Royal Palace

Built between the 14th and the 17th century by the noble Gonzaga family, the Ducal Palace of Mantua serves as a testament to Italy's rich architectural heritage and royal history.

Vintage Savonnerie weave rug, hand knotted, circa 1950s Design: Center Medallion History of Savonnerie rugs: The Savonnerie got its start when Henri IV (King of France from ...

Long regarded as a symbol of strength, courage, and nobility, the lion was a favorite motif in French Neoclassical design and frequently appeared in the grand furnishings and archite...

Throughout the twentieth century, Jansen popularized lacquer furniture within some of the world's most prestigious residences, royal palaces, embassies, and luxury hotels, creating i...

Maison Jansen, one of the most influential decorating houses of the twentieth century, famously revived these elegant forms, incorporating them into some of the world's most celebrat...

He was sought out for several noteworthy commissions, including two Royal Commissions, one being that of a mace for Her Majesties Royal Palace & Fortress ‘The Tower of London’, and a...

He was also commissioned to provide murals to decorate the Salon de l’Argenterie in the Royal Palace in Bucharest, but the work was only partly completed, and the outbreak of World W...

A 1786 inventory lists more than 100 Aubusson carpets at the Palace of Versailles, and a 1789 inventory of all royal palaces describes a great much more.

Founded in Paris in 1880, Maison Jansen became one of the most influential interior design houses in the world, furnishing royal palaces, diplomatic residences, and prestigious priva...

In the centre the profile of Gamla stan and Riddarholmen articulates the historical core, with the Royal Palace and Storkyrkan set against the pale horizon, and the tall spire of Rid...

Provenance • By Descent Through Direct Family Line • First with Maj Gen Augustin Prevost at his residence, East Barnet, London • Then, Outlands Park, Weybridge the former Roy...

Exhibitions dedicated to his activity as an architect, designer, sculptor and painter have been set up at the Venice Biennale, the Milan Triennale, the Denver Museum, the MoMA in New...

In 1786 he became court painter to the Spanish crown and this first part of his career was characterized by numerous portraits of members of the Spanish aristocracy and royal family,...

He was heavily involved in the decoration of the Royal Palace of La Granja, and was a founding member of the Academia de Bellas Artes.

A ground plan and cross-section through the mansion's rooms were included in Vitruvius Britannicus in 1739, and according to a contemporary description, Wricklemarsh was: "one of ...

Their clients included Queen Victoria, Napoleon III, the Grand Khedive of Cairo and the royal palace in Siam. They were particularly noted for their fine marquetry work, the use of W...

The most prestigious commissions came from the court and the high nobility, where his mythological themes were used to elevate the status of his patrons through parallels with classi...

Throughout the twentieth century, Maison Jansen furnished some of the world's most distinguished residences, royal palaces, embassies, luxury hotels, and government buildings.

The pair has created work for a number of prestigious luxury firms, such as Asprey of London, and worked for a variety of dignified institutions, such as the Spanish royal palace. Th...

Renowned for blending classical French design with modern luxury, the company furnished royal palaces, embassies, grand hotels, and the homes of some of the world's wealthiest famili...

Upon discovery, the bronzes were removed to the Royal Palace at Portici and became a sensation among Grand Tour travelers, admired for their animation, anatomical force, and rarity a...

He received two major commissions, one for the Town Hall of The Hague and the other for the royal palace of Honselaersdijk. Van Goyen was a respected figure in the art scene in The H...

When the contents of the Royal Palaces were dispersed after Charles I's execution a number of couches were included in the sale.

In fact, a few steps away was built the Royal Palace to accommodate the viceroys as representatives of the kings of Spain until 1734, when Charles of Bourbon became king of Naples an...

During the Régence, court life moved away from Versailles and this artistic change became well established, first in the royal palace and then throughout French high society.

These works, displayed publicly in the royal palaces, were admired and so highly regarded by the public that they prompted a large number of patrons, mainly nobles, to commission his...

She holds symbolic attributes associated with renown and glory, reinforcing the celebratory tone of the sculptural program that decorated the royal palace. Together these allegories ...

These portraits, displayed publicly in the royal palaces, were admired and so appreciated by the public that a large number of patrons, mainly nobles, wanted his workshop to take car...

Maria Teresa of Bourbon and Habsburg-Lorraine (Madrid, 1882-1912), daughter of Alfonso XII and Maria Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine was an Infanta of Spain from birth and Princess of ...

His known works that remain are the three "Flower Decorations" in the Andito of the Oratory, in the Room of the New Archives and in the Toilet of the Queen on the first floor of the ...

Both engravings are noted as being derived from paintings in the Royal Collection at Kensington Palace, reinforcing their connection to historic royal portraiture.

Turrell's work is held in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace as well as in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, London's Victoria & Albert Museu...

Maison Jansen, celebrated for furnishing royal palaces, presidential residences, and high-society homes from Paris to London and Buenos Aires, found in Delon an unexpected yet perfec...

The most important retrospective of his work was organized by the Milan town hall in 1990, followed by a prestigious exhibition in Budapest, in the halls of the Royal Palace, in 1992...

After his death (2002) from 24 to 25 September 2004, at the Royal Palace in Milan, the Corriere della Sera Foundation organized the conference The figures, the things, in which promi...

In the old apartment of the Royal Palace of Caserta, seven of his paintings, made in mature age and representing Science and the Arts, Peace and War, Innocence, Simplicity, Truth, Da...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Weisweiler's work was produced for the highest levels of European society, and examples associated with his workshop entered important royal and aristo...

The company expanded into commissioned chandeliers, with notable pieces from the period being placed in such locations as the Palazzo del Quirinale in Rome; the Vatican Palace, and t...

Further recent recognition came with the 2007-2008 exhibition L’Arte delle Donne, dal Rinascimento al Surrealismo (The Art of Women, from the Renaissance to Surrealism) at the Palazz...

He collaborated with famed comic book graphic novel artist Guido Crepax.The most important retrospective of his work was organized by the Milan town hall in 1990, followed by a prest...

He collaborated with famed comic book graphic novel artist Guido Crepax.The most important retrospective of his work was organized by the Milan town hall in 1990, followed by a prest...

He collaborated with famed comic book graphic novel artist Guido Crepax.The most important retrospective of his work was organized by the Milan town hall in 1990, followed by a prest...

He collaborated with famed comic book graphic novel artist Guido Crepax.The most important retrospective of his work was organized by the Milan town hall in 1990, followed by a prest...

Selected shows include: 1983 Tony Shafrazi, "Champions," New York (Group Show with Donald Baechler, James Brown, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Futura 2000), 1983...

Selected shows include: 1983 Tony Shafrazi, "Champions," New York (Group Show with Donald Baechler, James Brown, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Futura 2000), 1983...

The painting invites viewers to immerse themselves in the storied past of the Tower, from its origins as a royal palace to its role as a prison and treasury.

That same year, he completed the decoration of a mural panel for the Silver Room in the Royal Palace of Bucharest. In 1938, he collaborated with Yves Brayer, Jean Dunand, Paul Landow...

Perhaps best known from this period is the Assumption on the ceiling of the Royal Palace in Naples. Morelli was also one of the collaborators for the illustrations of the Amsterdam ...

Pomodoro’s sculptures were exhibited in the park of the Royal Palace of Caserta in 2000, and his sculpture Novecento, a huge spiral tower, was erected in the Eur district of Rome in ...

Downstream from the Ayutthaya Royal Palace there were enclaves of foreign traders and missionaries, each building in their own architectural style.

Versailles Furniture of the Royal Palace 17th and 18th centuries, Vol. II; pp. 122-123, for the 18th century model by Royal commission from Jean-François Leleu (1729-1807; master 176...

He acquired works by Titian, Raphael, Correggio and other Italian masters, employed Van Dyck as his principal portraitist and commissioned Peter Paul Rubens to paint the immense ceil...

The corpus of archival documents found in recent years has allowed to outline the figure of this important sculptor carver, reconstructing his life and allowing to return to his cata...

The brand has been commissioned by the Spanish royal family to create bespoke silverware pieces for use in the Royal Palace of Madrid.

A gilded art-case piano was delivered to Buckingham Palace, followed by several more Bechstein pianos to Windsor Castle and other royal residences.

The facial features of this grotesque pair resemble those of the earlier fountain of dolphins at the Royal palace of Caserta in Italy. The original fountain is on a narrow street in ...

He held an MA in Glass asking from the Royal College of Art and his work is included in the collections of Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Elton John, the Saudi Royal Family (Red Sea Palace)...

Inspired by the glamour and grandeur of the royal court at the Palace of Versailles, “Bal à Versailles” is a dress that evokes timeless elegance and aristocratic sophistication.

Inspired by the glamour and grandeur of the royal court at the Palace of Versailles, “Bal à Versailles” is a dress that evokes timeless elegance and aristocratic sophistication.

Rex Ingram's 1922 The Prisoner of Zenda is silent swashbuckling on a grand scale, with Lewis Stone taking on royal doubles, palace intrigue and a fictional European kingdom built for...