Tag: Charles Percier

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  Preemption: Ossian Is Back Home at Malmaison, Josephine and Napoleon’s Private Residence

  The museum where Empress Josephine once lived has added another work to its collection. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824), Le Paradis d’Ossian accueille un héros (Ossian Receiving a Hero in Heaven), pencil, India ink wash and sepia, gouache highlights, 23.1 x 30.8 cm/9.09 x 12.12 in. Friday, May 31, 2024, Room 4, Hôtel…

  Jul 15, 24

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  Three Rare Percier and Fontaine Albums

  A set of three collections of projects coming directly from Pierre-François Fontaine’s descendants and library attest to the two architects’ vision and show the changing urban fabric of Paris. Pierre François Fontaine, collection of 41 plates including the development of the Chaillot mountain, large in-folio, half-red morocco basane binding, 1820–1830,…

  Dec 13, 22

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  Martin Guillaume Biennais' Empire

  Napoleon I's goldsmith created this vermeil ewer and basin for Joachim Murat, based on a design by Charles Percier. Martin Guillaume Biennais, first Empire, c. 1809, ewer and basin in vermeil with the arms of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, standard mark 950 Coq 1, medium guarantee, Biennais goldsmith's mark…

  Jan 24, 22

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