Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Marie-Antoinette at the Wallace Collection

 Marie-Antoinette: An Eye for Beauty is an installation/event at the Wallace Collection, London which runs from 2nd February to 31st March 2026.

A free trail highlights different pieces from the Vollection relating to Marie-Antoinette:

Among the objects featured are gilded profile portrait of the queen, made around 1774, various Sèvres vases and a desk by Riesener.  Also featured are two paintings commissioned for Marie-Antoinette's bedchamber at Marly, "Sleep" by Nicolas-René Jollain (1732–1804) and and "Awakening" byHugues Taraval (1729–1785)

Installation | Marie-Antoinette: An Eye for Beauty | Enfilade

Marie-Antoinette__An_Eye_for_Beauty_press_release.pdf



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