France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections

Catalogue of the exhibition France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections, which appeared in 1982 at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris (29 January–26 April); the Metropolitan Museum (26 May–22 August); and the Art Institute of Chicago (18 September–28 November).The exhibition and catalogue celebrate the richness and depth of American collections of seventeenth-century French painting, and present a panorama as varied and complete as possible of works from France during its period as a political and economic power. 124 works by more than fifty artists are represented, including those by La Tour, Lorrain, Millet, Poussin, Valentin, and Vouet. Includes introduction, timeline, catalogue of entries, checklist. [This book was originally published in 1982 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.]