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Today we are excited to let you know that free tickets are now available to book online!
To find out more about the new measures we have taken to keep our staff and visitors safe, as well as to book your free tickets, head to our website: https://t.co/Af91WUE2h8
To mark #WorldEnvironmentDay today, we’re sharing this monumental work by Dutch painter #JacobvanRuisdael.
Ruisdael was particularly successful at conveying the majesty and power of nature, investing many landscapes with an emotional, poetic dimension.
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On the 250th anniversary of #Boucher’s death, the influence goes of his greatest paintings goes on. Artist-photographer Ben Marcin provides a fresh perspective on Boucher’s blues on our website.
See Ben's take on the rococo sky here: https://t.co/gnjOtfys3f
#ColoursofBoucher
#DidYouKnow that many of the male protagonists in #Boucher’s paintings wear pink?
Look closely at #whowearsthe pink in @wallacemuseum paintings! By dressing gods like Mercury, and Jupiter in pink Boucher codes it as a symbol of power and prestige.
#ColoursofBoucher
In Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, #Boucher again asks his viewer to combine hues, but shifts the colour wheel from red and yellow to pink and yellow.
The arch of shot silk composed of pink and yellow paint yields an intense coral that is one of his greatest tours-de-force.
What do fashion designers dream about? For renowned shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, the answer was easy #TheWallaceCollection!
For @MuseumWeek’s last theme today, we wanted to celebrate #dreamsMW with a throwback to our award-winning show #AnEnquiringMind.
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Are you a knight at heart? Have you ever dreamed of competing in a joust? Take part in your very own tourney with our #TabletopTournament activity! Download our worksheet here:
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@museumweek #museumweek #TogetherMW #WallaceFromHome
In this idyllic Arcadian landscape, a group of shepherdesses sit as they watch their dancing colleague.
Painted in 1658 by #NicolaesBerchem, #TheMusicalShepherdess is one of the most charming pictures by the Dutch artist in the Collection.
#Happybirthday to #JeanHonoréFragonard, born #onthisday 1732.
Fragonard’s #TheSwing, painted c. 1767 – 1768, is emphatically the artist’s most famous #painting, and one of the most recognisable paintings in the Wallace Collection.
Find out more: https://t.co/DFKEeauDZ1