Posts tagged with "Louis XVI"
Entering his presence, she pulled a long face, as if she had been ill-used, saying: “I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the belly.” The worthy Louis was puzzled for a moment, then laughed with a comfortable pride, and, almost taken aback by his unanticipated efficiency, clasped his wife in his arms.
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oh, you’ve come to pay me a visit, how gallant you are!
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Miniature of Madame Elisabeth, the younger sister of Louis XVI.
Behind the scenes of filming Louis XVI, l’homme qui ne voulait pas être roi
in Versailles Palace
© Antoine Roucher
Private staircase of the King which leads to his interior apartments.
Versailles Palace
© EPV/ Christian Milet
An extra from the set of Louis XVI, l’homme qui ne voulait pas être roi
© Antoine Roucher
The library of Louis XVI. This library, planned by the architect Gabriel shortly before the death of Louis XV in 1774, was one of the favourite rooms of Louis XVI who indulged in his passion for the sciences and in particular geography.
© EPV/ Thomas Garnier
Filming of “Farewell My Queen” in Versailles Palace
© Jeanne Hollande
The shooting behind-the-scenes of Benoit Jacquot’s last film Farewell, My Queen ! The film won Césars at the 38th Annual César Awards ceremony in 2013.
© Jeanne Hollande
The porcelain dining room. This dining room, created under Louis XV in 1769 for his suppers after a hunt, was used especially by Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. For twenty years, around forty guests would sit around the extendable table for these meals known as “society suppers”.
© EPV/ Thomas Garnier
