Saturday 8 April 2023

The Royal family at the Tuileries (Exhibition)

An exhibition on Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette at the Tuileries during the Revolution runs at the National Archives in Paris from 29th March to 6th November.

Exhibition at the Archives nationales - Paris / Hôtel de Soubise from 29 March to 6 November 2023

Dossier de presse : LOUIS XVI, MARIE-ANTOINETTE ET LA RÉVOLUTION (culture.gouv.fr)


"Through archival documents, engravings, works of art, objects and pieces of furniture from the Tuileries, this tumultuous period is presented here, with a particular focus on the daily life of the royal couple, Marie-Antoinette's secret correspondence with the Swedish Count Axel de Fersen and the intimacy of a castle that has now disappeared."


Highlights include:

  • The personal journal of Louis XVI ("Mardi 14 juillet: rien") open at pages for 1791 and 1792.  
  • Louis's declaration of 20th June 1791, written immediately before the flight to Varennes.
  • A rarely exhibited portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Wertmüller, from a private collection.
  • The secret correspondence of Marie-Antoinette and Fersen, some of which is exhibited for the first time.



Here is an excellent website on the Royal Family's time at the Tuileries [in French]:

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