Battlefields -- France -- Guidebooks; France -- Guidebooks; Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914
1 Entrance.
2 Grand Vestibule.
=3 Gallery of the Stags.=
=4 Picture Gallery.=
5 Rotunda of the Museum (Senlis Tower).
6 Vestibule of the Museum.
=7 Gallery of the House.=
8 Small Gallery of the House.
9 Vestibule of House.
10 The Smalah.
11 The Minerva Tower (Tower of the High Constable).
12 The Antiquity Room.
13 Giotto Room.
14 Isabelle Room.
15 Orleans Room.
16 Caroline Room.
=17 Clouet Room.=
=18 Psyche's Gallery.=
=19 Santuario.=
=20 Treasure Tower.=
21 The Tribune.
22 The Anteroom.
23 Guardroom.
=24 La Chambre.=
25 The Great Study.
=26 The Monkey Parlour.=
=27 The Prince's Gallery.=
28 Library.
29 Great Staircase.
30 Gallery of the Chapel.
=31 Chapel.=
A Statue of the High Constable.
B Entrance (portcullis).
C Court of Honour.
D Court of the Little Castle.
E Flower Garden of the Aviary.]
[Illustration: CHEST BY RIESENER]
We must also mention the collection of portraits painted or drawn in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, divided between the Gallery of
the House (_7 on plan_), the Clouet room (_17 on plan_) and the Gallery
of Psyche (_18 on plan_). In the Gallery of Psyche, the visitor will
notice, besides the pictures, the forty-four sixteenth century windows,
representing the legend of Cupid and Psyche. There is also a cast of
the head of Henri IV.
Lovers of jewels should visit the treasure tower (_20 on plan_). Tn the
Monkey Parlour (_26 on plan_) will be seen the screen painted by Huet,
representing the Monkey's reading lesson, and on the panels a charming
eighteenth century decoration, attributed to the same painter.
In the Prince's Gallery (_27 on plan_) the great Condé had a series of
pictures painted representing the battles he had fought.
In the trophy containing his sword and pistols there is also a flag
taken in the Battle of Rocroi in 1643. It is the oldest standard
captured from the enemy that exists in France.
In the middle of the gallery stands the Table of the Vinestock, carved
out of one piece taken from an enormous vine, for the Connétable de
Montmorency.
[Illustration: THE VIRGIN OF ORLÉANS BY RAPHAEL]
In the modern chapel (_31 on plan_), the Duc d'Aumale placed a
beautiful altar, carved by Jean Goujon, also some sixteenth century
wainscoting and stained glass windows taken from the chapel of the
Castle of Ecouen.
In the apse stands the funeral urn which holds the hearts of the
princes of the House of Condé.
Visit to the Park
_This takes from three-quarters of an hour to an hour and a quarter._
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