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"Bonbonnière" with a Regatta Scene
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Portrayed is a regatta at the queen's "hameau," or little village. To escape the formality of the court, Marie Antoinette had the hameau constructed on the grounds of Versailles behind her little palace, the Petit Trianon. It was there that she liked to pretend to lead a peasant's life and to undertake such tasks as making cheese. Today, visitors can still visit the pond, the Marlborough Tower, and some of the farm buildings.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France
(Place of Origin)
France, Versaille, Petit Hameau de la Reine (Place Depicted)
Measurements
Diam: 1 1/8 x D: 3 1/4 in. (2.9 x 8.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.259