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The history
of the
of Orleans
reveals
its secrets
Timeline 
The life
of the collections
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A legendary triptych: William Etty at Beaux-Arts
In the 19th century, Joan of Arc exerted a fascination far beyond the borders of France, and even in England, which maintained an ambiguous relationship with her memory. William Etty, one of the leading English artists of the first half of the century, dedicated his [...]
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- Mar 26, 2025
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1825-2025: 200 years of Orléans museums
Did the Comte de Bizemont imagine, when he convinced Mayor Louis Drouin de Rocheplatte to found a museum, that the institution would become not only one of the largest in France, but also one of the most committed to the future of museums? The [...]
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- February 21, 2025
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Pierre Poncet le Jeune: The Charity of Saint Anne
In 2016, the museum attempted to acquire this drawing, then attributed to the Spanish school, but in fact preparatory to an altarpiece painted around 1640 by Orléans-born Pierre Poncet, which was seized during the French Revolution and [...].
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- February 21, 2025
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Acquisition of Eugène Devéria's medallion by David d'Angers
The Orleans collections took a radically Romantic turn under the direction of Eudoxe Marcille, from 1870 to 1890. His aim was to bring together groups of works that were representative of Romanticism, at a time when the [...] generation was [...].
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- Feb 10, 2025
in which museum
to find a work,
and on which floor?
Museum of
Fine Arts
MBA masterpieces
Museum of History
and Archaeology
Center
Jeanne d'Arc
