The masterpiece by Belgian artist François-Joseph Navez, L'Obole de la veuve, painted by this pupil of David in 1840, has just been donated to the Musée d'Orléans, subject to usufruct, by Antoine Béal, a generous donor to French museums, well known to the Musée [...].
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- Nov 3, 2025
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