Antechamber of Madame de Maintenon, with a sedan chair, sofa, wallpaper and painted portraits, and her bedroom seen through the open door, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The sedan chair is painted with 18th century scenes, and the portrait behind it is Francoise Adelaide de Noailles, b. 1704, by Frances d´Armagnac. The painting on the right is Portrait of Madame de Maintenon dressed as St Francoise Romaine, painting after Pierre Mignard, copy, 18th century. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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