La Hollande Cintre du Salon de la Paix en face des Appartmens de la Reine (Holland, Center of the Salon of Peace Opposite the Queen's Apartments) [pl. 48]

Massé employs fine, cross‑hatching and delicate line work to render textures of fabric, stone, and distant architecture. The engraving’s tonal modulation creates a sense of depth, while the precise rendering of ornamental details reflects the artist’s training as a miniature painter and his skill in translating three‑dimensional space onto a two‑dimensional surface.

Created by Massé, a court painter to Louis XV who also taught artists like Jean‑Étienne Liotard and Cornelius Høyer, the print was part of a series documenting Versailles interiors. It later entered the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, where it is currently held.

The Salon of Peace, completed in the 1750s, was part of the larger program of decorative renewal at Versailles under Louis XV. Massé’s engraving served both as a record of the new interior and as a means of disseminating the aesthetic ideals of the French court to a broader audience of patrons and artists.