Anne de Beaujeu Museum


The Anne de Beaujeu Museum is a museum of art and history, established since 1910 in the Renaissance pavilion of the Palais des Ducs de Bourbon in Moulins, Allier, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It adjoins the Maison Mantin, named after the collector Louis Mantin.
The museum is named after Anne of France, the daughter of Louis XI, who became Anne de Beaujeu by her union with the Duke of Bourbon Pierre de Beaujeu.
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History

Since 2004, the Anne de Beaujeu Museum, previously managed by a joint union representing the town of Moulins and the department of Allier, has become purely departmental. The museum has received the "Museum of France” label.

Collections

The museum's collections are divided into five main themes, and they bring together some 20,000 works, including artifacts, archaeological finds, coins and medals, weapons and a natural history fund.

19th century paintings and sculptures

The museum's rich art collection of the second half of the 19th century contains works by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jean-Paul Laurens, Ernest Meissonier, Alexandre Cabanel, Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse, and Jean-Jacques Henner. It includes:Truth Coming Out of Her Well, Jean-Léon Gérôme, oil on canvas ;Le Matin de Castiglione, Ernest Meissonier, oil on canvas ;The Men of Holy Office, Jean-Paul Laurens, oil on canvas ;Salammbô, Georges Rochegrosse, oil on canvas ;Le Bal des Ardents, Georges Rochegrosse, oil on canvas 11;Venus to the change of Pâris, Émile Thomas, sculpture, transfer of the state;Adam and Eve, Fernand Pelez, transfer of the state;Portrait of a woman, called Jew with Fur, Marcellin Desboutin, oil on canvas, transfer of the state.

German and Flemish paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries

The museum has an important collection of German and Flemish paintings: altarpiece panels, portraits, and biblical scenes.