The Théâtre National, later the Théâtre des Arts, was a Parisian theatre located across from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on the rue de la Loi, which was the name of the rue de Richelieu from
Théâtre National de la rue de la Loi
The Death of the Duke of Berry by Alexandre Menjaud, 1824
View of the auditorium (1821)
Elevation, section, and plans (1821)
Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, was the third child and younger son of Charles, Count of Artois, and Maria Theresa of Savoy. In 1820 he was assassinated at the Paris Opera by Louis Pierre L
Théâtre National (rue de la Loi)
…Anacreon (4 October 1803), and Gaspare Spontini's La vestale (16 December 1807) and Fernand Cortez (28 November 1809). Following the assassination of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry in 1820, who had been leaving after a performance, King Louis XVIII ordered the theatre's closure and demolition. Its former site is now the Square…
Portrait of the Duke of Berry by François Gérard, 1820
Charles Ferdinand (left) with his older brother Louis Antoine and sister Sophie, 1781.
The Duke of Berry Shooting an Eagle in the Forest of Fontainebleau by Hippolyte Lecomte, 1818
Assassination of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, while departing a Parisian opera house at night.