Chateau de Cheverny

Between Blois and Chambord in the Loire Valley region of France is the quaint village of Cheverny, home of one of the most well preserved castles in all of France. Construction of the Chateau de Cheverny began around 1500, and was finished in 1604, and the main façade of the castle is made entirely of stone ‘Bourré’, which hardens and becomes whiter with the passing of centuries. The Chateau itself is set upon an ocean of green acreage and surrounded by an English-style park, filled with giant redwoods, cedar and lime trees that are over 200 years old. In Delacroix’s portrait of the castle, he pays homage to the brilliant classical and Renaissance architecture of the building, as well as the apprentice’s garden of meticulously trimmed hedges that line the front of the property. He offsets the landscape with brightly colored carriage wheels and regal horses taking visitors to and from the grand estate