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Tumbler with a medallion commemorating the victory in the Patriotic War

Saint Petersburg, Imperial Glassworks, 1810s. Crystal, milk glass, diamond cut, painting, gilding. “On the day of Holy Easter, 29 March, in Paris, on the Place Louis XV, a service of thanksgiving to the Lord God was offered by the Russian clergy, in the presence of Emperor Alexander, the King of

NB! · Archaeology · Archive · Paris

An illustration to a newspaper article on how, in Paris on the Rue de Charme, during the demolition of an old house, a skeleton in an elegant costume and a tricorne of the Revolutionary era was found in a wall recess

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The Hôtel des Invalides was built by the will of Louis XIV long before Napoleon's burial

Usually the Hôtel des Invalides, built to care for veterans of war, is associated with the name of Napoleon, who is buried there. But the Hôtel des Invalides was built by the will of King Louis XIV. This model of the Hôtel des Invalides is precisely the one that lay

Museums · Observations · Society · Paris

Louvre director Des Cars's letter to Minister Dati on museum repairs and objections to it

A letter from the director of the Louvre to France's Minister of Culture has "leaked" to the press, in which the former complains to the latter about leaks of water, excessive visitor numbers, feeble infrastructure and the strain on the museum caused by e. De Carlo,

Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Paris

Statue of Saint Christopher destroyed, cathedral made Temple of Reason in the French Revolution

The Statue of Saint Christopher in Notre-Dame. The colossal statue of Saint Christopher, dated to 1433 and standing opposite the pillar by the west entrance of the Cathedral, was destroyed during the French Revolution. The Cathedral was turned into a "Temple of Reason". Inside it they set

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In 1939, Serge Lifar, dancer of the Ballets Russes and at that time principal ballet master of the Paris Opéra, came to visit the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, who was undergoing treatment in a psychiatric clinic

In 1939, Serge Lifar, dancer of the Ballets Russes and at that time principal ballet master of the Paris Opéra, came to visit the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, who was undergoing treatment in a psychiatric clinic. By 1939 Vaslav Nijinsky had been ill for almost 20 years. The ballet dancer

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Amedeo Modigliani moves from the Rue du Delta to the Rue Dancourt in 1913

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Raphael, Giorgione and Pisanello at the Fondation Custodia

An old drawing of a nude woman kneeling beside a swan among reeds, with an inscription at the bottom.

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Impressions of a rare exhibition at the Fondation Custodia

Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael at the exhibition of Italian Renaissance graphic masterpieces from the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, closing today at the Fondation Custodia in Paris. It is impossible to see every exhibition there is, and I am usually calm about the openings I

NB! · Observations · Paris · Humour

As the French actor Ivan Odouard put it, no opinion polls this week: let us try to guess our own true intentions unaided

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Cover of "La Vie parisienne", 1923

Cover of La Vie parisienne, 1923. I can say that over a hundred years the content of Parisian life has changed considerably

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Works by the contemporary Scandinavian artists Elmgreen and Dragset at the Musée d'Orsay: the works from the L'Addition series were created specially for the Orsay exhibition, in dialogue with its iconic sculptural decoration and the museum's permanent co