[1]Bonnaffé, op. cit., p. 27.
[1]Bonnaffé, op. cit., p. 27.
[2]Guillet de Saint-Georges, inLes Archives de l'Artfrançais,1853, Vol. III.
[2]Guillet de Saint-Georges, inLes Archives de l'Artfrançais,1853, Vol. III.
[3]Cf. Jal., Diet.
[3]Cf. Jal., Diet.
[4]Occupied successively by the President of the Chambre des Comptes, Lambert Torigny; the Marquise du Chastelle; M. de La Haye; the Comte de Montalivet; the Administrator of Lits Militaires; and Prince Adam Czartoryski, the present owner (1888).
[4]Occupied successively by the President of the Chambre des Comptes, Lambert Torigny; the Marquise du Chastelle; M. de La Haye; the Comte de Montalivet; the Administrator of Lits Militaires; and Prince Adam Czartoryski, the present owner (1888).
[5]Ad. Lance,Dictionnaire des Architectes français,Paris, 1872, 2 vols. Article on Levau (Louis).
[5]Ad. Lance,Dictionnaire des Architectes français,Paris, 1872, 2 vols. Article on Levau (Louis).
[6]Archives de l'Art français,Vol. I, 1852.
[6]Archives de l'Art français,Vol. I, 1852.
[7]Letter cited by M. Pierre Clement,Histoire de Colbert,p. 30.
[7]Letter cited by M. Pierre Clement,Histoire de Colbert,p. 30.
[8]I cite almost literally a phrase by M. Eugène Grésy. M. Grésy's valuable work on the Château de Vaux is contained inLes Archives de l'Art français.Vol. I, p. Iet seq.
[8]I cite almost literally a phrase by M. Eugène Grésy. M. Grésy's valuable work on the Château de Vaux is contained inLes Archives de l'Art français.Vol. I, p. Iet seq.
[9]Cimber et Danjou,Archives curieuses de l'Histoire de France,Second Series, Vol. VIII, p. 415 (Portraits de la Cour).
[9]Cimber et Danjou,Archives curieuses de l'Histoire de France,Second Series, Vol. VIII, p. 415 (Portraits de la Cour).
[10]M. Eugène Grésy, loc. cit., p. 7.
[10]M. Eugène Grésy, loc. cit., p. 7.
[11]It is well known that the Maincy factory, taken to Paris by order of the King after Foucquet's disgrace, became the Gobelins. (Lacordaire, article on the Gobelins, second ed., 1855, p. 65.) Cf. alsoL'Histoire de la Tapisserie,by J. Guiffrey.
[11]It is well known that the Maincy factory, taken to Paris by order of the King after Foucquet's disgrace, became the Gobelins. (Lacordaire, article on the Gobelins, second ed., 1855, p. 65.) Cf. alsoL'Histoire de la Tapisserie,by J. Guiffrey.
[12]9th June, 1660.
[12]9th June, 1660.
[13]Cf. Loret, letter of the 24th July, 1660.
[13]Cf. Loret, letter of the 24th July, 1660.
[14]Ibid.,letter of the 17th July, 1661.
[14]Ibid.,letter of the 17th July, 1661.
[15]Letter to Maucroix, 9th ed., cited Vol. Ill, p. 301.
[15]Letter to Maucroix, 9th ed., cited Vol. Ill, p. 301.
[16]Choisy, in hisMémoires.Ed. cited p. 587.
[16]Choisy, in hisMémoires.Ed. cited p. 587.
[17]Cf. La Fontaine, letter previously cited.
[17]Cf. La Fontaine, letter previously cited.
[18]Cf. Chéruel, loc. cit., who cites (Vol. II, p. 223) the portfolios of Valiant, Vol. III, in the Biblio. Nat. MSS.
[18]Cf. Chéruel, loc. cit., who cites (Vol. II, p. 223) the portfolios of Valiant, Vol. III, in the Biblio. Nat. MSS.
[19]La Fontaine, letter from Maucroix, Vol. Ill, p. 304.
[19]La Fontaine, letter from Maucroix, Vol. Ill, p. 304.
[20]See the excursion made by the subscribers tol'Ami des Monumentsto the Château de Vaux-le-Praslin, or le Vicomte, near Melun, inl' Ami des Monuments,a magazine founded and edited by M. Charles Normand, 1887, p. 301, No. 4.
[20]See the excursion made by the subscribers tol'Ami des Monumentsto the Château de Vaux-le-Praslin, or le Vicomte, near Melun, inl' Ami des Monuments,a magazine founded and edited by M. Charles Normand, 1887, p. 301, No. 4.
[21]In the Château de Vaux one of the rooms on the first story, and certainly the most beautiful, bears the name of the "Room of M. de Barante." It has a ceiling which represents one of those nymphs of Vaux which La Fontaine celebrated so charmingly. This ceiling has been recently restored. M. Destailleurs has displayed great art in its preservation.
[21]In the Château de Vaux one of the rooms on the first story, and certainly the most beautiful, bears the name of the "Room of M. de Barante." It has a ceiling which represents one of those nymphs of Vaux which La Fontaine celebrated so charmingly. This ceiling has been recently restored. M. Destailleurs has displayed great art in its preservation.