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À L'ANCIEN RÈGIME IS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF ROCOCO
Detail of a portrait an Unknown Lady Holding a Miniature of a Young Man by Jan van der Vaart (attributed to) 1647–1721
Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume by Rembrandt van Rijn Date painted: 1635
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723‑1792) Lady Anstruther (detail) 1761
Gladiateur mourant (dying gladiator),  Pierre Julien (1731-1804) 1779 (détail)
The “Vieux-Laque” (ancient lacquer) Room in Schönbrunn Palace (detail of the gilded paneling and chinoiserie lacquer) –  © Alexander Eugen Koller
Detail of the wall paneling in The “Breakfast Room” in Schönbrunn Palace, Wienna, Austria photo credit  © Alexander Eugen Koller
Gentleman with a Rose and a love letter  Pietro Longhi 
Vintage Paravent (folding screen) Louis XV style painted with roses, detail 
Detail of the portrait of Peter III and Catherine II by Georg Christoph Grooth (1716-1749) circa 1745
Hans Zatzka (1859-1945), “The Spring of Life” (detail)
Detail from a room in the Metropolitan Museum Anichkov Palace, St. Petersburg
Desk (Sécretaire), Oak veneered with ebony and Japanese lacquer; gilt-bronze mounts; marble tops. 1783 (Paris) This secretary stood in Marie Antoinette’s private apartment at the château de Saint-Cloud; her initials appear three times in the gilt-bronze frieze under the marble top. The opulent refinement of this secretary, made about 1784 by Riesener, responds to the taste of his royal client. Cascading down the front are exquisitely chased gilt-bronze flowers, while fruit, wheat, flowers, and symbols of princely glory spill from the cornucopia mounts along the lower edge. The black-and-gold panels of Japanese lacquer reflect the queen’s fondness for this material.
detail from the portrait of a lady by Vittore Ghislandi “Fra’ Galgario” (1655- 1743)
Martin van Meytens (1695–1770)  Empress Maria Theresia of Austria 1759