Vue de la Grande Facade du Vieux Louvre, originally published 1729, inscribed 1752, Etching, sheet: 9 3/16 x 18 3/16 in. (23. 4 x 46. 2 cm), Prints, Jacques Rigaud (French, Marseilles 1681?1754 Paris), In a striking horizontal print, one of a series of twenty-one views of Paris, Jacques Rigaud has depicted the long east facade of the Louvre, still a royal palace in the eighteenth century. Designed in the late 1660s by a team including Louis Le Vau, Charles Le Brun, and Claude Perrault, the facade demonstrates the majesty and authority of French Baroque architecture, which is notable for its classical grandeur, restrained ornament, and balanced proportions