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  • Animal sculpture and decorative arts in the 19th century

    A popular genre: The Romantic movement, in addition to its decisive influence on sculpture, particularly on portraiture and the treatment of certain types of subjects, fostered the emergence...

  • Mercier Frères Transition Style Commode

    The Transition style: historical landmarks. The Transition style covers the period from 1750 to 1774 and refers to the stylistic evolution that, in the second half...

  • The Directoire style (1789-1804)

    The term "Directory" refers to a historical period following the French Revolution (1789) and the National Convention (1792-1795), but also to...

  • The fêtes galantes in the era of Louis XV

    You've surely seen them before, on porcelain, canvas, or even tapestry: these charming little couples courting each other in the countryside. But who are they? Why are they...

  • The Louis XVI style (1774-1790)

    After the period of experimentation with the Transition style (1765-1775), the Louis XVI style emerged in the early 1770s as the elegant expression...

  • Jacob Petit and Paris porcelain

    In the 1830s, while Parisian decorators and porcelain manufacturers provided designs that perpetuated the neoclassical vocabulary, Jacob Petit (1796-1868 ...

  • Edition Bronzes in 19th Century France

      Edition bronzes: a social phenomenon. Small sculptures or edition bronzes are a surprising phenomenon...

  • Atena and her collection of Romantic-era art

    "Romantic Paris, 1815-1848": The Petit Palais's landmark exhibition. From May 22 to September 15, 2019, the Petit Palais presents "Romantic Paris," an exhibition...