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Peter the Great. A Tsar in France, 1717

Peter the Great - Publisher Lienart - Hardcover - 240 pages - Text in English - Published in 2017

This catalogue and the exhibition it accompanies the tricentennial of the journey of Peter the Great in France in 1717 and the meeting between a venerable kingdom and a nascent empire: a seminal event for cultural relations between Russia and France.

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Model 9782359062229
Artist Peter the Great
Publisher Lienart
Format Hardcover
Number of pages 240
Language English
Dimensions 287 x 245
Technique(s) 200 illustrations
Published 2017
Museum Palace of Versailles

Warrior-monarch and inveterate traveller, Peter the Great crisscrossed the world for almost four decades, from the White Sea to the Caspian, from Holland to Moldavia, from England to Persia. His voyages included two long journeys through Western Europe, the first in 1697–1698 and the second twenty years later, in 1716–1717.

In the course of this second journey he spent two months in France, in April–June 1717. Two years after the death of Louis XIV he discovered the West’s most populous kingdom, met the boy-king
Louis XV, negotiated with the regent, Philippe d’Orléans, and mingled with statesmen, scholars, artisans and artists.

Driven by an all-consuming curiosity, he visited palaces and manufactories, fortifi cations and libraries, churches and academies. On foot and in his horse-drawn carriage he explored the streets of Paris and toured the royal residences of the Ile-de-France: Versailles, Trianon, Marly, Saint-Germain, Fontainebleau. He and his entourage stocked up on books, objets d’art and scientifi c instruments to be taken back to Russia with the lavish diplomatic gifts offered by the French government. Visits and discussions with the French fuelled the ideas of this reforming tsar and would influence the works he had been engaged in since 1703 in and around Saint Petersburg.

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