The Sceaux estate: 1923, at the origins of a Renaissance.
Silvana Editoriale| N° d'inventaire | 28166 |
| Format | 23 x 29 |
| Détails | 208 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Milan, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836654239 |
A major historical and heritage site in the Paris region, the Domaine départemental de Sceaux was created in 1670 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who invited the greatest artists of his time to work there, from André Le Nôtre to Charles Le Brun, from Jules Hardouin-Mansart to Antoine Coysevox. Passing through the hands of the Marquis de Seignelay, son of Louis XIV's minister, then between the Duke and Duchess of Maine, the Duke of Penthièvre and finally the Duke and Duchess of Trévise, this remarkable ensemble, soon threatened by the rampant expansion of the suburbs, was doomed to almost certain disappearance when in 1923, at the suggestion of the mayor of Sceaux, it was acquired in extremis by the Seine department to the Princess of Cystria, née Trévise, the last owner. 2023 thus marks the centenary of the transition of this exceptional estate from the status of private property to that of public property, which in 1970 became one of the jewels of the Hauts-de-Seine department, which has since ensured its maintenance and development.
The exhibition – of which this work is the catalogue – looks back at the context, the reasons and the conditions of this acquisition which allowed the happy rebirth of the Sceaux estate.
A major historical and heritage site in the Paris region, the Domaine départemental de Sceaux was created in 1670 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who invited the greatest artists of his time to work there, from André Le Nôtre to Charles Le Brun, from Jules Hardouin-Mansart to Antoine Coysevox. Passing through the hands of the Marquis de Seignelay, son of Louis XIV's minister, then between the Duke and Duchess of Maine, the Duke of Penthièvre and finally the Duke and Duchess of Trévise, this remarkable ensemble, soon threatened by the rampant expansion of the suburbs, was doomed to almost certain disappearance when in 1923, at the suggestion of the mayor of Sceaux, it was acquired in extremis by the Seine department to the Princess of Cystria, née Trévise, the last owner. 2023 thus marks the centenary of the transition of this exceptional estate from the status of private property to that of public property, which in 1970 became one of the jewels of the Hauts-de-Seine department, which has since ensured its maintenance and development.
The exhibition – of which this work is the catalogue – looks back at the context, the reasons and the conditions of this acquisition which allowed the happy rebirth of the Sceaux estate.