Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole

The Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Dole is a museum in Dole, in the department of Jura, France. Founded in 1821, it has been housed since 1980 in the Pavillon des Officiers, an example of the military architecture of Franche-Comté from the 18th century. Collections The collections comprise three sections: archaeology , ancient art and contemporary art . Archaeology : Archeological discoveries in the area of Jura, from the Neolithic to the Merovingian era. Ancient art : Burgundian sculpture, and that of Franche-Comté, from the Middle Ages to the 18th century (G. Lullier, F.-M. Rosset, Claude-François Attiret ). 17th- and 18th-century French paintings ( Simon Vouet , Étienne Allegrain , Charles-Antoine Coypel ), Italian Old Master paintings ( Giambattista Pittoni , Francesco Albani , Luca Giordano , Gioacchino Assereto ) and Northern ones (the Master of Saint Giles.