Palace of the Equestrian Order — Le Pautre

A magnificent seventeenth-century engraving by Jean Le Pautre, capturing the grandeur of the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, a masterpiece of French Baroque architecture.

Original title: Palatium Ordinis Equestris. Vrbem versus. Jean Le Pautre. Published in Paris, c. 1670.

Jean Le Pautre was a prolific French engraver, renowned for his detailed architectural views and decorative designs. His prolific output of ornament and architectural prints made his work a key vehicle for the dissemination of the French Baroque style across Europe in the late seventeenth century.

Copperplate engraving. Sheet size not measured. Good.