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| A tapestry panel hangs at Bantry House. Image via Bantry House. |
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Tapestry from Marie Antoinette's Drawing Room to be auctioned
Compelling Portraits by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779)
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| Anton Raphaël Mengs, Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquesa de Llano. 1771 - 1772, oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum. |
The Duchess de Polignac Infinite Sweetness and Mistress of Herself
Here is one of my favorite detailed (details, details, details!) accounts of the Duchess de Polignac. Maxime de La Rocheterie, born 1837, wrote much on the French Revolution and Marie Antoinette's life. His works include titles such as La communion de Marie-Antoinette à la conciergerie. I think you will enjoy this bit, from Histoire de Marie-Antoinette.
The Ruins of Rome: an amazing hand-painted 18th century grisaille wallpaper
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| Wallpaper from Van Rensselaer Manor House. ca. 1768, Tempera on watercolor paper. Gift of Dr. Howard Van Rensselaer, 1928. Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
A few weeks ago I met up with my friend Abby from Schuyler Mansion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We made our way to the The Virginia and Leonard Marx Gallery in the American Wing to check out the Van Rensselaer Manor room. The room is enveloped in soft yellows and gray, very inviting and cozy. Here she told me about the original eighteenth-century grisaille wallpaper which was donated to the Met, but once hung in the front hall of the Van Rensselaer Manor House...
Book Review: The Gardener of Versailles
I am very excited to share my review of The Gardener of Versailles: My Life in the World's Grandest Garden, which I recently featured on my my latest reading list! This book was just released February 11th, and I am hosting a giveaway for this new book this week!
Life in Arcadia. Pastoral Simplicity. Earthly Paradise.
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| Richard Wilson, Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery. Mid-1750s, oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Marie Leszczynska
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| Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766), Marie Leszczynska. Oil on canvas. Musée de Grenoble. |
She was cool.
A fashion update from Marie Antoinette [1776]
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| Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun, Comtesse Marie Dubarry. 1789, oil on canvas. Musée St.-Didie. |
A Letter from Marie Antoinette to her mother, Maria Theresa. 13 June 1776
A young woman drinking coffee
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An interesting way to drink your hot chocolate, 18th century style!
Elegant Looking at a Miniature Portrait #art
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| Michel Garnier, Elegant Looking at a Miniature Portrait. 18th century, oil on canvas. Sotheby's Paris. |
Young girl listening to a conversation between two lovers
As you all are surely aware I love a genre painting, I mean who
doesn't? I would fill my house with them if I could. One artist of this style is Michel Garnier, and now a few of his paintings are going up
for auction to some very lucky bidders.
Joyeux anniversaire to Jean-Honoré Fragonard!
To mark the birthday of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, I thought we could take a look back at some fun posts about the famous artist who worked throughout the eighteenth century.
Favorites: Portrait of Marie Antoinette
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The Diligent Mother
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| Jean-Siméon Chardin, The Diligent Mother. 1740, painting. Musée du Louvre. |
The Progress of Love: The Love Letters
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Epiphany in Amsterdam, 1732
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| Bernard Picart, Star of the Magi paraded through Amsterdam (Epiphany). 1732, illustration/engraving. The Warburg Institute Library. |
Happy holidays!
Here are some details from Bernard Picart's Star of theMagi paraded through Amsterdam, which he made in 1732.
18th century art: Morning and Night
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| Versailles Sept 1. 2014, Sun rising. Photography by @simonmirren |
Pierre-Antoine Baudoüin's scandalous paintings, one called Morning and the other Night.
As "Libertine with his brush as he in his morals"
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| Baudouin, Pierre-Antoine, Modele Honnete (The Honest Model). 1769, gouache. National Gallery of Art, DC. |
Two Women in an Elegant Interior, 1771
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| Pierre Alexandre Wille, Two Women in an Elegant Interior: a Singer Accompanied by a Lutenist. 1771, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, yellow and pink watercolor, over traces of black chalk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette
When the Louvre sends art work to you, you go visit it! The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has just opened their latest exhibition: Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette.
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