Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras
Clio, Giovanni Baglione
Apollo, Giovanni Baglione
Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry, Giovanni Baglione
Erato, Muse of Lyrics, Giovanni Baglione
Euterpe, Muse of Music, Giovanni Baglione
Polyhymnia, Muse of Hymns, Giovanni Baglione
Terpsichore, Muse of Dance, Giovanni Baglione
Thalia, Muse of Comedy, Giovanni Baglione
Urania, Muse of Astronomy , Giovanni Baglione
The Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras is located in the old Abbey of St. Vaast in Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Collection
Paintings
The museum's collection includes paintings of the Flemish and Dutch schools including Jehan Bellegambe, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Peter Wtewael, Balthasar van der Ast, Peter Paul Rubens, Gerard Seghers, Jacob Foppens van Es, Barent Fabritius, Nicolaes Maes and Gerbrand van den Eeckhout. From the Italian school there are works by Jacopo Bassano and paintings from the "nine muses" series of Giovanni Baglione. There are also French paintings by artists such as Claude Vignon, Philippe de Champaigne, Gaspard Dughet, Jean Jouvenet, Sébastien Bourdon, Laurent de La Hyre, Charles Le Brun, Joseph Parrocel, Nicolas de Largillière, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Charles-André van Loo, Louis Joseph Watteau, Joseph-Marie Vien, Camille Corot, Théodore Rousseau, Théodore Chassériau, Eugène Delacroix...
Some of the works that are displayed are:
Triptyque de l'Adoration de l’Enfant Jésus, Jehan Bellegambe, oil on wood (1528)
Saint François recevant les stigmates, Peter Paul Rubens, oil on canvas (1615)
Présentation de la Vierge au temple, Philippe de Champaigne, oil on canvas (carton de tapisserie)
Mort de Caton, Charles Le Brun, oil on canvas (1646)
Achille partant au combat après la mort de Patrocle, oil on canvas, James Durno.
Portrait d'une jeune femme, huile sur toile, Jacques Augustin Catherine Pajou, (1803).
Disciples et saintes femmes relevant le corps de St Etienne pour l’ensevelir, Eugène Delacroix.
Saulaie à Sainte Catherine, près d'Arras, Camille Corot, (vers 1855)
La Bénédiction des blés en Artois, Jules Breton, oil on canvas (1857)
Un Mousquetaire, Jan van Beers, oil on canvas (1874)
La glaneuse, Jules Breton, oil on canvas (1877)
La Grand'Place d'Arras, un jour de marché, Charles Desavary, oil on canvas (1878)
Le peintre Désiré Dubois peignant en plein air, Constant Dutilleux, oil on canvas
Sculptures
Sculptures include:
La Famille, de Émile Joseph Nestor Carlier, (1849-1928)
Objets d'art
The most notable of the collection of art objects are:
The angels of Humbert and the angels of Saudemont date from 1260-1270 with a height of 1.30m, gold-plated matte and gloss for those Saudemont. These are fine examples of the quality of medieval sculpture in northern France. They are classified as historical monuments since 29 November 1958. The originals are in the museum, while copies are contained in one of the chapels of Saudemont and the Humbert church.
Medieval funerary mask.
References
Citations
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