Accession Number:
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201777
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module NINE--6,173 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Interior, La gloire des Bienheureux, fresco (1662-1666) of the dome cupola by Pierre Mignard
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Date of View:
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8/17/2013
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Image description:
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The theme of the decoration is the celebration of the birth of Anne of Austria's son, Louis XIV. It includes some 200 figures representing the French royal family surrounded by the celestial court of apostles, prophets, saints and angels hovering among the clouds.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module NINE
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Culture:
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French
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; churches
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Preferred Title:
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Church of the Val-de-Gr¿ce
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Agent Display:
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Fran¿ois Mansart (French architect, ca. 1598-1666); Jacques Lemercier (French architect, ca.1584-1654); Pierre Le Muet (French architect, 1591-1669)
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Date:
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ca. 1645-1667 (creation)
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Alternate Title:
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¿glise du Val-de-Gr¿ce
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Locations:
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Paris, ¿le-de-France, France
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Baroque
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Style/Period:
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Seventeenth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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