Gilded Interiors: French Masterpieces of Gilt Bronze
Gilded Interiors: French Masterpieces of Gilt Bronze
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Gilded Interiors: French Masterpieces of Gilt Bronze
Price: Admission FreePrice: Admission FreeCOMING SOONIn this special exhibition, the Wallace Collection brings together outstanding objects from the late eighteenth century, and introduces a significant art form that is frequently overlooked.Often designed by leading architects and modeled by important sculptors, gilt bronze was used to create beautiful yet functional objects such as clocks, candelabras and firedogs and to decorate and embellish highly refined furniture and porcelain. This exhibition showcases luxurious artworks commissioned and owned by the wealthiest patrons and collectors, including leading figures of pre-revolutionary France like Marie-Antoinette, the duc d’Aumont and the comte d’Artois as well international patrons such as the Prince of Wales (later George IV). Artists such as Pierre Gouthière, François Rémond and Claude Pition, who ran the finest chasing and gilding workshops, created beautiful works, equal in expense and craftsmanship to some of the greatest paintings and sculpture of the period.
Gilded Interiors: French Masterpieces of Gilt BronzeThe Wallace Collection Main address:
The Wallace CollectionWells Fargo CenterManchester SquareW1U 3BNLondon, Regno unitoThe Wallace CollectionWells Fargo CenterManchester SquareW1U 3BNLondon, Regno unitoPrice: Admission FreePrice: Admission FreeCOMING SOONIn this special exhibition, the Wallace Collection brings together outstanding objects from the late eighteenth century, and introduces a significant art form that is frequently overlooked.Often designed by leading architects and modeled by important sculptors, gilt bronze was used to create beautiful yet functional objects such as clocks, candelabras and firedogs and to decorate and embellish highly refined furniture and porcelain. This exhibition showcases luxurious artworks commissioned and owned by the wealthiest patrons and collectors, including leading figures of pre-revolutionary France like Marie-Antoinette, the duc d’Aumont and the comte d’Artois as well international patrons such as the Prince of Wales (later George IV). Artists such as Pierre Gouthière, François Rémond and Claude Pition, who ran the finest chasing and gilding workshops, created beautiful works, equal in expense and craftsmanship to some of the greatest paintings and sculpture of the period. Book tickets
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