Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
Refreshed displays completed in 2023 have given new life to this notable fine arts museum. The vast body of its collection was amassed in the late 18th century by the Cacault brothers and features a fine array of paintings from the 12th to the late 19th centuries. The strong Italian representation (Perugino, Tintoretto, Gentileschi) is due to François Cacault’s travels as a diplomat. The municipality added to this foundation with purchases of 19th-century works by Delacroix, Rousseau, Renoir, and Gauguin, in addition to modern and contemporary artists, whose works are displayed in a 21st century annex called The Cube.
Refreshed displays completed in 2023 have given new life to this notable fine arts museum. The vast body of its collection was amassed in the late 18th century by the Cacault brothers and features a fine array of paintings from the 12th to the late 19th centuries. The strong Italian representation (Perugino, Tintoretto, Gentileschi) is due to François Cacault’s travels as a diplomat. The municipality added to this foundation with purchases of 19th-century works by Delacroix, Rousseau, Renoir, and Gauguin, in addition to modern and contemporary artists, whose works are displayed in a 21st century annex called The Cube.
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