Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen

Museum building (2014)

The Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen is an art museum in Rouen (France) opened in 1801 on the basis of the Chaptal Decree .

The museum director is Sylvain Amic. In 2011 the house had 314,688 visitors. The building with 60 rooms was built in 1888 and last renovated in 1994.

Paintings from the 15th to the 21st century as well as sculptures (Pierre Puget, Théodore Géricault, David d'Angers, Antoine Bourdelle, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Alexandre Archipenko, Jacques Lipchitz etc.) and 8000 drawings are shown.

Famous paintings

Famous works of art in the permanent exhibition include Caravaggio, Velázquez, Géricault, Dufy, Boudin and Monet; Selected Works:

Gerard David , Vierge entre les Vierges
François Clouet , Le Bain de Diane ( Les Nobles baigneuses ), German: Bath of Diana , 1550–1559
Caravaggio , Flagellazione di Cristo
Diego Velázquez , Democritus
Théodore Géricault , Cheval arrêté par des esclaves
Charles Marie Bouton , Chapelle du Calvaire dans l'église Saint-Roch
Théodore Géricault , Cheval arabe gris-blanc
Claude Monet , Rue Saint-Denis
Alfred Sisley , L'Inondation à Port-Marly
Amedeo Modigliani , Paul Alexandre devant un vitrage
Robert Antoine Pinchon , Le Pont aux Anglais, soleil couchant , 1905.