Versailles, Musée et domaine national du château
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Horace VernetAt the 1855 Universal Exhibition, which took the place of the Salon and where foreign schools came to confront the French school, the latter put four painters in the limelight, who benefited from…
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Christophe Leribault leaves Orsay for VersaillesAlthough we knew a few days ago that Catherine Pégard’s succession had - at last - been settled, with the as yet unannounced appointment of Christophe Leribault as President of the Etablissement…
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Two exceptional pedestals by André-Charles Boulle return to VersaillesThey were placed in the Salon de l’Abondance in the heart of the Grands Appartements du Roi at Versailles. The two exceptional pedestals by André-Charles Boulle had joined the Versailles…
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Versailles completes the refurbishment of Marie-Antoinette’s bedroomWhile some rooms in the former residences of French sovereigns are doomed to remain empty due to the certain disappearance of the objects that originally furnished them, or the impossibility of…
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At Versailles, the irregularity is getting worseWe won’t go back over Catherine Pégard’s illegitimacy as president of the Versailles public establishment. She has long since exceeded all the age and term limits laid down by law. The Ministry of…
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Noël Coypel, painter of grand decors«Noël Coypel, peintre de grands décors», Château et Grand Trianon de Versailles, du 26 septembre 2023 au 28 janvier 2024. «Noël Coypel (1628-1707), peintre du Roi», Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, du…
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Two paintings by Jacques Dumont le Romain for VersaillesIf there will probably never be an exhibition devoted to Marie-Josèphe de Saxe (1731-1767), it’s not just because she never ascended the throne : the mother of the last three kings of France was…
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A report on Versailles by the French Court of AccountsThe Court of Accounts’ reports on public cultural institutions are always interesting reading and most of the time raise excellent questions. Their only limitation is, sometimes, a lack of…
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Seventy-five Sèvres pieces donated in lieu of taxes to VersaillesAccustomed to proceeding in small steps, according to the opportunities offered by the art market and the goodwill of collectors, the teams at Versailles have learnt to be patient when it comes…
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Some online art history journals (1)As we’ve often written, online art-history journals - we’re talking here about journals publishing in-depth articles, not art-history and heritage information websites - are numerous, but complex…
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