FODC Test Post
May 26, 2016 – May 27, 2016
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Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
March 23, 2016 – June 26, 2016
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (1758-1823) enjoyed a prolific career in post-Revolutionary France as a painter and decorator, in particular receiving commissions from Napoleon and Josephine. The Musée Condé’s collection includes an exceptional ensemble of twenty-six drawings and four paintings by Prud’hon, which was bequeathed by the Duke d’Aumale with the rest of his extraordinary art collection. This exhibition is the first time since 1997 – when the Musée Condé’s drawings underwent complete conservation work – that these pieces will be exhibited together.
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Tyranny
Le Grand Condé
September 4, 2016 – January 1, 2017
This fall, the Domaine de Chantilly will stage an unprecedented show on Prince Louis II de Bourbon-Condé. Known as the “Grand Condé,” this celebrated military mastermind led his country to numerous victories, instigated a rebellion against his own cousin King Louis XIV, and devoted the latter part of his life to embellishing the Château de Chantilly and its gardens. For the first time ever, a major exhibition is dedicated to the life and legend of this emblematic figure of 17th-century France and it is only fitting that Chantilly – his favorite residence – be the venue, just steps from the Museum that bears his name.
Justus van Egmont, Louis II de Bourbon, the “Grand Condé”
The Century of Francis I
September 7, 2015 – December 7, 2015
The Domaine de Chantilly’s most recent major exhibition celebrated the arts of the French Renaissance and its greatest patron, King Francis I (1494-1547). “The Century of Francis I” illustrated the legacy of this enlightened Renaissance prince through more than 150 paintings, drawings, manuscripts and books, and objects. The majority of the works was drawn from the spectacular holdings of the Musée Condé and the Library of the Château de Chantilly including a large number of items from Francis I’s personal collection.