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Two Rococo Couplets

September 15, 2026
Queen Marie Antoinette, who regularly sat for Vigée Le Brun, popularised the kind of simple, white muslin dress so beautifully painted in this portrait of the Comtesse de la Châtre, daughter of a high-ranking member of Louis XV’s immediate court.…

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Step inside the most expensive room in human history. If you were to gather the world’s most iconic masterpieces celebrating the written word into a single physical space, the insurance policy alone could bankrupt a small nation. But we aren’t here to talk about the price tags; we are here…

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Former diplomat and globetrotter, Dan Costinas is a versatile contemporary writer, translator, and editor. A true polyglot, he has authored and contributed to several dozen books spanning mainly fiction, essays, aphorisms, reviews and criticism, journalism, and poetry.

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From the quiet shelves of forty-four national archives and ancient university libraries to the cosy corners of independent bookstores and modest home…

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