The Famed Palace of Versailles has surprised everyone, lending its grand collections outside of France. Many of the museum’s art pieces will be up for display in Canberra, Australia. The Palace of Versailles has never showcased its collection outside of France, and this amazing turn of events will be sure to make people flock from all over the globe for a chance to see their one of a kind art collection.
Titled “Versailles: Treasures from the Palace”, lovers of art will be given the opportunity to view more than 130 paintings, tapestries, statues, furniture, etc, as each piece comes directly from the Palace of Versailles. Pieces of the utmost interest are a marble bust of Louis XIV and a formal portrait of Marie Antoinette. The exhibition will be chock- full of French history’s most worthwhile pieces, even including personal items of Marie Antoinette, like her harp and hand-crafted chair.
“We thought that Canberra was a wonderful place because it is so different from Versailles but, at the same time, the power is located in Canberra as it was in Versailles.” Revealed President of the Palace of Versailles, Catherine Pegard, as for her reason of putting the collection on display in Australia. The exhibition will start on December 9th of 2016 and end on April 17th of 2017 at the National Gallery of Australia. A once in a lifetime opportunity is here and you better not miss it.
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