Les Colonnades (The Colonnades)
This photograph shows the marble sculpture Pluto Abducting Proserpine by François Girardon, installed since 1699 in the Colonnade on the grounds of Versailles.
Unknown
French, about 1870
Albumen silver print
from Souvenirs de Versailles, Plan du Parc, et Vues Photographiques du Château, des Bassins, et des deux Palais de Trianon (Souvenirs of Versailles, Map of the Park, and Photographic Views of the Château, the Basins, and the Two Trianon Palaces)
3 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.
84.XB.1554.5