When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...
When the Savoy came to power in 1860, 18th-century French portraits were added to the room. In the Medici era, this was the Audience Room of Grand Prince Ferdinando’s apartment (1663-1713). Under the ...
Their patronage gave rise to many remarkable developments in engineering, natural science and medicine. This "glittering" exhibition at the Science Museum looks past the clichés surrounding Versailles ...
As generations of schoolchildren were taught, Elizabeth I of England famously said 'I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...
In multiple areas of life, art and thought, the 18th century was an age of order ... Is that a Rosa gallica (French rose), a Rosa meldomonac (pink rose), a Rosa Cécile Brünner (sweetheart ...
The volume, with vast amounts of contributions from scholars working in the sphere of 18th century France ... servant which features in Chatsworth's 'Portrait of Lord Burlington with family' by ...