Alexandre Lafore
Articles
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A Caravaggesque spring at VersaillesSent to board in Amiens for the duration of the "Louis XV, passions d’un roi" exhibition, the "masterpieces from the King’s bedroom" naturally returned to Versailles in the spring, although they…
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A marble by Félicie de Fauveau for the Currier Museum of Art"This marble must say that it was made for the best and noblest servant of the Prince and that a Chouan made it": these words by Félicie de Fauveau about a bust of the Duke of Bordeaux wonderfully…
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A first painting by Edelfelt for the Petit PalaisA familiar image in French school textbooks, the Portrait of Louis Pasteur by Albert Edelfelt was paradoxically much better known in this country than its author, who was nevertheless the first…
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Two pieces of furniture from Marie-Antoinette return to VersaillesScrutinised with attention by a number of connoisseurs, the astonishing "Jacques Garcia, Intemporel" sale held at Sotheby’s in Paris on Tuesday afternoon certainly disappointed a few hopes -…
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The Musée d’Orsay buys a new GérômeWhile Jean-Léon Gérôme is not uncommon on the art market, it was a puzzling effigy that awaited enthusiasts on the Gallery 19C booth at the last Tefaf in Maastricht: this Child with a Mask intrigues…
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A portrait by Gerrit van Honthorst returns to Dessau-WörlitzLong considered lost, a large and beautiful painting painted in 1635 by Gerrit van Honthorst was presented at Oranienbaum Castle a few weeks ago following its "purchase" by the Kulturstiftung…
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Muriel Barbier on her way to FontainebleauFor the first time, a specialist in the history of the decorative arts has been named "directeur du patrimoine et des collections" ("director of heritage and collections") at "the house of…
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Aristide Maillol: la quête de l’harmonieLa Piscine in Roubaix is certainly the ideal place to host the last stage of the excellent Maillol retrospective discovered at the Musée d’Orsay last year and then proposed at the Kunsthaus in…
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Claudius Popelin back at the Musée des Arts décoratifsLargely unknown nowadays but very famous in his time, Claudius Popelin had all the makings of a Renaissance humanist scholar lost in the 19th century: both a theorist and a practitioner, a…
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Two rich exhibitions tell the story of the Wars of ReligionBecause the clash of arms was never far from the splendour of the Renaissance, the Wars of Religion have retained a prominent place in our collective memory: thanks to Alexandre Dumas and then…