In 1735 Francois Desportes, now animal painter to the king, was commissioned by the Director of the Batiments du Roi, ... exchanged for a camel, a leopard for a lion, and the group of the rhinoceros and the zebra have been rearranged. ... For a diagram of the room see Jarry (1958, p. ... been lent to the Musee de la Chasse in Paris, to the Musee de Compiegne, and to the Musee de la Venerie at Senlis.
Title | : | Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, 1604-1679 |
Author | : | E. van den Boogaart, Johan Maurits (Prince of Nassau-Siegen), Hendrik Richard Hoetink, Peter James Palmer Whitehead |
Publisher | : | Johan Maurits van Nassau Stichting : Distributed by the Govt. Pub. Office - 1979 |
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