Catalogue of the Exhibition
" Engraving
the World - The Chalcography of the Louvre Museum "
in English and Chinese – 64
pgs / 60 color - 24 x 20 cm
Publisher : Réunion des musées nationaux
and Hexagramm, Paris, 2006
ISBN: 2-9526420-0-1
Price: 12 € (tax & delivery
included)
CONTENTS
Foreword by Jean-Pierre Thébault, Consul General
of France
Foreword by Henri Loyrette, President & Director of the Louvre Museum
Foreword by Dr Chun-tong Yeung, Director, University Museum & Art
Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
A Short History of a Great Collection by Pascal Torrès
Guardiola, Curator of the Chalcographic Dpt of The Louvre
The Cabinet du Roi The Carousel of 1662 Fêtes at Versailles The Maze at Versailles The King’s Plants Antique Statues &Busts from the Royal Residences
The Royal Academy of Painting & Sculpture The Dome of Val de Grâce Coronelli’s Globes Turgot’s Map of Paris
The Inception of the Chalcography of the Louvre Of Human and Animal Physiognomy Description of Egypt The Siege of La Rochelle
Contemporary Prints for the Chalcographic Department of the Louvre
