Versailles Antique

It served in secondary roles during the war and was eventually decommissioned and scrapped following the Treaty of Versailles. 6. Significance in German Naval Development: As part o...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

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.

Based on a model of the furniture in Marie Antoinette's Bedchamber at the Petit Trianon, a château located on the grounds of the Palais de Versailles, Paris.

Antoine-Baptiste PETIT Paris, 1800 – Versailles, 1864 Watercolor 18 x 27 cm Antoine-Baptiste Petit was a decorative painter and teacher of perspective.

The Craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

Works by Dauzats may be found in the permanent collections of the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, ...

Martinet also illustrated many plays and operas by Voltaire and others, as well as creating landscapes and scenes of Versailles and portraits of royalty and aristocrats.

It was widely used in furniture, decoration and fireplaces, especially during the construction of castles like Versailles, Louveciennes, the Louvre and Palais Royal.

Naudot was greatly influenced by the level of detail and technical expertise in the works created by Sèvres for the royal courts of Versailles before the French revolution, and began...

The most famous examples can be found in the interiors of French castles and palaces such as Versailles. This Louis XV style piece probably dates back to the late 19th century and i...

Etienne Le Hongre (1628-1690), was a prolific French sculptor, working for the Bâtiments du Roi at Versailles. He was one of the first generation of sculptors formed by the precepts ...

Boijmans Van Beuningen): Carriage in the Bois de Boulogne (1909) Troyes (MAM, Pierre and Denise Lévy donation): Still-life with Fruit (c. 1919, together with a room devoted to Dufy's...

They purchased a sixteenth-century hunting lodge in Bois-d'Arcy near Versailles, and it became their primary residence. They also summered in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Eygalières.

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charge...

Les points communs : la chevelure, le modelé du visage, les yeux et la moustache. Louis XIV à Versailles a inspiré toute l’Europe par l’ampleur de ces réalisations mises en oeuvre ...

Arizzoli-Clementel. Versailles Furniture of the Royal Palace 17th and 18th Centuries, Vol II, (Dijon), 2002; pp. 122-123, for the 18th century model by Jean-François Leleu.

That year, at the request of the poet and art critic Joachim Gasquet, he painted a series of canvases about the park of Versailles. The following year, his work was presented at the ...

The shaped urns are similar in variation to the examples, which were originally made for the private apartments of Louis XV at Versailles and now at the Louvre, later produced by Alf...

**Decommissioning and Post-War Fate**: SMS Hertha was decommissioned after World War I, following the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, which significantly limited th...

Renouncing the magnitude and drama of the Chasseur for the time being, he occupied himself with small-scale studies from life, of horses observed in the stables of Versailles and bri...

The bottom has a signature Baccarat cut crystal sphere, which is the same as the ones done by Baccarat for the Palace of Versailles. Exceptional quality throughout.

He produced many notable works, including a ceiling work for the Louvre, and works in the Palace of Versailles. Roberts would have studied with Drölling at an early stage in his care...

He produced many notable works, including a ceiling work for the Louvre, and works in the Palace of Versailles. Roberts would have studied with Drölling at an early stage in his care...

Distinguished by an ivory background, a floral medallion, defined by sinuous Rococo scrolls with elegant ornamentation of flowers, floats majestically on this classical French Aubuss...

Jean-François Denière, known primarily as a bronze maker, supplied clocks and candelabra for the French palaces, most notably Versailles and the Grand Trianon.

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) A prominent French Neoclassical sculptor born in Versailles. Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and politi...

Post-War Fate: After being removed from active service, SMS Sachsen was scrapped in the early 1920s, like many other outdated ships following the Treaty of Versailles, which signific...

Decommissioned After World War I: After the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles severely restricted the size and capability of the German navy.

Following the Treaty of Versailles, which imposed strict limitations on the German navy, SMS Siegfried was decommissioned and eventually scrapped in the 1920s.

Decommissioning and Disposal: After the end of World War I, SMS Württemberg was decommissioned and ultimately scrapped as part of Germany’s post-war naval reduction. The Treaty of Ve...

Born on 23 February 1711, Louis de Conflans, Marquis d'Armentières died of apoplexy on 18 January 1774, in the King's cabinet at Versailles. Appointed lieutenant general in 1746, he ...

Between 1884 and 1890, Smith began to gain recognition, receiving medals at salons in Versailles, Nice, and among French artists, as well as at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Auguste Bigand (Champlan 1803 - Versailles 1875) son of Pierre-Louis Bigand and Marie-Sophie d'Alban, is a painter of history, religious compositions and portraits.

The exemplary craftsmanship of this bust, particularly the detailed laurel wreath and the nuanced portrayal of Napoleon's facial musculature, is consistent with Bartolini’s renowned ...

He created splendid furniture during the final years of the Ancien Régime for the Château de Versailles, the Palais des Tuileries and the Château Saint-Cloud for prestigious clients ...

The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-17th century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with ...

Campan Rubané marble was used for fireplaces and wall-panels in Louis XIV’s apartments at Versailles, and therefore complements perfectly this Régence style centre table.

Among them was a new, prosperous buying public—the aristocracy and wealthy financiers who, with Louis XV, began to leave Versailles in about 1715 and established themselves in opulen...

Cherelle was born in Versailles, France, and was registered on Rue Guenegaud (Paris) in the 1845 Paris Salon registry.

Both original paintings are displayed in the magnificent Gallery of the Battles at the Palace of Versailles. The depiction of Louis XV military triumphs is befitting for these Sèvre...

National de Arta al României): Market at Antibes; Pied-à-terre Copenhagen: Fishermen on the Beach Douai: Return from the Market; Blacksmiths Liège: Absinthe Drinker Lyons (MBA): At t...

Made by Edme Samson Paris Depicting a Mythological scene of Diana the Huntress Titled: Diana au bain The original is in biscuit porcelain made in 1790 by Louis - Simon Boizot for ...

He is the author of a composition for the watercolor album offered by Napoleon III to Queen Victoria retracing the main events of her trip to France, such as the Walk in the Hall of ...

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.

He spent much of his youth in Versailles, moving in 1887 to Paris, where he studied under Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and under Jules Dupre at the Academie Julian.

He was commissioned to produce sculptures of generals who had died in battle such as one of Custine for the musée de Versailles, the tomb of Louis Desaix at Grand Saint-Bernard or th...

He was commissioned to produce sculptures of generals who had died in battle such as one of Custine for the musée de Versailles, the tomb of Louis Desaix at Grand Saint-Bernard or th...

In 2018, the Riesener commode was bought for the nation for the sum of 3.5m€ and returned to Versailles.

King Louis-Philippe was one of his most prolific patrons, and the whole of the Constantine room at the Palace of Versailles was decorated by him, in the short space of three years.

Ferdinand Bellan participated in the Colonial Exhibition in Marseilles in 1906, where he had several landscapes. Museums: Versailles museum, France Carnavalet museum, Paris, France ...

Pierre Mignard (Troyes 1612 – Paris 1695), portraitist and history painter, was called to Paris in 1657 by Louis XIV, who employed him at Versailles and, on the death of Le Brun in 1...

These appliques are stylistically comparable to the pair of appliques of the Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon and they are inspired by the most famous bronzier of the Louis XV pe...

In late 1739-early 1740 the Sèvres Porcelain Factory opened in the Royal Château of Vincennes, Sixteen years later in 1756 the factory moved to the village of Sèvres located outside ...

Sevres was also conveniently near the home of Madame de Pompadour and the King's own Palace at Versailles. From the outset the king's clear aim was to produce Sevres Porcelain that s...

In 1753 Louis XV, became a major shareholder and the manufactory was transferred to Sèvres, closer to Versailles and the château de Bellevue, acquired by the Marquise de Pompadour.

Eric Knowles Comments Following what eventually proved to be the ill fated Treaty of Versailles France demanded that the Alsace region, previously forfeited after the Franco Prussia...

A Fine Louis XVI Kingwood with Tulipwood & Purplewood Inlaid Commode 18th Century Stamped Crepi Francois Crepi maitre 1778 Reference: Similar Commode, Versailles Illustr...

He moved to the Paris region at a young age and completed a classical education at the Lycée Hoche in Versailles. Encouraged in his vocation by his father, himself an amateur painter...

He is famous for his flowers and « Versailles Gardens ». He is also known for his orientalist Works.