Johannes Passion BWV 245, 1724.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Full oratorio perfomed by Concentus Musicus Wien and the Tölzer Knaberchor directed by Nicolaus Harnoncourt, 18985.

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“La Théorie et la Pratique du Jardinage” by Dezallier D’Argénvilles, 1712.

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Stays, ca. 1780, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Pocket detail on a ensemble, 1780’s. Made in France of silk velvet embroidered with silver spangles and thread and glass paste.

Pocket detail on a ensemble, 1780’s. Made in France of silk velvet embroidered with silver spangles and thread and glass paste.

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Circassienne, 1778 Fashion Plate

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Costumer wearing an 18th century reproduction hat. Nice, isn’t it?

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Portrait of english actress Lavinia Fenton, later duchess of Bolton, possibly by George Knapton, ca. 1739

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Portrait of actress Mrs. Sarah Siddons by Thomas Gainsborough.

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Alexander Fehling and Miriam Stein in a still from the german 2010 film “Goethe!”

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Funerary monument to King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, sculptures by Edme Gaulle and Pierre Petitot in the Basilica of St Denis.

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Profile medallion of Marie Antoinette as Dauphine of France in 1770, allegorical to her marriage.

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Portrait of Marie Antoinette in hunting attire (a favorite of her mother), by Joseph Krantzinger (1771), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

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Norma Shearer styled as the young French queen in the 1938 Van Dyke adaptation of Marie Antoinette.

Norma Shearer styled as the young French queen in the 1938 Van Dyke adaptation of Marie Antoinette.

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Marie Antoinette en chemise, portrait of the queen in a “muslin” dress, by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1783).

Marie Antoinette en chemise, portrait of the queen in a “muslin” dress, by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1783).

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Still from the 1938 “Marie Antoinette” film.

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