French Rococo. The schoolmistress – Dites donc s’il vous plaît c.1780 by Jean Honoré Fragonard
The schoolmistress by Jean Honoré Fragonard
Category: France
Innocence Carried Away by Love, or The Triumph of Hymen.
L’Innocence entraînée par l’Amour ou le Triomphe de l’Hymen (c.1750). Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
The Mignons of Henri III. of France
The Mignons of Henri III. of France put on make-up and powder, wore earrings, lace and tinsel.
Catherine de Médici. The kings mother.
Catherine de Médici, Queen of France. Portraiture at the court of the Valois
Femme en Bergère by Largillierre 18th c.
Portrait of a woman as Astrée, probably Mary Josephine Drummond, Condesa de Castelblanco, by Largillierre.
Le Billet Doux. The Love Letter by Jean Honoré Fragonard
A Love-scene typical of the art of Louis the Fifteenth’s day.
Portrait of a Lady by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Portrait of a Lady forms the type of feminine beauty which Fragonard seems to have admired particularly.
The Louvre and Tuileries at Paris.
The Louvre and the Tuileries, were once central residences of the French monarchies
Château d’Amboise. The character of a royal fortress.
AMBOISE is the only castle in France, which has had the honour of being sketched by Leonardo da Vinci.
Francis the first, King of France
Few monarchs have been so distinguished by their avidity for knowledge and instruction as Francis I.