L'orfèvre de Napoléon, Martin-Guillaume Biennais
The Goldsmith of Napoleon, Martin-Guillaume Biennais
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From october 17 2003 to january 19 2004 |
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Decorative art
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| Martin-Guillaume Biennais' amazing carer is due to his encounter with Napoleon. A modest artist in fancy articles and inlaid work, he become the Emperor's First gold and silver smith, who entrusted him with a great number of commissions. The objects presented nderline the diversity of is produciton and invite the spectator to admire the personal or ceremonial objects from the Empireal court. |
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Palais du Louvre
75001 Paris - France
 01 40 20 50 50
 info@louvre.fr
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 | Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday from 9 am to 5:30 pm
Wednesday, Friday from 9 am to 9:30 pm
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| Armistice Day 1918 (november, 11), New Year`s Day, Labour day (May, 1st), Christmas Day | |
| Admission : |
| Admission fee : 9.5 € |
| Concessions : 6 € From 6 pm | Free : under 18; under 26 ans Union Européenne residents (except exhibitions in Hall Napoléon); teachers holding Pass Education (except exhibitions in Hall Napoléon); art teachers; artists; disabled persons; unemployed.
Free for all first Sunday of the month.
Year cards: carte Louvre jeunes, carte Louvre professionnels, carte des Amis du Louvre |
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 | | Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Coffeepot from the Coffee set of Napoleon Ist and Marie-Louise, 1810, vermilion, 18 x 32 cm, Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'art, inv.OA9537. © RMN / J.G. Berizzi. |
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MORE INFORMATION :
Catalog : Anne Dion-Tenenbaum, The Goldsmith of Napoleon. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, RMN Press, 120 pages, 112 illustrations, 25€. |
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