Château de Chambord - Original oil on canvas (2002)

Here's another painting from the Loire Valley Chateaux series: Château de Chambord

• Original oil on canvas
• Unstretched, unframed
• Will be shipped rolled in a tube
• Size: 25-1/2 " x 21" (65 cm x 53 cm)
• Year: 2002
• Signed W. Zych
• Condition: very good
• Depicts the Château of Chambord in the Loire Valley in France

About the Loire Valley Châteaux

The Loire Valley in France is an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages. These castles (or châteaux) represent a nation of builders starting with the necessary castle fortifications in the 10th century to the splendor of those built half a millennium later. When the French kings began constructing their huge châteaux here, the nobility, not wanting or even daring to be far from the seat of power, followed suit. Their presence in the lush, fertile valley began attracting the very best landscape designers. The magnificent châteaux are cultural monuments that illustrate to an exceptional degree the ideals of the Renaissance and the Age of the Enlightenment on western European thought and design.

About the Château de Chambord,  jewel of the Loire Valley

At the heart of a game-filled forest, the Château of Chambord is highly symbolic of French Renaissance and looms up from the Sologne swamp land. Chambord was born from the dream of King François I who brought back from his battles in Italy numerous artists, including Leonardo da Vinci. The architect of Chambord remains unknown, but this masterpiece seems to have been inspired by the sketches of da Vinci himself (particularly the famous double staircase).

A marvel from the Renaissance

The Château of Chambord marked the beginning of the French Renaissance, a clever combination of Italian principles and French traditions. Chambord is a château with perfect proportions, radiating a feeling of majesty and harmony from its decorations and size.

Located in the Loire Valley in France, about 180 km or 112 miles south of Paris, the Chateau de Chambord, was originally designed to be a hunting lodge for King Francois I when construction began in 1519. Far from cozy, this stone-cold Chateau was considered too cold for comfort by the king who ended up visiting only a few times during his reign. Despite construction ending in 1547, the Chateau de Chambord remains unfinished today.