Musee des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Tours
Tours, France
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Museum Address
18 Place François-Sicard, 37000 Tours, France
Tours, France
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The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours occupies the former Archbishop's Palace next to Tours Cathedral, a building with elements dating from the 4th through 18th centuries. The museum was established under the Chaptal Decree of 1801, with initial works transferred from the Louvre.
The collection covers European painting from the 14th through 20th centuries, with strengths in Italian Renaissance painting and 18th-century French art. Mantegna's Agony in the Garden and Resurrection of Christ are prized holdings. Rembrandt, Rubens, and Degas also feature. A magnificent cedar of Lebanon in the garden, planted in 1804, is itself a classified monument.
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Tours in Tours, France houses 1 masterpiece in our database, including works by Peter Paul Rubens. Notable works include Madonna and Child with the Donors Alexandre Goubeau and his wife Anne Antoni.
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Musee des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Tours is located in Tours, France. The museum is in Tours, France, and it's a worthwhile stop for art lovers.
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours occupies the former Archbishop's Palace next to Tours Cathedral, a building with elements dating from the 4th through 18th centuries. The museum was established under the Chaptal Decree of 1801, with initial works transferred from the Louvre.The collection covers European painting from the 14th through 20th centuries, with strengths in Italian Renaissance painting and 18th-century French art.
The museum was established under the Chaptal Decree of 1801, with initial works transferred from the Louvre.The collection covers European painting from the 14th through 20th centuries, with strengths in Italian Renaissance painting and 18th-century French art.
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