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17 articles taggés "Versailles"

Analyses
Make Way for the Orléans!
Versailles is seeking to move away from its Bourbon-centric image to shed light on the transformations of the 19th century.
Cultural Heritage
Rebirth of the Queen's Hamlet
The main house in the Queen's Hamlet is opening after two years' remarkable renovation work. A promenade through this little theatre of rural life…
Analyses
A Recipe for Success
2018 is decidedly the year of gastronomy in all Europe's royal residences. While tickling the taste buds, the programme also nourishes considerable…
Exhibitions
Fantasy Versions of Versailles
Here we see things that never happened, but might have, with the many faces of Versailles: residence of sovereigns from Louis XIV to Louis-Philippe.…
Lots sold
Jean Joubert Joins the Louvre
This sale included works by Jean-Paul Alaux, Mathurin Méheut and Jean Joubert, whose gouaches made for Versailles were pre-empted by the Louvre.
Cultural Heritage
Women and Versailles
Disregarded in the 20 th- century, women, both queens and kings’ mistresses, left their mark in the heart of the château. Thanks to recent research,…
Market Trends
An Outpost in Versailles for the Osenat Auction House
Fontainebleau, Paris, and now Versailles: Jean-Pierre Osenat aims to bring the 17 th and 18 th centuries back into the limelight by setting up in the…
Lots sold
Not Just One, but Two Lemoynes!
While Versailles carried off a study by François Lemoyne for the ceiling of the Salon d'Hercule, a pair of Sèvres vases, one decorated with an antique…
Glossary
B as in Boulle
Boulle marquetry combines lavish elegance with the most refined materials. The undisputed essence of the French style desired by Louis XIV, this technique…
Lots sold
Lemoyne's Well-made Head for Versailles
The Chateau of Versailles again enriched its collections by pre-empting this drawing by François Lemoyne.
Lots sold
King Louis-Philippe’s Sèvres China Goes Back to Versailles
Offered at an auction dispersing items from an Île-de-France château, King Louis-Philippe’s Sèvres china service from Trianon will return home.
Lots sold
Old Masters: Guardi and Coypel
A view of the Giudecca by Francesco Guardi and the Regent’s son in Versailles
Art Price Index
The King's Gambit: The Price of Gaming at the French Court
At the court of Versailles, people needed to know how to play the game in every sense to avoid being burned by the Sun. Today, the game is played at…
Lots sold
Emperor Augustus Returns to Versailles
The royal palace preempted a preparatory study by Champaigne, while Méheut’s sailors and Italian design also found buyers.
Interviews
Louis Benech, the Chameleon Gardener
His renovation of the Tuileries Garden  in 1990 made him a household name in France. In thirty years, the French landscape gardener has designed some…
Lots sold
A Fishing Scene by Joseph Vernet and a Preemption by Versailles
The auction featured a painting by Vernet and a pair of corner tables by Carlin.
Exhibitions
Drawings for Versailles: 20 Years of Acquisitions
Approximately 100 works on paper, some of them being exhibited for the first time, are on display in the apartments of Madame de Maintenon. They reveal…
Most viewed
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Artsy and the Myth of Sisyphus
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