“Madame Du Barry’s Enduring Legacy” by Benedetta Craveri, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples

After Louis XV’s death, in 1774, his last mistress, Madame Du Barry, retired to her château in Louveciennes and morphed from a scandalous maîtresse en titre into an unobjectionable society lady. With her companion the Duke of Brissac, she shared liberal ideas, philanthropic causes, a love of nature and the arts, and an atrocious end on the scaffold.











When: Wed., Jan. 25, 2017 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: The Frick Collection
1 E. 70th St.
212-288-0700
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After Louis XV’s death, in 1774, his last mistress, Madame Du Barry, retired to her château in Louveciennes and morphed from a scandalous maîtresse en titre into an unobjectionable society lady. With her companion the Duke of Brissac, she shared liberal ideas, philanthropic causes, a love of nature and the arts, and an atrocious end on the scaffold.

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