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Northwest Corner of Louis XIV’s Bedroom

after 1701

Not on view

Only a few drawings depict the royal bedroom, located at the center of the palace, the site of important ceremonies such as the king’s lever (formal awakening) as well as the public audiences of foreign ambassadors. Although rendered sketchily, the tapestry on the wall next to the fireplace is recognizable as belonging to the door-curtain series Portières des Dieux (Curtains of the Gods), representing the Elements and the Seasons, woven at the Gobelins manufactory after designs by the painter Claude Audran III.

Northwest Corner of Louis XIV’s Bedroom, Pen and ink, wash with graphite underdrawing on cream-colored laid paper, French — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Northwest Corner of Louis XIV’s Bedroom

Date: after 1701

Culture: French

Medium: Pen and ink, wash with graphite underdrawing on cream-colored laid paper

Dimensions: 9 3/16 × 7 3/16 in. (23.3 × 18.2 cm)

Classification: Drawings

Credit Line: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Donated 1941 by Eric Langenskiöld (NMH CC 513)

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