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Exhibition Review
Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 582-584
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Reviewer:
Peterson, Laurel (Peterson, Laurel)
Subjects
artists:
Prieur, Jean-Louis, the Younger, 1759-1795
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Fans (costume accessories) / Costume / Textiles / Carpets / Embroidery / Weapons / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
places:
United States / New York / France / Versailles
subjects:
Decorative arts / Ivory / Dress / Diplomacy / Gifts / Taste (aesthetics) / Courts (social groups) / Cannons (artillery) / Savonnerie carpets / Revolution (France: 1789-1799)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The King promising to come to Paris with his family (October 6, 1789), by Jean- Louis Prieur the Younger. 1789. Graphite and wash on paper, 19.5 by 25.3 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; photograph Roger-Violle; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
8. Fan with a view of the town and palace of Versailles. French, c.1780– 85. Single paper leaf, painted in gouache, carved and pierced ivory, gilding and mother-of-pearl, width when open 31 cm. (Musée Lambinet, Versailles; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
9. Embroidered panels for a man’s suit, French. 1780s. Silk embroidery on woven silk, 124.5 by 56.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Charles de La Fosse; Bon Boullogne
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 365-367
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Reviewer:
Mulherron, Jamie (Mulherron, Jamie)
Subjects
artists:
La Fosse, Charles de, 1636-1716 / Boullogne, Bon
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France / Musée Magnin, Dijon, France / Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
places:
Versailles / Nantes / Dijon
places:
France
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
74. Consecration of the Virgin, by Charles de La Fosse (Musée d'Art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre; exh. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)
Attributed works:
75. The rising of the sun, by Charles de La Fosse. Ceiling of the Salon d'Apollon, Versailles (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)
Attributed works:
76. The birth of Jupiter, by Bon Boullogne (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Cholet; exh. Musée Magnin, Dijon)
Attributed works:
77. Tobias curing his father, by Bon Boullogne (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille; exh. Musée Magnin, Dijon)
Exhibition Review
Eighteenth-century Parisian furniture
04/2015 | 1345 | 157
Pages: 285-286
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Reviewer:
Baarsen, Reinier (Baarsen, Reinier)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
dates:
1700-1799
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
places:
Paris / Versailles / France
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Furniture / French
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Commode, attributed to Bernard van Risamburgh II (Musée du domaine départemental des Hautes-de-Seine, Sceaux; exh. Palais de Versailles)
Attributed works:
62. Jewel-cabinet, by Ferdinand Schwerdfeger (Musée National des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon; exh. Palais de Versailles)
Western art unattributed:
60. Cabinet. Paris, c. 1675 (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg; exh. Palais de Versailles)
Exhibition Review
China and Versailles [and Charlemagne]
09/2014 | 1338 | 156
Pages: 622-626
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Reviewer:
Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
museums and institutions:
Aachener Domschatzkammer, Aachen, Germany / Rathaus, Aachen, Germany / Centre Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany
places:
Versailles / France
places:
Aachen / Germany
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Chinoiserie / Rococo / Chinese painting / Diplomacy / Chinese export / Porcelain / Sèvres porcelain
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Emperor Qianlong, by Charles-Eloi Asselin. c.1776. Sèvres hard-paste porcelain. 23.7 by 17.4 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
Attributed works:
61. Merchants making up packages, with a Jesuit in conversation with a Chinese man, by Queen Marie Leszczynska in collaboration with several artists under the direction of Etienne Jeaurat. 1761. Canvas, 279.1 by167.5 cm. (Château de Mouchy, Mouchy-le-Châtel; exh. Château de Versailles).
Western art unattributed:
62. Pair of Chinese celadon baluster vases in French gilt bronze mounts. 14th century (porcelain) and c.1770 (mounts), 79 cm. high. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
Book Review
A History of the Gardens of Versailles
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 405-406
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Reviewer:
Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd (Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd; Gowan, Todd Longstaffe-)
Subjects
artists:
Le Nôtre, André
buildings:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
places:
Versailles
print:
Gardens
subjects:
Landscape architecture / Landscape gardening / Gardens
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A History of the Gardens of Versailles | author: Baridon, Michel
Exhibition Review
Silver furniture. Versailles
02/2008 | 1259 | 150
Pages: 129-130
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Reviewer:
Baarsen, Reinier (Baarsen, Reinier)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
places:
Versailles / France
print:
Silverwork
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Furniture / Furnishings / Silverwork / Art objects
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Quand Versailles était meublé d’argent | institution: Château de Versailles
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Table with the Judgment of Paris, by David I Schwestermüller. Augsburg, 1659. Silver, partly gilded, 78.5 by 104.5 by 81.5 cm. (Esterházy Foundation, Forchtenstein Castle, Burgenland; exh. Château de Versailles)
Western art unattributed:
63. Installation in the Galerie des Glaces at Versailles of the exhibition Quand Versailles était meublé d’argent. 2007
Exhibition Review
La Tour; Boucher
01/2005 | 1222 | 147
Pages: 56-58
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Reviewer:
Laing, Alastair (Laing, Alastair)
Subjects
artists:
La Tour, Maurice Quentin de / Boucher, François
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France / Musée Lambinet, Versailles, France
places:
Versailles / France
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Le voleur d’âmes: Maurice Quentin de La Tour | reviewer: Laing, Alastair , institution: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Belshazzar’s feast, ?by François Boucher. c.1727–28. 28.1 by 42.4 cm. (Horvitz Collection, Berlin; exh. Musée Lambinet, Versailles).
Attributed works:
Madame Savalette de Magnanville, by Maurice Quentin de La Tour. c.1748. 58.4 by 48.3 cm. (Private collection; exh. Château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
Portrait of a man holding a book, by Maurice Quentin de La Tour. c.1735–40. 82 by 61 cm. (Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence; exh. Château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
Self-portrait, by Maurice Quentin de La Tour. c.1760–65. Pastel on brown paper, 44 by 34.3 cm. (Private collection; exh. Château de Versailles).
Exhibition Review
Oudry. Fontainebleau and Versailles
04/2004 | 1213 | 146
Pages: 276-279
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Colin B. (Bailey, Colin B.; Bailey, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France
museums and institutions:
Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, France
places:
France / Fontainebleau / Versailles
print:
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Animaux d'Oudry: collection des ducs de Mecklenbourg-Schwerin | institution: Château de Fontainebleau , institution: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. Indian blackbuck, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. 1739. 162 by 129 cm. (Staatliches Museum, Schwerin; exh. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles).
Attributed works:
66. Louis XV at the carrefour du Puits solitaire, forest of Compiègne, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. 1739. 357 by 272 cm. (Musée national du châteaux de Fontainebleau)
Attributed works:
67. Three does watching two stags fighting, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. 1734. 130 by 172.5 cm. (Formerly Staatlisches Museum, Schwerin; missing since the Second World War).
Attributed works:
68. A family of roe deer, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. 1734. 130 by 172.5 cm. (Staatlisches Museum, Schwerin; exh. Musée national du château de Fontainebleau).
Attributed works:
69. Fox, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. c.1741. Pastel on blue-green paper, 32 by 50.2 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Jean-Marc Nattier. Versailles
03/2000 | 1164 | 142
Pages: 183-185
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Reviewer:
Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
Subjects
artists:
Nattier, Jean-Marc
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, France
places:
France / Versailles
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
78. Louis-François-Armand Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, by Jean-Marc Nattier. 1732. 239 by 179.5 cm. (Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon; Exh. Musée National du Château, Versailles).
Attributed works:
79. Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, duc de Chaulnes as Hercules, by Jean-Marc Nattier. 1746. 129 by 103.5 cm. (Louvre, Paris; Exh. Musée National du Château, Versailles).
Attributed works:
80. Maria Leszczynska, Queen of France, by Jean-Marc Nattier. 1748. 138.9 by 107 cm. (Musée National du Château, Versailles).
Attributed works:
81. The Union of Love and Wine, by Jean-Marc Nattier. 1744. 58 by 74 cm. (Bayerische Hypotheken-und Weschel-Bank, Munich; Exh. Musée National du Château, Versailles).
Exhibition Review
Pastels at Versailles. Versailles
07/1997 | 1132 | 139
Pages: 497-498
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Reviewer:
Stein, Perrin (Stein, Perrin)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
places:
France / Versailles
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Pastels
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. Jacques Dumont, dit Dumont le Romain, by Marie-Suzanne Roslin. c.1770. 55.9 by 46.3 cm. (Musée national du château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
59. Marie-Antoinette, by Aleksander Kucharski. 1791. 80.3 by 64.2 cm. (Musée national du château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
60. Madeleine-Jeanne Lemaire, by Albert Besnard. 1890. 114.5 by 162 cm. (Musée national du château de Versailles).
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