Vue de Rambouillet proche la Porte Saint Antoine. G.371(2), Entre 1650 et 1660

Author(s): silvestre, israel (nancy, 03–08–1621 - paris, 11–10–1691), engraver henriet, israel (nancy, 1590 - paris, 1661), publisher other titles: view of rambouillet near the saint-antoine gate. (dummy title), views of paris and surrounding areas (title of the whole) date of production: between 1650 and 1660 dating in century: 17th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print materials and techniques: etching place(s) of execution/production: paris dimensions - board shot: height: 9. 4cm width: 11. 5cm dimensions - artwork: height: 14. 6cm width: 17. 4cm dimensions - museum assembly: height: 32. 5cm width: 50cm description: no. 11 of a suite of 13 pieces. Views of paris and the surrounding area. Without numbers. Series 56. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the engraving, at the bottom center, printed in black ink: "veuë de rambouillet near the porte saint antoine. ". Letter - on the front, on the engraving, bottom from left to right, printed in black ink: "israel silvestre delin. Et sculp. ", "israel ex. Cum privil. Regis" stamp - on the front of the sheet, on the engraving, at the bottom center, stamp in black ink: "carnavalet" (cf. Lugt suppl. 432d). Stamp - on the front, bottom, center, in purple ink: "ville / de / paris" inventory number - on the front, lower left, in ink: "rg 371" iconographic description: urban landscape. Rambouillet hotel. Gardens. Two pavilions are visible in this view. Characters. Historical commentary: rambouillet was a hotel with a garden of almost thirty acres. It was located in this part of the faubourg saint-antoine crossed today by the lyon railway. The hotel consisted of four pavilions placed at each corner of the garden. It was also called reilly's garden, or rambouillet madness. The owner of this hotel was one of the farmer generals of the time. His son, rambouillet de la sablière, was an author of madrigals. The rambouillet garden was created around 1660, although we cannot indicate the date with certainty. Rambouillet was also called hôtel des quatre-pavillons, because a pavilion had been built in each corner of the garden. Also called jardin de reilly, or hôtel des quatre-pavillons, the folie rambouillet is the property of nicolas i de rambouillet (1576-1664), secretary of the chamber of finance and advisor to the king. Built between 1633 and 1635, the pleasure house is made up of four pavilions placed at the corners of the park. The garden of nearly thirty acres located in the faubourg saint-antoine (covered by the current railway tracks from the gare de lyon), open to the public, extends to the edge of the seine. The rambouillet family being protestant, the rambouillet madness serves as a stopover for embassies from protestant countries and more generally for non-catholics arriving in paris, who await their official entry into paris through the porte saint-antoine. Themes / subjects / places represented: architecture view acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 371. Date: Entre 1650 et 1660.