Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers

The Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers is a museum of art located in a mansion, the "logis Barrault", place Saint-Éloi near the historic city of Angers, western France. Building Château de Villevêque, an extension of the museum The museum is part of the Toussaint complex, which includes the garden of Fine Arts, the David d'Angers gallery, the city library and the canteen. It displays a rich collection of art works acquired over the centuries on a total area of 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) distributed as follows: 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft) for permanent collections 500 square metres (5,400 sq ft) for temporary exhibitions 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft) for the public reception areas: lobbies, passing museums, auditorium, video room. History After the French Revolution, the Directory founded "Ecole Centrales" (central schools), and that of Maine-et-Loire was transferred to the Logis Barrault mansion. In May 1801, the museum of the Ecole Centrale de Maine-et-Loire opened its doors, modeled on the Louvre . In 1803, the Central Schools were closed, but the municipality of Angers decided to preserve the museum of painting. The natural history museum and municipal library opened in 1805. The museum is considered to be one of the richest in all the neighboring departments, and after that of Paris it would be one. Permanent collections Les Génies des Arts by François Boucher (1703-1770) Gianciotto Discovers Paolo and Francesca by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) Works from many gifts, bequests, deposits or acquisitions are located in the historic rooms of the museum. 900 of them are exposed on the 1700 account as the Museum of Fine Arts. About 150 underwent fundamental restoration during construction. They are divided into two separate permanent tours: The "fine art" tour This tour presents a rich collection of paintings punctuated by artwork and sculptures that tells chronologically the different artistic movements from the fourteenth.