Galeries historiques de Versailles: dédiées à sa majesté la reine des francais: Personnages célebres depuis la XIIe siècle jusqu'à Louis XIV
A mid-nineteenth-century French portrait gallery by Charles Gavard, published in 1845 and dedicated to Queen Marie-Amélie, presenting célèbre personalities from the twelfth century to Louis XIV. The four engraved busts show men and a woman in historical dress, rendered in fine parallel-line engraving with soft shaded backgrounds, offering a designer period costume details such as high collars, fur-trimmed cloaks and ornate clasps, and a model for vignette-style head-and-shoulders portraits.
