Musée national de la Renaissance - Château d'Écouen
Rue Jean Bullant 95440 Écouen
Between Paris and Chantilly, overlooking the Plaine de France, the Château d'Écouen is a major architectural achievement of the French Renaissance with intact decoration (painted chimneys, ceremonial pavements, ceilings and friezes, etc.). It was built for Anne de Montmorency, prince, patron and great statesman of kings Francis I and Henry II. Its thirty-two museographic rooms present the collections of the National Renaissance Museum which constitute one of the most prestigious collections of decorative arts of the period: furniture, ceramics, enamels, silverware, weapons, glassware, stained glass, paintings and tapestries, including the exceptional tapestry of the Story of David and Bathsheba.
Tags
Castle, palace, manor house, Decorative Arts, Society and civilisation, Musée de France, Monument historique
