Versailles: Petit Trianon

Petit Trianon

Ange-Jacques Gabriel (French architect, 1698-1782)

Versailles, Île-de-France, France

50.927566

France

1762-1768 (creation)

18th century

elevation and master plan of the palace, elevations

plans

In 1761, on the advice of the Marquise de Pompadour, Louis XV commissioned Anges-Jacques Gabriel to build a pavilion within the Trianon gardens. Built from 1762 to 1768, the five-bay façades of white stone are articulated by fluted Corinthian columns and pilasters. The building has a basement, main floor and attic storey, but the basement is properly visible only on the side facing the botanical garden, leaving the salons themselves at courtyard level. Following his accession in 1774, Louis XVI gave the Petit Trianon and its grounds to Marie-Antoinette, who, following Louis XV, created a seven-room apartment on the main floor. The mezzanine and attic accommodated several of the Queen's intimates.

line drawings (drawings)

Architectural Documentation

châteaux

houses

dwellings

residential structures

elevations

plans

Neoclassical

French

architectural exteriors

architectural interiors

rulers and leaders

Gromort, Georges. Choix d’elements empruntes a l’architecture classique et donnant des exemples connus de l’ap. Paris: A. Vincent, 1920, 57-58.

Public Domain

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Gabriel, Ange-Jacques