Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, Orléans, France

The Musée des beaux-arts d'Orléans (the Museum of Fine Arts) was founded in 1797 and is one of France's oldest provincial museums. Its collections cover the period from the 15th to 20th centuries. The museum owns 2,000 paintings (Correggio, Annibale Carracci, Guido Reni, Sebastiano Ricci, Diego Velázquez, Anthony ban Dyck, Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, Hubert Robert, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso), 700 sculptures (Baccio Bandinelli,Auguste Rodin), more than 1,200 pieces of decorative arts, 10,000 drawings, 50,000 prints and the second largest collection of pastels in France after that in the Louvre.

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Tim Skolds (4 months ago)
Some really interesting art, and a nice variety.

Julie Gardner (6 months ago)
Surprisingly large art museum in the centre of Orleans. Art from a range of eras and both older and newer depictions of the life of Joan of Arc. I particularly liked the unknown male sitter by an unknown artist. There must be an investigation to be done here:)

Eiden Nareth (10 months ago)
If you love Art, you must go and experience this museum. I really enjoy the stories behind those canvases and I can also sometimes try to figure out what's the story behind it. There's a huge hall inside where the philosophers statues stand with a lot of landscape canvases and portraits all over the walls. And what I love the most is that it's accessible for wheelchairs ♿

together all (11 months ago)
Great art pieces! There are some copy paintings; nevertheless, it's worth visiting. Make sure you visit all the floors. Don't miss the temporary expositions!

Eric VOB (17 months ago)
What a wonderful stroll through classic artworks from the beating heart of French culture. Local painter Artigna was a revelation to me.

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