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Exhibition Review
Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 582-584
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Reviewer:
Peterson, Laurel (Peterson, Laurel)
Subjects
artists:
Prieur, Jean-Louis, the Younger, 1759-1795
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Fans (costume accessories) / Costume / Textiles / Carpets / Embroidery / Weapons / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
places:
United States / New York / France / Versailles
subjects:
Decorative arts / Ivory / Dress / Diplomacy / Gifts / Taste (aesthetics) / Courts (social groups) / Cannons (artillery) / Savonnerie carpets / Revolution (France: 1789-1799)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The King promising to come to Paris with his family (October 6, 1789), by Jean- Louis Prieur the Younger. 1789. Graphite and wash on paper, 19.5 by 25.3 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; photograph Roger-Violle; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
8. Fan with a view of the town and palace of Versailles. French, c.1780– 85. Single paper leaf, painted in gouache, carved and pierced ivory, gilding and mother-of-pearl, width when open 31 cm. (Musée Lambinet, Versailles; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
9. Embroidered panels for a man’s suit, French. 1780s. Silk embroidery on woven silk, 124.5 by 56.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).