Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon

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Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie

The Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie in Besançon is the oldest public museum in France . According to its founding date of 1694, it is almost a hundred years older than the Louvre .

The museum has been located in a former granary in the city center since 1843. After the Besson collection was taken up, a renovation was carried out under the direction of Le Corbusier's student Louis Miquel from 1967 to 1970, with the inner courtyard being covered.

Collections

The collections are divided into archeology , drawings and paintings.

archeology

  • The Egyptian collection contains mummies of the royal scribe Seramon (late 21st dynasty) and the Ankhpakhered from the 26th dynasty, as well as smaller objects such as statuettes.
  • The prehistoric department shows objects from the Neolithic , Bronze Age and Iron Age .
Taureau Avrigney
  • The Gallo-Roman culture is the subject of the most important archaeological section. It contains the mosaics of Neptune and Medusa from the collège Lumière , other objects from excavations in the urban area and a bronze statue of a bull with three horns from Avrigney-Virey .
  • The medieval collection shows statues, sarcophagi and other objects.

drawings

painting

The collection shows examples of European art since the 14th century:

Origin of the collection

Essentially, the museum exhibits works from four donations. In 1694, Jean-Baptiste Boisot donated his collection of manuscripts, printed books, medals, eleven paintings and four busts from the Granvelle family to the city's Benedictines on condition that they be made accessible to the public twice a week. In 1819, Pierre-Adrien Pâris, the king's architect, offered his collection of 38 paintings and 183 drawings, including that of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, to the museum. Jean-François Gigoux († 1894) bequeathed his collection of more than 3,000 graphics and 460 paintings to the museum. The last donation for the time being came in 1969 from George Besson and his wife (112 paintings, 220 graphics of modern and contemporary art).

Web links

Commons : Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ 25 ″  N , 6 ° 1 ′ 23 ″  E