Sujet

The Grand Châtelet, Paris, France, 1655, (1878). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Grand Châtelet, Paris, France, 1655, (1878). Main façade of the fortress built by King Louis VI, (1081-1137) on the right bank of the Seine River. It was rebuilt in stone after the Norman incursions. After its use as a fortress was discarded, it became the Provost of Paris' headquarters, housing prisons and torture chambers. It was demolished in 1808 by order of Napoleon. Copy after an engraving by Matthäus Merian in "Topographia Galliae", by Martin Zeiler. Published Frankfurt, 1655. From "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance" by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Date

1655

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/LTL

Notre référence

HRM26A20_335

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30.0Mo (3.0Mo) / 27.3cm x 27.5cm / 3226 x 3248 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany Europe portrait building people male man men historical architecture shopping shop shops German arts country French France Switzerland law Paris art book guy crime continent European medieval fortress Swiss Baroque entrance prison store shop front location century print literature facade chamber concept shopfront B&W demolition demolished storefront 17th century engraved engraving penitentiary 19th century torture chamber black & white black and white background people B W mediaeval Ile-de-France Middle Ages 1870s façade nineteenth century history historic seventeenth century 1878 TGN illustration Matthaus Merian building exterior engraving portrait Unknown Paul Paul Lacroix Lacroix Martin Louis VI Louis le Gros Louis the Fat Baroque Era Grand Chatelet 1655 King of France Merian Matthaus Matthaus Merian the Elder Grand Châtelet 19th-century way in 1650s Merian Matth?us Matth?us Merian the Elder Matth?us Merian Moeurs usages et costumes au moyen-âge.. Provost's Prison LT L Topographia Galliae Matthaus Merian I Martin Zeiler Zeiler