At the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 10 July, 2011, the Princess of Hanover presided over the inauguration of the principality's summer exhibition, “Magnificence and Grandeur of the Royal Houses in Europe”. The exhibition features nearly seven-hundred items loaned from private and national collections, including the Fondation Napoléon, which has contributed Napoleon I's nécessaire dentaire, four plates from the emperor's service particulier, a portrait vase and a statuette of General Bonaparte on a dromedary.
The image above includes:
– left display case: the Bonaparte on a dromedary statuette, the four plates from the emperor's service particulier and certain items from the Egyptian tea service produced by the Sèvres Manufactory.
– back display case: Josephine's desk tidy (produced by Biennais) and a pair of candelabra (by Thomire).
Click here for a presentation of the Fondation Napoléon's collection.
"Magnificence and Grandeur of the Royal Houses in Europe": photograph from the exhibition opening
- Date :
- 2011
- Technique :
- Photograph
- Photo credit :
- © Grimaldi Forum