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The Musée Condé – in English, the Condé Museum – is a French museum located inside the Château de Chantilly in Chantilly,
The collection of old master paintings is among the most important in France. It consists predominantly of Italian and French works and includes three paintings by Fra Angelico, three by
SalledesGardes-ChateauChantilly1.jpg, Salle des gardes
Chateau de Chantilly 010.JPG, Chapelle Saint-Louis
ChambrePrince-ChateauChantilly2.jpg, Chambre de Monsieur le Prince
Chantilly Château de Chantilly Innen Tribune 1.jpg, La Tribune
Chantilly Castle 04.jpg, Galerie des cerfs
The Musée Condé – in English, the Condé Museum – is a French museum located inside the Château de Chantilly in Chantilly, Oise
Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...
, 40 km north of Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
. In 1897, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, son of Louis Philippe I
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.
As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wa ...
, bequeathed the château and its collections to the Institut de France
The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute ...
. It included rooms remodeled as museum spaces and those left as residential quarters in the styles of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Collections
The collection of old master paintings is among the most important in France. It consists predominantly of Italian and French works and includes three paintings by Fra Angelico, three by Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ...
, five by Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for ...
, four by Antoine Watteau and five signed by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
The museum harbors a collection of 2,500 drawings and a library including 1,500 manuscripts, of which 200 are illuminated. The most renowned of the latter are the '' Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry''. In addition to these, there are collections of prints, portrait miniatures, sculptures, antiques, old photographs, decorative arts, furniture and porcelain.
The collection may only be seen at Chantilly due to the conditions attached to the bequest by the Duke d'Aumale. These conditions forbid the loaning of artworks to other institutions as well as insisting that the exhibition spaces not be modified in any way. As a result, the museum remains almost unchanged since it was opened in 1898. About 250,000 visitors come to the museum each year.
Also in the museum's collection is the Chantilly codex (MS 564), the primary manuscript of music.
See also
* Paul Dubois (sculptor)References
External links
* * {{Authority control Art museums and galleries in France Musee Conde Art museums established in 1898 Museums in Oise