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Vernissage - Ovide in the Jura - The Extraordinary Story of a Wallpaper

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Opening of our new temporary exhibition. The exhibition will highlight an exceptional donation that entered the collections in 2011: a 15 linear metre wallpaper depicting Ovid's Metamorphoses that was found on a farm in the Bernese Jura. Due to its size, rich iconography, state of preservation and rarity, this decoration is a masterpiece of the Swiss National Museum.

Speeches

  • Helen Bieri Thomson, Director of the Château de Prangins and curator of the exhibition.
  • Jacques Bujard, Cantonal Conservator and Head of the Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archaeology of the Canton of Neuchâtel
  • Astrid Wegener, Director of the German Wallpaper Museum in Kassel.
  • With the contribution of the actress Nathalie Pfeiffer to the Metamorphoses of Ovid.

Château de Prangins

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This event is in the past.

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The exhibition

How did a decor fit for the Tuileries Palace find its way into a farm in the Bernese Jura? The exhibition reveals a luxurious parlour decorated with wallpaper bearing motifs from Ovid’s Metamorphoses: a masterpiece from the Swiss National Museum that is being shown to the public for the very first time. Illustrator Fanny Vaucher has transformed the eventful story of the decor and its colourful owner into a giant cartoon strip: a tale of wine, wallpaper, countryside and contraband!

The exhibition also sheds light on the techniques used to manufacture and apply wallpapers in the Age of Enlightenment, and tells the story of an ambitious restoration campaign carried out by the Swiss National Museum.

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