Oeuvres japonaises du château de Fontainebleau - Art et diplomatie. Arts bristling in winter with snow-capped

bristling in winter with snow-capped peaks

Stéphane Lebecq is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Lille III

he drew on his immense memory to invoke friendly figures

the Vikings were leading economic players in the new Europe

Oeuvres japonaises du château de Fontainebleau - Art et diplomatie. Arts bristling in winter with snow-cappedThe exhibition Art and Diplomacy. Japanese Works from the Chteau de Fontainebleau (1862 1864) will open in the chteau's rooms during the Art History Festival on June 5, 2021, and will remain on display until July 6, 2021. It will present to the public diplomatic gifts offered by the penultimate Shogun Iemochi to Napoleon III, during two Japanese embassies in 1862 and 1864. Once exhibited and admired, this collection of works of art was subsequently