The Small Palace [2] (Petit Palais [2] , fr. Petit Palais ) is a former exhibition pavilion of the World Exhibition held in Paris in 1900. The pavilion was erected in the period from 1897 to 1900, now it houses the city Museum of Fine Arts ( fr. Musée du Petit Palais ), which includes collections of Greek, Roman and Egyptian art, objects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance , collections of books and enamels, paintings Dutch and Flemish masters of the 16th and 17th centuries, collections of furniture and tapestries of the 18th century, as well as paintings by French artists of the 19th century, including works by Delacroix and Cezanne .
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Timpan with an allegory of Paris, surrounded by the muses above the entrance to the Small Palace, was created around 1900 by sculptor J.-A. Enzhalber .
- Masterpieces of the collection
Honore Daumier . Chess players 1863–1867
Gustave Courbet . Sleeping 1866
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot . Marietta (Roman Odalisque). 1843
Edouard Manet Portrait of Theodore Dure. 1868
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 base Mérimée - ministère de la Culture , 1978.
- ↑ 1 2 6. Traditional names of Paris // Recommendations for the Russian transfer of the names of intracity facilities in France / Comp. K. T. Boyko ; Ed. L.P. Sandalova . - M .: TsNIIGAiK , 1989. - p. 17. - 890 copies.
See also
- Grand Palace
- List of museums of Paris
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to the Lesser Palace (Paris)
- Official site