Restorations sometimes hold surprises. La Jeune paysanne by Salomon de Bray, a masterpiece acquired in 1907 as a painting by Jacob Jordaens, revealed numerous overpaints during its restoration by the Arcanes workshop... A major acquisition In [...]
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- Oct 24, 2025
After an absence of over one hundred years, the anonymous painting Christ entre saint Paul et Apollos d'Alexandrie (1546) returns to the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, sealing the happy outcome of a long quest! When the painting appeared on the [...] market, the [...
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- Sep 18, 2025
The hanging of large-format works is always a special moment in the life of a museum. Behind these spectacular operations lies a real know-how: that of the technical team at the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, specially trained to handle and install large [...]
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- August 29, 2025
Following the first part of the exhibition Johan Creten. Playing with fire (March 23 - September 22, 2024), the artist offers the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans ten emblematic drawings spanning his entire career. Since the [...]
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- August 22, 2025
Because a museum would not be fully a convivial place without its café, the Musée des Beaux-Arts, following a call for projects, is opening an ephemeral café for the summer period, offering a space under the arcades for [...].
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- August 1, 2025
The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans has just enriched its photographic collection with an exceptional piece: a rare albumen print dating from 1857, depicting Orléans' Sainte-Croix cathedral, by the Bisson brothers, Louis-Auguste and Auguste-Rosalie. These two pioneers of [...]
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- June 13, 2025
The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans recently received a precious gift: Vue d'Orléans et de la Loire depuis la rive gauche, a panoramic view of Orléans and the Loire River, painted around 1827-1830 by landscape artist Christophe Civeton [...].
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- June 6, 2025
The history of art is often made up of exciting rediscoveries... In 2017, the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans put the spotlight back on an artist long forgotten by history, remaining off the radar of posterity despite his prominent place: [...]
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- May 30, 2025
On April 22, 2025, the Museums of Orléans and the Friends of the Museums launched a fund-raising campaign to acquire a painting by Jean-Antoine Laurent, who in 1819 captured the memory of his visit to [...].
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- May 6, 2025
For the summer of 2025, the Musée des Beaux-Arts aims to complete its offer by installing an ephemeral café under the arcades, on the forecourt (Place Sainte-Croix) and possibly inside the hall. The aim of the project is to offer a relaxing [...]
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- Apr 24, 2025
The Museums of Orléans and the Friends of the Museums are launching their fourth participatory sponsorship campaign to acquire an emblematic work of art with a Johannine theme. Help the Orléans museums acquire this painting during the Fêtes de Jeanne d'Arc, which celebrates [...]
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- 22 Apr 2025
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