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Exhibition

17 november 2020 - 14 march 2021 / The Palace

Hyacinthe Rigaud or the Sun Portrait

From 17 November 2020 to 14 March 2021, the Palace of Versailles will be presenting the first major monographic exhibition dedicated to the work of Hyacinthe Rigaud. This most famous portraitist of the Sun King dominated portraiture for nearly a century and set new codes in the discipline.

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Overview

From 9 July

An imperial air

To mark the upcoming bicentenary (5 May 2021) of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Palace of Versailles is exhibiting a set of portraits of the imperial family, taken from its own collections, in Madame de Maintenon’s apartments, from 9 July.

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Past exhibitions

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