“Masterpieces of the Museum” - Discovery Tour

Name: “Masterpieces of the Museum” - Discovery Tour
Start: 2022-09-18T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (Musée Saint-Loup)

You have never entered the museum? Come and discover it through some of its beautiful masterpieces!

Sunday 18 September 2022, 11:00, 15:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Booking required. 15 people maximum.

Registration

03 25 42 20 09

©Carole Bell - Ville de Troyes

This guided tour, ideal for a first discovery of the museum, allows visitors to observe the breadth and richness of the collections of the Saint-Loup museum through the presentation of a masterpiece per collection. A journey into local history through archaeology, natural history, medieval art, fine arts and modern art!

About the location

Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (Musée Saint-Loup)

61 rue de la Cité, 10000 Troyes

Aube
Grand Est

The old(former) abbey, built in the XVIIth and XVIIIth century s., shelters the museum of Fine Arts, of regional archaeology and the Museum. Regional Archaeology: first palaeolithic populatings till the beginning of Middle Ages, of Stone Age (dolmen of Frécul) via(including) the age of metals (remarkable Celtic time(period): falls to tank of Bouranton, golden(in gold) bracelet of Molesmes), then the roman time (Apollo de Vaupoisson, domus of Chaillouet) up to High Middle Ages (treasure of Pouan). Natural sciences: an unique(only) Museum in Champagne-Ardenne. Focus on local fauna(crowd): mammals (otter, lynx, wildcat) and visible birds around the natural lakes of the forest of East (ash crane, black stork) as well as sorts(species) from the whole world: a diversity of fauna(crowd).

This new route combines nearly 300 works, small paintings and monumental works, known masterpieces and restored and unpublished works from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. This presentation renews the look at this exceptional collection of French and European painting, from knowledgeable collectors, highlighting artistic exchanges between France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, England ... with Giotto, Malouel, Spranger, Vasari, Rubens, Jordaens, van Dyck, Champaigne, Bellotto, Mignard, Le Brun, Watteau, Natoire, Boucher, Fragonard, Hubert Robert, Greuze, Vien, David, Corot ...