The Cut Melon,” a rare oval-shaped painting by the 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin, will hang on the Fort ...

Often associated with historic country houses, toile de Jouy, an easily recognisable style of printed fabric, can add ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired a rare 18th-century French painting previously caught at the center of a lawsuit between ...

David Pullins, a curator of European painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, argues that 18th-century French art has too often been viewed through the lens of the Académie Royale de ...

inventories and police records), objects that once belonged to 18th-century French artists, long concealed from historical view. As the authors explain, we think about artists in such a ...

When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...

On the prestigious Place de la Concorde, about a 15-minute walk from the Louvre, the Hôtel de la Marine lets you experience ...

The Cognacq-Jay Museum houses an extensive collection of 18th-century art and objects donated by French businessman Ernest ...

Luxembourg’s National Museum of History and Art has acquired three works by the 18th century French portrait painter Monique Daniche. Though not much is known about the artist herself ...

Curator Emerson Bowyer says the gift will help the museum reframe its presentation of early modern French art. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Can you explain the importance of this gift ...