Travelogue XVI: French Army Museum II Hall of Miniatures

 The visit highlight for this blog, the hall of lead soldiers at the French Army Museum in Paris:

 

he had an era named after him
of course Napoleon was front and center

an immense table display in the center of the hall

there were so many exhibits that I could

only capture some parts of some of them

The blog system was having troubles uploading so many at a time

that I decided to use fewer images, yet still capture the sense of this

exhibition hall ...

for a scale comparison, that is a 4 step
stair case to the right of the photo

simply amazing paper card figures

different eras and concepts of miniatures represented

There was a whole section of amazing shadow box miniature displays of what could be mistaken for paintings.

not all of the miniatures were only Napoleonic

this gives me more incentive to move on
with my own flats

I have decided to upload them all here, so as to not make too many single posts
though this hall could easily been broken into many blog postings

there was even an Alexander the Great miniature
with a most excellent paint job

If ever I need inspiration, or acceptance, of my own paint work in the future, I shall have this exhibit to look towards.

In the next few posts I shall continue with the French Army Museum visit.

Enjoy your St. Jean Baptiste day!