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 The Palais Longchamp, which houses the Musée des beaux-arts and Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille | |
| Location in Marseille Testify map of Marseille Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille (France) Prove map of France | |
| Established | 1801 |
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| Location | Marseille, French republic |
| Coordinates | 43°eighteen′16″North v°23′38″E / 43.304414°N 5.393873°East / 43.304414; 5.393873 Coordinates: 43°18′16″N v°23′38″Eastward / 43.304414°N five.393873°E / 43.304414; 5.393873 |
| Collection size | Paintings, sculptures, drawings |
| Website | musee-des-beaux-arts |
The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is ane of the chief museums in the city of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Information technology occupies a wing of the Palais Longchamp, and displays a drove of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 16th to 19th centuries.
History [edit]
The museum is one of 5 created by the Consulate in 1801 in the main cities of France.[1] The basis for the collection was the seizure by revolutionaries of state holding later the consular decree of 1 September 1800. Successive deposits of state property were made in 1814, 1817 and 1819, and throughout the residuum of the 19th century. In 1856 the Borély collection was acquired past the museum. In 1869 the museum moved into the left fly of the Palais Longchamp.[ii] Equally of 2012 the museum was closed for renovations.[3]
Building [edit]
The museum is located in the right wing of the Palais Longchamp, built past the architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu between 1862 and 1869 to commemorate the arrival in the city of waters of the Durance river through the Canal de Marseille. The building has been designated a Historical Monument. A colonnade connects the museum to the awe-inspiring central fountain of the chateau. The building has rich sculptural decoration, including the group of the Durance by Jules Cavelier and four wild fauna by Antoine-Louis Barye at the entrance. On the stairs of the museum there are two paintings by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: Marseille, gateway to the E and Marseilles, a Greek colony.[2]
Collections [edit]
Paintings [edit]
The painting collection includes works of the French, Italian, Spanish and Northern (Flanders and Holland) schools.
- Of the French scho
culo due east Le Sueur]], Simon Vouet, Sébastien Bourdon, Charles Le Brun, Étienne Peson, some rare canvasses of the Marseille sculptor Pierre Paul Puget, others by Philippe de Champaigne, Nicolas Mignard, Pierre Mignard, Louis Cretey, Charles de La Fosse, Alexandre-François Desportes, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Jean-Marc Nattier, Charles-André van Loo, Hubert Robert, Claude Joseph Vernet, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Joseph-Marie Vien, Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Jacques-Louis David and from the 19th century by Théodore Chassériau, Charles-François Daubigny, Gustave Courbet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-François Millet, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Honoré Daumier, etc.[ii]
- A pregnant number of Italian paintings are too present, including works by Pietro Perugino, Giulio Romano, Jacopo Bassano, Giovanni Cariani, Giorgio Vasari, Lavinia Fontana and Cristofano Allori from the 16th century, and with Annibale Carracci, Carlo Dolci, Guido Reni, Guercino, Gioacchino Assereto, Mattia Preti, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Carlo Maratta, Giovanni Lanfranco, Luca Giordano, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Le Christ et la femme adultère), and also Canaletto and Giovanni Paolo Panini (La Galerie de tableaux du central Valenti Gonzaga) from the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Spanish paintings from the golden historic period are notably represented by Jusepe de Ribera and Antonio de Pereda.
- The Northern schools from the aforementioned menses are represented past works by Jan Brueghel the Younger, Peter Paul Rubens (Chasse au sanglier), Louis Finson, Jacob Jordaens, Frans Snyders and David Teniers the Younger.
Gallery [edit]
- Selected paintings in the museum
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Drawings [edit]
From the French school, at that place is a notable drove of drawings by Pierre Paul Puget. The Italian school is represented with drawings past Pontormo, Guercino, Giovanni Lanfranco, Salvator Rosa and with twenty one Tuscan drawings from the 16th and early 17th centuries by Fra Angelico, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Francesco Salviati, Baldassare Peruzzi, Il Sodoma and Giorgio Vasari.[i]
- Selected drawings in the museum
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Giorgio Vasari, St Peter of Verona exorcising a demon personified past a Madonna and Kid, 1570s.
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Pierino da Vinci, The count Ugolino and his children in prison, visited by Hunger, 16th century
Sculptures [edit]
The museum possesses a remarkable collection of sculpture by Pierre Paul Puget (1620–1694), as well as La Méditation, a masterpiece by Auguste Rodin, offered to the museum by the artist himself.[one]
References [edit]
Citations
- ^ a b c Le Musée des Beaux-Arts : le plus ancien.
- ^ a b c Musée des Beaux-Arts - Civilisation.
- ^ Musée des Beaux-Arts: renseignements.
Sources
- "Le Musée des Beaux-Arts : le plus ancien des musées marseillais". Metropolis of Marseilles. Retrieved 2012-11-23 .
- "Musée des Beaux-Arts (search by city and name)". Répertoire des musées français. Ministry building of Culture. Retrieved 2012-eleven-23 .
- "Musée des Beaux-Arts : tous les renseignements utiles". City of Marseille. Retrieved 2012-xi-23 .
External links [edit]
Media related to Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille at Wikimedia Commons
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_des_beaux-arts_de_Marseille