The life
of the collections

    A catalog for the Guido Reni exhibition

    In a month and a half, the exhibition 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙡'𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙣𝙞 opens, focusing on life in the studio of this 17th-century painter and his rich output. An exceptional catalog, the result of rigorous work by several specialists [...]

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    - Oct 22, 2024

    Blood donation at the museum

    Since September 2021, the Musée des Beaux-Arts has partnered with Etablissement Français du Sang once a month to become a blood donation center: the aim of this mobilization is to be able to give back to donors what they offer [...]

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    - Sep 18, 2024

    Bacchus as a child, a singular story

    Painter Julie Duvidal de Montferrier's "Bacchus enfant" has had an eventful history! It met with great success at the Salon of 1822, and was acquired by the Duc d'Orléans, future king Louis-Philippe and [...].

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    - Sep 13, 2024

    New rooms 1870-1900

    The redeployment of the late 19th and early 20th century collections continues in the basement of the Musée des Beaux-Arts. Three new rooms are now open and visible to the public: realistic and impressionist landscapes, [...].

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    - August 8, 2024

    Acquisition of Alexandre Antigna's Naufrage

    The Musée des Beaux-Arts has acquired Alexandre Antigna's Naufrage by pre-emption for €570. Born in Orléans in 1817, Alexandre Antigna won considerable acclaim in Paris in the 1840s.

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    - August 8, 2024

    Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel's studio

    Lot of over 1000 glass plates, negatives and stereoscopic views A sale of Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel's studio has enabled the museum to acquire an archive, including a box containing over 1000 photos (glass plates, negatives and stereoscopic [...].

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    - July 18, 2024

    A Saint George by Nikolaus Schit

    The INHA study program to establish a repertory of Germanic paintings in French collections (1370-1550) has identified the author of the anonymous Saint George slaying the dragon in the Musée d'Orléans: it is a painting by Nikolaus Schit [...].

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    - July 10, 2024

    Virtual reality at Hôtel Cabu

    The Marine de Loire more alive than ever! To keep you busy during the summer vacations, come to the Hôtel Cabu - musée d'Histoire et d'Archéologie to discover the virtual reality device "Au rythme de la Loire" created by Extra Art. Comfortably [...]

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    - July 2, 2024

    Donations from the Prat collection

    Following the exhibition À la poursuite de la beauté. Diary from the Prat collection, the collector couple, in agreement with the curators, donated two drawings linked to the history of the Musée d'Orléans. They will join the museum's [...]

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    - June 26, 2024

    The Washerwoman by Jean Siméon Chardin

    The collector François Marcille (1790-1856) assembled one of the most fabulous collections of 18th-century works. Trained as a painter himself, he shared with the young Romantics a taste for forgotten masters, notably Chardin, whose Le Panier de [...]

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    - Apr 11, 2024

    The MBAO library becomes the Francis and Larissa Haskell Research Centre

    The Musée des Beaux-Arts has received a donation of the library of art historian Francis Haskell (1928-2000), previously held at Oxford and soon to be integrated into the museum's collection. In particular, the collection includes a large volume of books on [...]

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    - Mar 26, 2024

    A new catalog

    The Musée d'Orléans opened two years later, on November 4, 1825, in the Hôtel des Créneaux. The Comte de Bizemont was able to unite collectors to see the birth of this museum... which was already too small when it opened! He was [...]

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    - Dec 20, 2023

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