The Government Venus: Top Five Portraits of Elisabeth of Russia
Elisabeth of Russia (1709-1761) was the most beautiful empress from the Romanov dynasty. Contemporaries called her “the sparkle of Peter the...
Guest Profile 12 August 2020
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Ivan VI of Russia: The Baby Emperor
Ivan VI of Russia (Ivan Antonovich) was the youngest Russian tsar in history. He was proclaimed emperor when only two months old, and his 22-year-old...
Guest Profile 3 June 2020
The Sumptuous Wallace Collection, Fragonard and The Swing
The Wallace Collection displays a collection, which came together in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, collected by the first four Marquesses...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 9 December 2019
The Story Of Two Casanova Brothers, Who Happened To Be Painters
When we hear Casanova we think of Giacomo the famous adventurer, who in his autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life) described often...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 September 2017
Modern Grasps On The Swinging Rococo
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Wallace Collection, 1767 Rococo seemed to be a fun period for the aristocracy. They are always depicted at leisure:...
Magda Michalska 26 July 2016
