What's On : 5
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from 24/06/2023 to 02/10/2023ExhibitionPlon-Plon, A Bonaparte in red and goldAfter the exhibition devoted to Princess Mathilde in 2019, the Palais Fesch-musée des Beaux-Arts in Ajaccio is focusing on another major figure in the world of the arts during the Second Empire, namely Prince Napoleon (1822-1891), son of King Jérôme, brother of the Princess and cousin of Emperor Napoleon III. Posterity has remembered him by […]
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from 03/06/2023 to 01/10/2023ExhibitionIngres, the artist and his princesPresentation by the château A successful artist in the first half of the 19th century, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was an unclassifiable and often visionary painter. Behind his apparent classicism lies an originality and a quest for perfection that continue to fascinate. How did this success come about? With the advent of the July Monarchy (1830-1848), […]
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from 01/10/2022 to 01/12/2023Commemoration, Conference, Festival, Other, Study Day, Talk, Theatrical Event2023 Année Napoléon III – The 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III -
from 08/08/2022 to 30/12/2023ExhibitionCastlereagh: Life & LegacyRobert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, who ended his own life in 1822 at hte age of 53, was an enormously influential and divisive figure, hated in both Ireland and Britain. A highlight of the exhibition is a silver inkstand which remained within the family until it was sold in 2019 to the National Trust. It was presented by […]
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from 26/06/2020 to 31/12/2023ExhibitionMiniatures from the Time of Napoleon in the Tansey CollectionThis exhibition showcases a total of 150 works from the time of Napoleon I (from 1795 to 1815). These tiny portraits, which were generally intended for personal use, date from the “golden age” of miniature painting. They exhibit a high degree of artistic skill and refined craftsmanship. Unlike the staged, theatrical portraits of absolutism, now […]