coati to the couagga, from the cassowary to the crowned crane, which was nicknamed the "royal bird"; game was abundant in the small and large parks; seven hundred horses were housed in the Petite and Grande Écurie, and three hundred hunting dogs in the large kennel...

Exhibition at the château de Versailles from 12 October 2021 to 13 February 2022.

French language
464 pages / 400 illustrations

Lienart with musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

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Reproduction Three dogs and an antelope

€ 14.90

Magnet Three dogs and an antelope

€ 4.90

Reproduction Study of five horses

€ 14.90

Mural tray Ellipse - Sapho - Ibride

Mural tray Sapho

€ 144

Mural tray The fox

€ 144

Mural tray Les Majestueux - Zhao - Ibride

Mural tray Zhao

€ 162

Reproduction Nicolas Robert - Crowned crane

€ 14.90

Reproduction The blue Macaw

€ 14.90

Engraving Bonne, Nonne and Ponne, dogs from the pack of Louis XIV - François Desportes (Black & White)

Bonne, Nonne and Ponne, dogs from the pack of Louis XIV - François Desportes (Colored)

Engraving Bonne, Nonne and Ponne, dogs from the pack of Louis XIV - François Desportes

From € 230

Engraving Diane and Blonde, dogs of Louis XIV, hunting pheasant - François Desportes (Black & White)

Diane and Blonde, dogs of Louis XIV, hunting pheasant - François Desportes (Colored)

Engraving Diane and Blonde, dogs of Louis XIV, hunting pheasant - François Desportes

From € 230

Engraving Folle and Mitte, dogs of Louis XIV - François Desportes (Black & White)

Folle and Mitte, dogs of Louis XIV - François Desportes (Colored)

Engraving Folle and Mitte, dogs of Louis XIV - François Desportes

From € 230

Ménagerie Royale Bag - White

€ 120

Ménagerie Royale Bag - Black

Ménagerie Royale Bag - Black

Ménagerie Royale Bag - Black

€ 120

Companion Ménagerie Royale - Black

€ 75

Companion Ménagerie Royale - White

€ 75

Laptop sleeve Ménagerie Royale - Black

€ 65

Laptop sleeve Ménagerie royale - White

€ 65

Ménagerie Royale Purse - Black

€ 56

LA MENAGERIE DU ROI

Promotion The King's Menagerie

€ 16 € 29

Pop out card - Elephant

€ 3.50

Pop out card - Rhino

€ 3.50

Promotion Pop out card - Zebra

€ 3.50 € 5.90

Promotion Pop out card - Giraffe

€ 3.50 € 5.90

Vue et perspective du salon de la Ménagerie de Versailles (art prints)

Vue et perspective du salon de la Ménagerie de Versailles

Vue et perspective du salon de la Ménagerie de Versailles (art prints)

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