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Versailles Palace From A Decorative Painter’s Eye : Real Marble

Pierre Finkelstein Institute took group of 17 students to tour of Palace of Versailles. The students were painting a panel for 8 days in a studio near by. Pierre Finkelstein wrote about his visit to the Versailles Palace. This is one post by Pierre Finkelstein in a series. See also: Part 1, Gilding, Real Ornament, Faux Marble

A VISIT BY PIERRE

The Palace of Versailles is a rare find when it comes to examples of real marble.  The halls, rooms, and exterior are packed with fine European and French marbles.  What is particularly exciting is the care that was taken to place certain species next to one another.  Also, the type of “cut” of marble was a thoughtful consideration.  It seems to me that every selection was to yield the best representation of the characteristics and the colors of the marble.

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Rouge Royal columns from Belgium (cloudy marble).
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Languedoc red breccia from France.
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White breccia panel -from Italy or France – Baseboard is mixed Campan from France.
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Flame of Sarrancollin from the Pyrenees, France – mixed Campan France (veined marble).
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Round pillars are mixed Campan – pilaster is Languedoc.
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Pedestal is a ribbon onyx from Algeria.
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Circle medallion green Campan (veined marble), Carrera white veined marble on stiles/rails. Baseboard and chair rail is Sarrancollin.
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White veined framing green Campan – chair rail with Sarrancollin with a counter-pass cut.
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Baseboard flat is Sarrancollin with a counter-pass cut with a shoe molding in mixed Campan.
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You’re seeing a floor with Red Languedoc (cloudy marble).
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Baseboard in mixed Campan, dominant of green with violet oxide stripes, upper is violet oxide with pink stripes, (veined marble) – see how fissures are the real showpiece on this marble.
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Sarrancollin panel with a counter-pass cut with flaming – framed with mixed Campan.
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Outdoor white Breccia that has been bleached and honed by the rainwater and the pinkish hue is actually a stain from a red Languedoc that is in the panel.
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The casing is Belgium blue- basically, black marble with fissures – stiles/rails is a vein-less white Carerra, molding is green Campan, red Languedoc (cloudy marble).
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Mixed Campan with great fissuring (veined marble).
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Mantle with mixed Campan — very dramatic.
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Pilaster is made out of Incarnat Curquin from France (cloudy marble) – family of Languedoc and Rouge Royal — background molding is green Campan. Black marble on baseboard and chair rail is Petit Antique.
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Panels are black and gold (Portor) – Stiles/rails are vein-less white Carrera, base and chair rail are red Languedoc.
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The inner diamond is Petit Antique – triangles are mixed Campan, white veined on the outside is Rance from Belgium (cloudy marble) — same family as Rouge Royal.

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