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The Musée des Beaux-Arts
Musée des Beaux-Arts

"Mus?e des Beaux Arts" is the title of a poem by W. H. Auden from 1938. The poem's title derives from the Mus?es Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels which contains the painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, thought until recently to be by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, though still believed to be based on a lost original of hi...
 de Nîmes is the fine arts museum of Nîmes
Nîmes

N?mes is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Gard Departments of France. N?mes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and it is a popular tourist destination....
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as founded in 1821 and originally housed in the Maison Carrée
Maison Carrée

The Maison Carr?e at N?mes in southern France is one of the best preserved temples to be found anywhere in the territory of the former Roman Empire....
. Since 1907 it has been housed in a building designed by the architect Max Raphel in Square de la Mandragore on rue de la Cité Foulc. The Maison Carrée soon became too small and an architectural competition was organised in 1902 for a new building. This was won by Max Raphel and work began in 1903, being completed in 1907.






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The Musée des Beaux-Arts
Musée des Beaux-Arts

"Mus?e des Beaux Arts" is the title of a poem by W. H. Auden from 1938. The poem's title derives from the Mus?es Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels which contains the painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, thought until recently to be by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, though still believed to be based on a lost original of hi...
 de Nîmes is the fine arts museum of Nîmes
Nîmes

N?mes is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Gard Departments of France. N?mes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and it is a popular tourist destination....
.

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It was founded in 1821 and originally housed in the Maison Carrée
Maison Carrée

The Maison Carr?e at N?mes in southern France is one of the best preserved temples to be found anywhere in the territory of the former Roman Empire....
. Since 1907 it has been housed in a building designed by the architect Max Raphel in Square de la Mandragore on rue de la Cité Foulc. The Maison Carrée soon became too small and an architectural competition was organised in 1902 for a new building. This was won by Max Raphel and work began in 1903, being completed in 1907. It was renovated by the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Jean-Michel Wilmotte

Jean-Michel Wilmotte is a French architect and designer. He is an interior-architecture graduate of the ?cole Camondo and set up the Governor practice in Paris in 1975....
 in 1987

Collections

, Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
 with the corpse of Charles I
Charles I of England

Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....
]] The original collection was gathered from private collections in 1824 and was mainly made up of Roman antiquities, old master paintings and modern paintings. It was later enriched by legacies such as those of Robert Gower in 1869 and of Charles Tur in 1948 and gifts by professional and amateur artists. The collection now includes 3,600 works. In a lower 3-room gallery are Italian paintings by Jacopo Bassano
Jacopo Bassano

Jacopo Bassano was an Republic of Venice painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, from which he adopted the name.His father Francesco Bassano the Elder was a "peasant artist" and Jacopo adopted some of his style as he created religious paintings with novel features including animals, farmhouses, and landscapes....
 (1515-1592), Lelio Orsi
Lelio Orsi

Lelio Orsi , was an Italy Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school. He was born and died in Novellara, and much of his work was completed in Reggio....
 (1511-1587) and Andrea della Robbia
Andrea della Robbia

Andrea della Robbia was an Italy Renaissance sculptor, especially in ceramics. He was the son of Marco della Robbia, brother of Luca della Robbia....
 (1435-1525) among others. In the seven rooms of the upper gallery are Flemish and Dutch paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries (Rubens
Rubens

Rubens is often used to mean Peter Paul Rubens , Flemish artist.Rubens may also refer to:*Paul Rubens , co-lyricist of Florodora*Alma Rubens , American actor...
, Carel Fabritius
Carel Fabritius

Carel Fabritius was a Netherlands painter and one of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn's most gifted pupils.Fabritius was born in the ten-year old Beemster polder, as the son of schoolteacher....
, Pieter van Aelst
Pieter van Aelst

Pieter van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flanders Painting. He studied under Bernard van Orley and later lived in Italy before entering the Antwerp Guild of painters in 1527....
 (1502-1550), Leonaert Bramer
Leonaert Bramer

Leonaert/Leonard Bramer alias Nestelghat was a Netherlands painter, best known for probably being one of the teachers of Johannes Vermeer, although there is no similarity between their work....
) and French paintings by Renaud Levieux, Jean-François de Troy, Pierre Subleyras
Pierre Subleyras

Pierre Subleyras was a France Painting, active during the late-Baroque and early-Neoclassicism period, mainly in ItalySubleyras was born in Saint Gilles du Gard, France....
 and Paul Delaroche's Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
 with the corpse of Charles I
Charles I of England

Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....
. They also house paintings by the Nîmes-born artists Charles-Joseph Natoire
Charles-Joseph Natoire

Charles-Joseph Natoire was a French painter in the Rococo manner, a pupil of Fran?ois Lemoyne and director of the French Academy in Rome, 1751-1775....
 and Xavier Sigalon
Xavier Sigalon

Xavier Sigalon , France Painting, born at Uz?s towards the close of 1787, was one of the few leaders of the romantic movement who cared for treatment of form rather than of colour....
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