Fabergé: the World’s Greatest Goldsmith

November 13, 2019 12:00 am

John Benjamin 13th November 2019 Synopsis The son of a middle class provincial jeweller, this talk analyses the mercurial rise of Carl Fabergé in pre-revolution Russia who, by his late 30s, was producing incomparable jewels and objects d’art for the Imperial Court and bourgeois Moscow and St Petersburg. The presentation discusses Fabergé’s early life and […]

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Francis I of France (1494-1547): Renaissance Prince and Patron

October 23, 2019 12:00 am

Fenella Billington 23th October Synopsis How did the Mona Lisa come to the Louvre, and why did Leonardo da Vinci spend his last years in France? The answers lie with Francis 1 of France, a dashing and impetuous monarch who was a passionate supporter of the Italian Renaissance. The first king of France to collect […]

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