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Marie Leszczyńska était vive, curieuse, généreuse et discrète. Plusieurs acquisitions majeures, dont le fameux Cabinet des Chinois, offrent l’occasion de mieux la connaître. Informations pratiques
- Le goût de Marie Leszczynska | Château de Versailles
Le goût de Marie Leszczynska. Au cours de ses 42 années...
- Portrait de Marie Leszczynska, reine de France et de Navarre ...
Portrait de Marie Leszczynska, reine de France et de Navarre...
- Le goût de Marie Leszczynska | Château de Versailles
Marie Leszczyńska, daughter of the deposed King of Poland, married Louis XV in 1725 thanks to the influence of the Duke of Bourbon. Kept out of serious business and not held in particularly high regard in the Court, the Queen devoted her energies to the convent she founded in the town of Versailles for the education of poor girls.
- In Pursuit of Privacy
- Painting, Master of Arts
- A Touch of The Exotic
- Exhibition Curators
- Audioguide
Throughout her reign, Marie Leszczyńska abided by the ceremonial rules required in the Queen’s State Apartment, endeavouring always to lead an exemplary life free of any scandal. As for the layout of the Palace, from 1725 she set about redesigning her chamber in the style of the time: wood panelling carved by Vassé was installed over the fireplace,...
Marie Leszczyńska spoke several languages and was highly cultured, with a great interest in the creative occupations, literature, music and art – especially painting. Indeed, one of the rooms in her private apartment was laid out as a studio. Her “colourist”, Etienne Jeaurat, guided her paintbrush for 15 years, and she was advised by Jean-Baptiste ...
Marie Leszczyńska had a particular affinity for China. In 1747, she created an oriental chamber in her “laboratory”, in the heart of her private apartment. In 1761, she decided to replace it with a collection of canvases known as the Chinese Chamber. The paintings were produced by five painters of the King’s State Apartments – Coqueret, Frédou, de ...
Gwenola Firmin, chief curator at the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon Marie-Laure de Rochebrune, chief curator at the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon Assistées de Vincent Bastien, doctor of art history
Discover the audio tour of the exhibition "The taste of Marie Leszczynska" on the Palace of Versailles' free app.
A devout Catholic throughout her life, Marie was popular among the French people for her numerous charitable works and introduced many Polish customs to the royal court at Versailles. She was the grandmother of the French kings Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X . Early life.
Marie Leszczyńska (born June 23, 1703, Breslau, Silesia—died June 24, 1768, Versailles, France) was the queen consort of King Louis XV of France (ruled 1715–74). Although she had no direct influence on French politics, her Polish dynastic connections involved France in a European conflict that resulted in the eventual annexation of ...
