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Exhibition Review
André Charles Boulle
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1056–59
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Collins, Alexander (Collins, Alexander)
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André Charles Boulle Musée Condé, Chantilly 8th June–6th October | :
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1. Bureau plat, attributed to André Charles Boulle. c.1720. Walnut, oak, brass, turtleshell, ebony, gilt bronze and leather, 78 by 197 by 93 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
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2. Design for an armoire, attributed to André Charles Boulle. Red chalk and pencil on paper, 40.1 by 26.3 cm. (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
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3. Bookbinding, attributed to André Charles Boulle. 1688. Walnut, brass, tin, turtleshell, silver, iron and silk, 54.5 by 39 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Book Review
Louis XV: passions d’un roi
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 508–510
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Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
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Louis XV: passions d’un roi Edited by Yves Carlier and Hélène Delalex. 496 pp. incl. 458 col. + b. & w. ills. (In Fine Éditions d’Art, Paris, 2022), €49. ISBN 978–2–38203–076–9. | :
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1. Floorplan of the telescope pavilion, château de la Muette. 1756. Pen, ink and red wash on paper. (Archives nationales, Paris).
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2. Louis XV, by Arnaud Vincent de Montpetit. 1774. Oil on canvas, 74 by 61.2 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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3. Project for the throne of Louis XV, by Sébastien- Antoine Slodtz and Paul-Ambroise Slodtz. 1752. Pen, ink and wash highlights over black pencil, 67.1 by 47.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Short Notice
Joséphine Bowes’s gift to Napoleon III: Antoine-Jean Gros’s ‘Napoleon distributing the cross of the Legion of Honour to artists during his visit to the Salon of 1808’
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 626-629
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Phillips, Judith (Phillips, Judith)
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Spier, Simon (Spier, Simon)
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Illustrations
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7. Napoleon distributing the Cross of the Legion of Honour to artists during his visit to the Salon of 1808, by Antoine-Jean Gros. 1808. Oil on canvas, 350 by 640 cm. (Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Writing desk. France, c.1750. Lacquer with gilded bronze mounts, 105 by 120 by 60 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle).
Book Review
The Louvre and Versailles: The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 576-577
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Maral, Alexandre (Maral, Alexandre)
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The Louvre and Versailles: The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism By Christopher Tadgell. 368 pp incl. 150 col. + b. & w. ills. (Routledge, London and New York, 2020), £66.99. ISBN 978–0–367198–93–0. | :
Article
Innovation and empiricism: Delacroix’s ‘Taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders’
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1196-1209
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Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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1. Taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders, by Eugène Delacroix. 1840. Oil on canvas, 410 by 498 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Sketch for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839–40. Oil on canvas, 33 by 41 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly).
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11. Sketch for the Taking of Constantinople, here attributed to Eugène Delacroix. 1840. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy of Collins Fine Art Ltd, New York).
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12. Drawing for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839–40. Graphite on paper, 20.7 by 33.8 cm. (Département des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 42753).
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2. Louis-Philippe and the royal family visit the Salles des croisades at Versailles, July 1844, by Prosper Lafaye. 1844. Canvas, 61 by 86.5 cm (Musés des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of the old man, woman and child.
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of Baudouin and the mounted crusaders.
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of women.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing a soldier assaulting an old man.
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7. Ptolemais delivered to Philippe-Auguste and Richard the Lionheart of England, 11th or 12th July 1191, by Merry-Joseph Blondel. 1840. Oil on canvas, 406 by 494 cm. (Grande Salle, Salles des croisades, Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the reflection in the lid of the gold casket.
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9. Drawing for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839-40. Graphite on paper, 18.1 by 27.8 cm. (Département des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 9368).
Exhibition Review
Louis-Philippe at Versailles
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 402-409
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Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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1. Louis-Philippe with the plan of the Gallery of Battles, Versailles, by F.X. Winterhalter. 1841. Canvas, 284 by 184 cm. (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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2. The duc d’Orléans leaving the Palais Royale to go to the Hôtel de Ville, 31st July 1830, by Horace Vernet. 1832. Canvas, 215 by 261.5 cm. (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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3. Louis-Philippe and his five sons leaving the Palace of Versailles through the Gate of Honour after having reviewed the troops in the courtyards, 10th June 1837, by Horace Vernet. Canvas, 367 by 394 cm. (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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4. Taking of the city of Constantine, 13th October 1837, by Horace Vernet. 1839. Canvas, 512 by 518 cm. (Musée des chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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5. Detail of Capture of the Smala of Abd el-Kader at Taguin, 16th May 1843, showing the duc d’Aumale accepting the surrender, by Horace Vernet. Canvas, 140 by 450 cm. (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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6. Detail of Capture of the Smala of Abd el-Kader at Taguin, 16th May 1843, showing the harem women, by Horace Vernet. Canvas, 140 by 450 cm. (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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7. Louis-Philippe and the royal family visit the Crusades rooms at Versailles, July 1844, by Prosper Lafaye. 1844. Canvas, 61 by 86.5 cm. (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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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Peterson, Laurel (Peterson, Laurel)
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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).
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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).
Book Review
François Girardon (1628–1715): Le sculpteur de Louis XIV. By Alexandre Maral
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 519
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Maës, Antoine (Maës, Antoine)
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4. Detail of the funeral monument to Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, by François Girardon. 1694. Marble, 205 by 460 by 170 cm. (Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris; photograph Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Charles de La Fosse; Bon Boullogne
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 365-367
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Mulherron, Jamie (Mulherron, Jamie)
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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)
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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)
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76. The birth of Jupiter, by Bon Boullogne (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Cholet; exh. Musée Magnin, Dijon)
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77. Tobias curing his father, by Bon Boullogne (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille; exh. Musée Magnin, Dijon)
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