The national museum of women in the

arts in washington, d.c., has put together

a showcase of 77 paintings, prints, and

sculptures made by french women from

the 18th and 19th centuries—a tumultuous time that saw

the terrors of the french revolution and the restoration of the

monarchy. many of the rare works in the exhibition, called

“royalists to romantics: women artists from the louvre,

versailles, and other french national collections,” have

never been seen outside of france. The museum’s website,

nmwa.org, is the place to go to get in the know.