Versailles on Paper – Past and Present Water Theater (Théâtre d'eau)
The Water Theater, engraved by Israël Silvestre in 1680.


http://rbsc.princeton.edu/versailles/item/878


The grove is currently undergoing a contemporary redesign. The opening is scheduled for May 2015.

  
The two groups of Cupids holding a swan and a lyre can  be seen today in the garden courts of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The authenticity of these works has recently been questioned.

   


   

Photos taken in 2013-14 by Volker Schröder

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