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POLISH (?) school, mid-19th century The Grand Cabinet doré of the Hôtel Lambert in the Czartoryski period Oil, pen and ink on panel. 49.8 x 73.8 cm Built in 1642, the Hôtel Lambert is one of architect Louis Le Vau's earliest works. Famous in particular by Charles Lebrun and Eustache Le Sueur, the hotel gradually fell into oblivion, before being bought in 1843 by Prince Adam Czartoryski and his wife Anna Zofia, née Sapieha. Coming from an important aristocratic line, Czartoryski took part in the Polish uprising of 1830 against Russian domination. Czartoryski took part in the Polish uprising against Russian domination, even becoming President of the Polish Provisional Government, then Head of the Supreme Council of the National Government (December 1830-August 1831). However, the failure of the revolution led to the "Great Emigration", forcing the prince, like thousands of Polish patriots, to take refuge in France. The Czartoryskis turned their home into the political and cultural center of the Polish cause in Europe, the "Hôtel Lambert Party". They organized glittering parties, attended by Georges Sand, Lamartine, Balzac, Berlioz, Delacroix, Mickiewicz and even Chopin, who composed most of his Polonaises for the hotel's balls. Our picture was probably painted by one of the many exiled Polish artists who frequented the hotel at the time. It depicts the Grand Cabinet doré, also known as the Salon doré, famous for its mid-17th-century painted grisaille décor on a gold background, complemented by trumeaux sculpted by Nicolas Pineau in 1750. Located on the second floor, this room had been transformed by the Czartoryskis into a bedroom, richly furnished with Boulle marquetry and adorned with numerous family paintings. The furnishings are largely those still in place before the First World War, as evidenced by two photographs published in the Vieux Hôtels de Paris series (Paris, 1913, pl. 44 & 45). A great collector, Adam Czartoryski had, among other things, acquired Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine in Italy at the end of the 18th century, now in the Krakow Museum.
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POLISH (?) school, mid-19th century The Grand Cabinet doré of the Hôtel Lambert in the Czartoryski period Oil, pen and ink on panel. 49.8 x 73.8 cm Built in 1642, the Hôtel Lambert is one of architect Louis Le Vau's earliest works. Famous in particular by Charles Lebrun and Eustache Le Sueur, the hotel gradually fell into oblivion, before being bought in 1843 by Prince Adam Czartoryski and his wife Anna Zofia, née Sapieha. Coming from an important aristocratic line, Czartoryski took part in the Polish uprising of 1830 against Russian domination. Czartoryski took part in the Polish uprising against Russian domination, even becoming President of the Polish Provisional Government, then Head of the Supreme Council of the National Government (December 1830-August 1831). However, the failure of the revolution led to the "Great Emigration", forcing the prince, like thousands of Polish patriots, to take refuge in France. The Czartoryskis turned their home into the political and cultural center of the Polish cause in Europe, the "Hôtel Lambert Party". They organized glittering parties, attended by Georges Sand, Lamartine, Balzac, Berlioz, Delacroix, Mickiewicz and even Chopin, who composed most of his Polonaises for the hotel's balls. Our picture was probably painted by one of the many exiled Polish artists who frequented the hotel at the time. It depicts the Grand Cabinet doré, also known as the Salon doré, famous for its mid-17th-century painted grisaille décor on a gold background, complemented by trumeaux sculpted by Nicolas Pineau in 1750. Located on the second floor, this room had been transformed by the Czartoryskis into a bedroom, richly furnished with Boulle marquetry and adorned with numerous family paintings. The furnishings are largely those still in place before the First World War, as evidenced by two photographs published in the Vieux Hôtels de Paris series (Paris, 1913, pl. 44 & 45). A great collector, Adam Czartoryski had, among other things, acquired Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine in Italy at the end of the 18th century, now in the Krakow Museum.
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