Musée Cognacq-Jay
 Vue sur cour de l'Hôtel de Donon | |
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| Established | 1929 |
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| Location | 8 Rue Elzévir, 75003 Paris France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′29″N 2°21′41″E / 48.858194°N 2.361389°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | museecognacqjay |
The Musée Cognacq-Jay (English: Cognacq-Jay Museum) is a museum[1] located in the Hôtel Donon in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
The museum's collection was formed between 1900 and 1925 by Théodore-Ernest Cognacq and his wife
Marais
, where the collection is displayed in twenty paneled rooms (four floors) in the styles of Louis XV and Louis XVI. The renovation work of the Hôtel Donon was led by Paris's chief architect Bernard Fonquernie, whilst the interior renovation was done by Reoven Vardi.
The museum contains an exceptional collection of fine art and decorative items, about 1200 items in total, with an emphasis on 18th century France, ranging from European and Chinese ceramics, jewels, and snuffboxes, to paintings by
Camille Corot, Paul Cézanne and also Edgar Degas
.
The Cognacq-Jay Museum is one of the 14 museums that have been incorporated since 1 January 2013 in the public institution Paris Musées.
Gallery
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Artwork by François Boucher in Cognac-Jay museum -
Artwork by François Boucher in Cognac-Jay museum -
exteriors of Cognac-Jay museum
See also
References
- ^ "The must-see exhibition this week: 'Empire of the senses' at the Musée Cognacq-Jay". Vogue France (in French). 9 June 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ Seymour de Ricci, 1929, in the preface to the Catalogue "Ernest Cognacq n’avait pas la prétention, comme collectionneur, de rivaliser avec les grands musées de la Capitale. De même que sa modestie naturelle ne lui fit jamais souhaiter de résider dans un palais, de même il voulut, pour ses collections, un cadre dont les dimensions restreintes pussent conserver à ses œuvres d’art l’atmosphère d’intimité dont il avait aimé à les entourer".
- ^ Cognacq-Jay du Boulevard au Marais Le musée a quitté les Grands Boulevards où il avait été installé par son fondateur, Le Monde, 12 December 1990
External links and bibliography
- (in English) Musée Cognacq-Jay - Paris Musées official website
- ParisInfo entry
- Paris-Tourisme entry
- Seymour de Ricci, Musée Cognacq-Jay: catalogue, Paris, 1929.
- Isabelle Néto, Musée Cognacq-Jay, musée du XVIIIe siècle de la Ville de Paris: catalogue des collections; le mobilier, Paris, Paris-Musées, 2001.
- Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, Musée Cognacq-Jay, musée du XVIIIe siècle de la Ville de Paris: catalogue des collections; les miniatures, Paris, Paris-Musées, 2002.
- Thérèse Burollet, Musée Cognacq-Jay, musée du XVIIIe siècle de la Ville de Paris: catalogue des collections; les peintures, Paris, Paris-Musées, 2004.
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