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  2. Salon (Paris) - Wikipedia

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    The Salon's original focus was the display of the work of recent graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts, which was created by Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, in 1648. Exhibition at the Salon de Paris was essential for any artist to achieve success in France for at least the next 200 years.

  3. Salon of 1767 - Wikipedia

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    Interior of the Salon of 1767 by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. The Salon of 1767 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris. It took place during the reign of Louis XV and was overseen by the Académie Royale. It was proceeded by the Salon of 1765 and followed by the Salon of 1769. The Alsatian artist Philip James de Loutherbourg, widely ...

  4. French art salons and academies - Wikipedia

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    Salons were started under Louis XIV and continued from 1667 to 1704. After a hiatus, the salons started up again in 1725. Under Louis XV, the most prestigious Salon took place in Paris (the Salon de Paris) in the Salon Carré of the Louvre, but there were also salons in the cities of Bordeaux, Lille and Toulouse.

  5. Salon of 1765 - Wikipedia

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    The Salon of 1765 was an art exhibition that took place at the Louvre in Paris. One of the biannual Salon it took place during the reign of Louis XV and was overseen by the Académie Royale which at this time limited submissions to the Salon largely to it own members. As with previous salons, the art critic Denis Diderot was an influential ...

  6. Carrousel du Louvre - Wikipedia

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    The shopping mall is located at 99 Rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement. The mall is located near the Tuileries Gardens, the Comédie-Française, the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre. The nearest metro stop is Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre (Lines 1 and 7). The mall covers 10,200 m 2 (110,000 sq ft). It has 33 stores and 11 restaurants. [2]

  7. Database of Salon Artists - Wikipedia

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    The Database of Salon Artists is a resource listing every submission to the Paris Salon between 1827 and 1850, using information derived from the original Salon registers now held in the Archives des Musées Nationaux, part of the Service des Bibliothèques, des Archives et de la Documentation Générale des Musées de France.

  8. Salon of 1761 - Wikipedia

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    The Village Bride by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.. The Salon of 1761 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris.Staged during the reign of Louis XV and at a time when the Seven Years' War against Britain and Prussia was at its height, it reflected the taste of the Ancien régime during the mid-eighteenth century.

  9. Marie Thérèse, Madame Royale - Wikipedia

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    Marie Thérèse (2 January 1667 – 1 March 1672) was the fourth child and only legitimate surviving daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his wife; Maria Theresa of Spain. As the daughter of a reigning French Monarch, she was Fille de France and was known at court by the traditional honorific style of Madame Royale .