Versailles: Palace Interior: Queen's Chamber (various views). Versailles (France)













The Guard room, Versailles. Chateau Versailles © EPV





Versailles: Palace Interior: Queen's Nobles' Salon Fireplace wall. An antechamber. Marie Antoinette had the room redecorated except for the paintings on the ceiling. Versailles (France)





Among the famous women to stay in this room were...





Marie-Thérèse, Queen of France .

Charles Beaubrun, Henri Beaubrun the Younger, Marie-Thérèse, Queen of France. c. 1660, oil on canvas. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon



Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria Attributed to Jean François de Troy (1679–1752), Portrait of Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, known as la Grande Dauphine. After 1690, painting. Location unknown.





Duchesse de Bourgogne Pierre Gaubert, Portrait of Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne. 1704, oil on canvas. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon







Maria Leszczyńska, Queen of France

Alexis Simon Belle, Maria Leszczyńska , Queen of France, 1730, painting. Unknown location.



Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842), La Reine en Gaulle . 1783, oil on canvas. Schloss Wolfsgarte.



Photo tour!The Queen's bedroom at Versailles saw its fair share of lady occupants. The style of the furnishings rotated with the fashions, which were kept up for the ladies,. They could update the decor and commission works for the rooms as they wished. Today it is left as it was when Marie Antoinette occupied the room. The Guard room is the only room that is in its 17th-century state. This room was occupied by the Queen's guard (twelve body guards).The paintings on the ceiling are by Boucher , made for Marie Leszczinska. The paintings are of Virtues, which represent those virtues held by queens. They are: Fidelity, Charity, Prudence and Generosity. Surely all the ladies whom stayed in this room met the qualifications! I wonder which virtue was each queen's favorite...