Sold at auction last week in Stockholm: Peter Adolf Hall's famous miniature of Axel von Fersen, painted in Paris when he returned from the American War of Independence.
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Marie-Antoinette's private apartments
Marie-Antoinette's private apartments at Versailles have been reopened to the public as part of the palace's 400th anniversary celebrations.
Thursday, 22 June 2023
Marseillaise manuscript
This copy of the Marseillaise from the Revolutionary era was posted on Facebook by Chelli Autographes on 20th June, presumably prior to be offered for sale:
Friday, 16 June 2023
New digital Enlightenment project
The Voltaire Foundation launches its new ERC-funded project ModERN: Modelling Enlightenment. Reassembling Networks of Modernity through data-driven research, jointly hosted with the Sorbonne. Among other topics, the project will focus onVoltaire’s complex relationship to the French press.
Thursday, 15 June 2023
On display - Voltaire's quill!
The Prince Czartoryski Museum in Kraków has opened its newly restored Klasztorek building with an exhibition of 1,800 items from its collection, among them a quill pen belonging to Voltaire!
Saturday, 10 June 2023
Volcanic activity and the French Revolution
The Times newspaper for 9th June publishes an article on the Icelandic earthquake which "caused the French Revolution".
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