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Charles Le Brun, The Lady with a Fan, Perdita Robinson

Beginning our regular podcast series, new Director Christoph Vogtherr considers three pieces from his forthcoming book ‘The Wallace Collection: Director’s Choice’. Looking at portraiture, in its...

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Vincenzo Foppa, 'The Young Cicero Reading,' c.1464

This podcast considers March's Treasure of the Month, The Young Cicero Reading. Dr Lucy Davis, Curator of Old Master Pictures, looks at the history of the fresco and the story behind the interesting...

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Turtleshell Piqué Counter Box, c.1729-1750

This podcast looks at April's Treasure of the Month, a turtleshell, piqué counter box. Carmen Holdsworth-Delgado, Curatorial Assistant, considers the history and context of this unusual and intriguing...

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True colours revealed - the treatment of a chest of drawers for Marie-Antoinette

Description: A short documentary that gives an insight into the conservation of Marie-Antoinette's commode at the Wallace Collection, London. Based on findings from our recent conservation project, we...

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Hercules with the Bull by Ferdinando Tacca (c.1640)

In this video from the series, The Secrets of the Wallace, we discuss one sculpture of a pair of 60cm bronzes made in the 1640s by Medici court sculptor and architect, Ferdinando Tacca.

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The Princes in the Tower

This is a podcast by Safirah Umarji and Penina Collins. The podcast is about Paul Delaroche’s famous painting ‘The Princes in the Tower.’

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Armoire by André-Charles Boulle

Emma Birrane and Kyle Matveeva along with Jürgen Huber name investigate a cabinet crafted by André Charles Boulle who was the cabinet maker of King Louis 14th.

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The Rapier in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries

Wallace curator David Edge is interviewed about the rapier swords from the sixteenth century.

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Four Ice-cream Coolers by Sèvres (1778-1779)

Dr Helen Jacobsen interviewed by young people about an ice-cream cooler once owned by Catherine the Great, at the Wallace Collection.

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Gothic Equestrian Armour

David Edge talks to us about this amazing 15th-century German horse armour at The Wallace Collection.

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The Swing

The Swing is an eighteenth-century Rococo masterpiece by Jean Honoré Fragonard that explores the themes of voyeurism, seduction and moral decadence.

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Sèvres Inkstand

Helen Jacobson is interviewed on Jean-claude Chambellan Duplesis’ Ecritoire 'à globes' and the inkstand is examined and explained in detail.Podcast by Leah Meyer and Nicole Wojakovski

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