Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 23. Portrait ...
“Let them eat cake!” Whether or not Marie Antoinette truly uttered these infamous words, they have come to symbolize the extraordinary opulence of her life. As Queen of France, her world was one of ...
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On November 22, two pieces of furniture that once lived with Marie Antoinette will appear at auction in “The Exceptional Sale” by Christie’s Paris, a 34-lot event under their “Classic Week.” A commode ...
It’s easy to see why both Marie Antoinette and Diderot admired Anne Vallayer-Coster There’s a poem by William Carlos Williams that I love because it is so selfish, honest, casually remorseful and ...