Exhibition on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and their interiors opens at Fontainebleau

Now that is what one calls historical correspondence: the original hangings in Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau and the upholstery of the armchair in Duplessis's portrait of Louis XVI of 1776-77. The fabric itself, according to the curators, was woven in 1731.

An exhibition has opened at Fontainebleau devoted to the stays of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the château and to their numerous decorative and furniture innovations.

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Alabaster “Saint with an Open Book” from the Louvre shown at the Monastery of Brou

The alabaster statuette "Saint with an Open Book", first quarter of the 16th century, from the collection of the Louvre, at the exhibition "The Moulins Triptych" in the Monastery of Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse. The sculpture originally comes from the collection of the Marchesa Arconati-

Salon with moulded wall panels, gilded decoration, an arched mirror, a floral screen, a chest of drawers and a games table.

Interiors of Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau, designed by Pierre Rousseau in 1785–1786

Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau and the design for their decoration by Pierre Rousseau, 1785-86.

Since 2024 tourists in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul are admitted only to the upper gallery

A visit to the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has turned into a rather melancholy affair. In 1934, by decree of Atatürk, the cathedral became a museum open to all, and in July 2020 the Turkish government restored the building's status as a working mosque, yet for

Chinese scientists use proteins to identify fossil bones from Xujiayao as Denisovan

Chinese scientists have established that fossil bones from the Xujiayao site in northern China belonged to Denisovans. The work was carried out by a team led by Fu Qiaomei of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences The Denisovans interbred with the ancestors of

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Alabaster “Saint with an Open Book” from the Louvre shown at the Monastery of Brou

Interiors of Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau, designed by Pierre Rousseau in 1785–1786

Since 2024 tourists in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul are admitted only to the upper gallery

Chinese scientists use proteins to identify fossil bones from Xujiayao as Denisovan