# Banquet Given in the Presence of the King

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MOREAU, Jean-Michel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreau-jean-michel-ra6b1441e8c5c9c>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Ink, wash and watercolour

## Commentary

The picture shows the banquet given in the presence of the king by Madame du Barry on 2 September 1771 for the inauguration of the music pavilion built by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux \(1736-1806\) at Louveciennes. Ledoux built the symmetrically arranged, cube-like pavilion with oval dining room for Madame du Barry in 1770-71. This &#34;pleasure pavilion&#34; could be called a miniature Trianon.

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## Attribution

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