
La Meridienne, Marie-Antoinette's Bed, Versailles
Robert Polidori's meticulous large-format photograph captures the intimate inner sanctuary of Marie-Antoinette's private bedchamber at the Palace of Versailles, where the opulent daybed known as La Méridienne rests in sumptuous splendor. The image renders the room's lavish silk upholstery, gilded furnishings, and ornate architectural details with extraordinary clarity and color fidelity, transporting the viewer into the preserved grandeur of 18th-century French royal life. Produced in a strictly limited edition of five plus artist's proofs and signed by Polidori in ink, this flush-mounted work exemplifies his celebrated archival documentation of historically significant interiors.
- Medium
- Signed in ink, printed title, date and number on a gallery label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 5 plus artist's proofs.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
October 8, 2015
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