TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kisluk-Grosheide,Daniëlle O.
AU  - Rondot,Bertrand
ED  - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
TI  - Visitors to Versailles: from Louis XIV to the French Revolution 
SN  - 9781588396228 (hardback)
AV  - 318 DC 801 V831 2018
U1  - 944/.03 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
KW  - Louis
KW  - Luis 
KW  - Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Exhibitions
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Palacio de Versalles
KW  - Historia
KW  - Visitors, Foreign
KW  - France
KW  - Versailles
KW  - Palacios
KW  - Versalles (Francia)
KW  - Versailles (France)
KW  - Court and courtiers
KW  - Descripciones y viajes
KW  - Francia
KW  - 1643-1715
N1  - "This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Visitors to Versailles," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 16 through July 29, 2018."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-362) and index; Introduction --; Incomparable Versailles; Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot --; Going to Versailles; Mathieu da Vinha --; Exchanging Looks: Codes of Dress at Versailles; Pascale Gorguet-Ballesteros --; Magnificent Display: European Ambassadorial Visitors; Helen Jacobsen --; Special Embassies and Overseas Visitors; Meredith Martin --; "Preśents du Roy": Official Gifts from the French Court; Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset --; Incognito in Versailles: Or, How Not to Travel as a King; Volker Barth --; Grand Tourists: Noble Visitors to the Court of the French King; Jean Boutier --; Visitors' Guidebooks and Engravings; Elisabeth Maisonnier --The; Americans; Paul Staiti -- Notes to the Essays -- Works in the Exhibition
N2  - Based on contemporary documents and works of art, the book explores the experiences of visitors to the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy, methods of transportation, codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the buildings and gardens
ER  -