Kings Queens & Courtiers – A New Exhibition at TDRF Adelaide
A new exhibition at The David Roche Foundation House Museum & Gallery, Adelaide, features objects once belonging to Kings Queens & Courtiers in Europe & England
Napoleon Bonaparte
AA&ADA 2015 Sydney Antiques Fair – Be Beguiled
AA&ADA 2015 Sydney Antiques Fair will take place 9 – 13 September 2015 in the Kensington Room Randwick Racecourse Sydney, offering a variety of art and antiques
French Clocks – Science Keeping Time with Enlightenment Pt 3
The French Revolution, an age of transformation meant a shift in attitude and change in societal behaviour that is reflected in the design of elegant timepieces
Napoleon’s Desk – St Helena to Sydney, a Story worth a Smile
That someone in the Antipodes would end up sitting at, and using the same desk as he did would have given deposed French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte great cause to smile.
Art of Portraiture – Restoration to Revolution and Romance
Portraiture, established as a genre in England during the sixteenth century, became part of a national ‘persona’ style during the eighteenth century
Plain or Fancy, Restraint & Exuberance – What Do You Prefer?
Plain or Fancy a show on view until August 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art invites visitors to consider their preferences associated with these two words
Empress Josephine at Château Malmaison – Woman of Influence
An impressive woman, Josephine (as Napoleon decided she should be known), aided his route to power and had a profound influence on the future of horticulture
Cameo Diadems
The fashion for cameos and intaglios began soon after Napoleon’s Italian campaign of 1796 when cameos were brought back to France from Italy. Many of these were of Greek or Roman origin. Their beauty and perfection fascinated Napoleon. He had some mounted especially for his own use and for his…
Désirée – Is This a Portrait of Napoleon’s First Fiancée?
A previously ‘un-identified’ sitter in 1st Empire style dress could turn out to be Désirée Clary, former fiancée of Napoleon and later Queen Desidera of Sweden