A Private Guided Tour and Lecture for the Spiro Ark by the Curator
Hidden Treasures at the Wallace Collection
A Display of art from the Rothschild Collection which has never been exhibited before
Date: Thursday 17 January 2008
Time: 10:45am
FULLY BOOKED
Most people think of Baron Edmond de Rothschild as a banker, a proud Frenchman as a great benefactor to the early Zionist settings in Palestine. However he had a secret passion for the arts and bequeathed some 43,000 works of art to the Louvre. He left portfolios that reflected his own taste and that of his son James. When in 1922 James inherited Waddesdon Manor he brought drawings and paintings to the house. 75 of these works are displayed at the Wallace Collection in Manchester Square, London and include artists such as Boucher, Lancre Fragonard and costume drawings by Leon Bakst, which include a series of panels for Ballet Russe.
