Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours

Coordinates: 47°23′43″N 0°41′42″E / 47.3952°N 0.6949°E / 47.3952; 0.6949
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Musée des beaux-arts de Tours
The Musée des beaux-arts de Tours
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Established4 March 1795
Location18, Place Francis Sicard, 37000 Tours
Coordinates47°23′43″N 0°41′42″E / 47.3952°N 0.6949°E / 47.3952; 0.6949
TypeArt museum
Websitewww.mba.tours.fr

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours (English: Museum of Fine Arts of Tours) is located in the bishop's former palace,[1] near the cathedral St. Gatien, where it has been since 1910.[2] It displays rich and varied collections, including that of painting which is one of the first in France both in quality and the diversity of the works presented.

Description

In the courtyard, there is a magnificent

cedar of Lebanon[3]
and a stuffed elephant in a building in front of the museum. This elephant was killed because of a bout of madness during a circus parade by the "Barnum & Bailey" circus in the streets of Tours on 10 June 1902.


The museum has over 12,000 works of which 1,000 are on show to the public.[4] On the ground floor, the museum has a room especially dedicated to Tours art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.[5]

The museum was classified as a monument historique on 27 June 1983.[6]

Collections

The museum has a large and fairly homogeneous collection of paintings, which includes several masterpieces such as two paintings by Andrea Mantegna, from the predella of the San Zeno Altarpiece:

Photos

  • Christ in the garden of olives by Andrea Mantegna, 1459
    Christ in the garden of olives by Andrea Mantegna, 1459
  • The resurrection by Andrea Mantegna, 1459
    The resurrection by Andrea Mantegna, 1459
  • Parable of the Unforgiving Servant by Claude Vignon, oil, 1629
    Parable of the Unforgiving Servant by Claude Vignon, oil, 1629
  • Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse by François Boucher, oil, 1750
    Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse by François Boucher, oil, 1750
  • Panoramic view of Tours by Demachy
    Panoramic view of Tours by Demachy
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References

  1. ^ "Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours" (in French). Musées des la Région Centre. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Visite du musée des beaux-arts de Tours" (in French). France 3. January 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours" (in French). Webmuseo. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  4. ^ Bordier, Dominique (15 December 2010). "Dans les réserves du musée des Beaux-arts de Tours". La Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  5. ^ Rykner, Didier (19 January 2010). "Acquisition et accrochage: actualité du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours" (in French). La Tribune de l'Art. Retrieved 13 January 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Base Mérimée: PA00098132, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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