Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

Coordinates: 50°37′49.27″N 3°3′46.46″E / 50.6303528°N 3.0629056°E / 50.6303528; 3.0629056

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Established	1809
Location	Place de la République, 59000 Lille, France
Type	Art gallery
Visitor figures	239,975 (2007)
Director	Alain Tapié
Website	pba-lille.fr

The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (Lille Palace of Fine Arts) is one of the largest museums in France, and the largest French museum outside of Paris.

It was one of the first museums built in France, established under the instructions of Napoleon I at the beginning of the 19th century as part of the popularisation of art : Jean-Antoine Chaptal's decree of 1801 selected fifteen French cities (among which Lille) to receive the works seized from churches and from the territories occupied by the armies of Revolutionary France. The painters Louis Joseph Watteau and François Watteau, known as the "Watteau of Lille", were heavily involved in the museum's beginnings - Louis Joseph Watteau made in 1795 the first inventory of the paintings confiscated during the Revolution, whilst his son François was deputy curator of the museum from 1808 to 1823.

The museum opened in 1809 and was initially housed in a church confiscated from the Récollets before being transferred to the city's town hall. In 1866, the "musée Wicar", formed from the collection of Jean-Baptiste Wicar, was merged into the Palais des Beaux-Arts. Construction of the Palais's current Belle Époque-style building began in 1885 under the direction of Géry Legrand, mayor of Lille, and it was completed in 1892. The architects chosen to design the new building were Edouard Bérard (1843 - 1912) and Fernand Etienne-Charles Delmas (1852 - 1933) from Paris. The building is located on the place de la République, in the center of the city, facing the préfecture of Lille. It was renovated during the 1990s and reopened in 1997.

At the start of the 1990s, the building's poor state and the moving of Vauban's relief models of fortified towns to Lille forced the town to renovate the building. Work began in 1991, under the architects Jean-Marc Ibos and Myrto Vitart, and was completed in 1997. This allowed the creation of a new 700 m² basement room for temporary exhibitions, as well as departments for the relief models and for 19th-century sculpture. Overall the museum covers 22000 m², the second largest collection in France after the Louvre. Its sculptures, paintings, drawings, ceramics and so on include works by Raphael, Donatello, Van Dyck, Tissot, Jordaens, Rembrandt, Goya, El Greco, David, Corot, Courbet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Delacroix, Rubens, Rodin, Claudel and Jean-Baptiste Chardin.

Collections

Antiquities, Middle Ages and Renaissance

Ascension of the Elect by Dirk Bouts.

• Ascension of the Elect, Dirk Bouts, oil on wood (c 1450)
• Fall of the Damned, Dirk Bouts, oil on wood (c 1450)
• Portrait of man, skull in a niche, Barthel Bruyn, oil on wood
• Three donors with Saint John the Baptist, Barthel Bruyn the Younger, oil on wood
• The Virgin and the Sleeping Jesus, Joos van Cleve, oil on wood (16th century)
• The Virgin nursing the Infant Jesus, Joos van Cleve, oil on wood (16th century)
• Christ blessing the Virgin, Jacob Cornelisz van Amsterdam, oil on wood (16th century)
• The Virgin, the Infant Jesus and saint Cecilia, Domenico Panetti
• Trinity, triptych of Marchiennes, Jean Bellegambe, oil on wood (c 1510)
• Triptych of the mystic bath, Jehan Bellegambe, oil on wood (1510)
• Feast of Herod, Donatello, marble (vers 1435)
• Vanity, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, oil on wood (c 1535-1540)
• Virgin and Child surrounded by angels, Master of the foliage in embroidery, triptych, oil on wood (c 1495-1500)
• Portraits of Louis de Quarre and Barbe de Cruysinck as donors ; saint Barbara and saint Louis on foot under arcades, Master of the foliage in embroidery, oil on wood (c 1495-1500)
• The Virgin in glory amidst the apostles, Master of the Lyversberg Passion, oil on wood (c 1460-1480)
• Adoration of the Shepherds, Maîster of the Lille Adoration, oil on wood (1520)
• Preaching of saint John the Baptist, Master of the Lille Preaching, oil on wood (1530-1540)
• Vierge au lait, Maître des Madones mosanes, marble (c 1350)
• Adoration of the Magi, Maître MS, oil on wood (c 1506-1510)
• Saint Dorothea and Saint Mary Magdalen, Master of saint-Séverin, two panels, oil on wood (1480-1520)
• The Resurrection and La Vierge du rosaire, anonymous, South German, oil on wood (c 1480-1490)
• Adoration of the Magi, anonymous, triptych, oil on wood (c 1510-1520)
• Saint Henri and saint Cunégonde, saint Jerome and a bishop saint, predella of the retable of saint George, anonymous, Tyrol, oil on wood (c 1520)
• Saint John the Baptist and saint Catherine, anonymous, German, oil on wood (16th century)
• Saint Barbara and two saints, anonymous, German, oil on wood (16th century)
• Sketch for Paradise, Veronese, oil on wood

17th-century paintings

Descent from the Cross by Rubens

Allegory of worldly vanities by Pieter Boel

• Rest of the Holy Family, Pieter van Avont, oil on wood
• Martyrdom of saint Maurice and his companions, Jan Boeckorst known as Lange Jan, oil on canvas (1661)
• Allegory of worldly vanities, Pieter Boel, oil on canvas (1663)
• Coronation the Virgin, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, oil on canvas
• Ecstacy of saint Rosalie of Palermo, Theodor Boeyermans, oil on canvas
• The Nativity, Philippe de Champaigne, oil on canvas
• Antique landscape, Philippe de Champaigne, oil on canvas
• Saint Nicolas saving the prisoners, Jan Cossiers, oil on canvas (1660)
• The Miraculous Fish or The apostles reporting to Christ the fruit of their enterprise, Gaspard de Crayer, oil on wood
• Martyrdom of the crowned martyrs : Claudius, Nicolastratus, Symphorianus, Castor and Simplicius, Gaspard de Crayer, oil on wood
• Miracle of Saint Anthony of Padua at Toulouse, Antony van Dyck, oil on wood (c 1627-1630)
• Christ on the cross, Antony van Dyck, oil on canvas
• Portrait of Marie de Médicis, reine de France, Antony van Dyck
• Christ climbing to Calvary and being recognised by saint Veronica, Frans II Francken, oil on wood (c 1615-1620)
• Presentation of the Holy Tunic to Charles V, Frans II Francken, oil on wood (c 1615)
• Ball on a palace terrace or ball at the court of Don John of Austria, Hieronymus Janssens known as Le danseur, oil on canvas (1658)
• Christ and the Pharisees, Jacob Jordaens, oil on canvas (c 1660)
• The Abduction of Europa, Jacob Jordaens, oil on canvas (1643)
• Portrait of a man, Jacob Jordaens, oil on wood
• Susanna and the Elders, Jacob Jordaens, oil on canvas
• The distress of the prodigal son, Jacob Jordaens
• A piqueur and his dogs, Jacob Jordaens, (1635)
• Saint Mary Magdalene at prayer, Eustache Le Sueur, oil on canvas
• Burial, Pieter Lastman, oil on wood (1612)
• Moses dividing the waters, Johann Liss, oil on canvas
• Saint Peter causing a cloud to protect the faithful from the sun, Jeremias Mittendorff, oil on wood (1629)
• Martyrdom of Saint Peter of Verona, Jeremias Mittendorff, oil on canvas (1629)
• Saint Peter unmasking a false Madonna that had appeared in a heretics' temple, Jeremias Mittendorff, oil on wood (1629)
• Soldiers casting lots for the tunic of Christ, Nicolas Régnier
• Saint Jerome, José de Ribera, oil on canvas (1643)
• Descent from the Cross, Rubens, oil on canvas (vers 1617)
• Martyrdom of saint Catherine, Rubens, oil on canvas (vers 1615)
• Ecstacy of Mary Magdalen, Rubens, oil on canvas (vers 1619)
• Royal Generosity, Rubens, oil on canvas (1635)
• Royal Providence, Rubens, oil on canvas (1635)
• Saint François receiving the Christ Child from the Virgin's hands, Rubens, oil on canvas (c 1617)
• Birth of the Virgin, Jacques Stella
• Renaud and Armide, Alessandro Tiarini, oil on canvas
• Apotheosis of St Francis of Paul, Theodoor van Thulden, oil on wood
• Le Martyre de saint Philippe, oil on wood (c 1645-1648)
• Jesus's arrest in the Garden of Olives, Simon de Vos, oil on copper (vers 1650-1670)
• Jesus tried before Caiaphas, Simon de Vos, oil on copper (c 1650-1670)
• Saint Zita, Arnould de Vuez, oil on canvas (c 1696)
• Saint Cecilia accompanied by three angel musicians, Arnould de Vuez
• Mourning Virgin, Arnould de Vuez, oil on canvas
• Saint Anthony of Assisi receiving the stigmata, Arnould de Vuez, oil on canvas
• Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk at Delft, Emanuel de Witte
• The Denarius of Caesar, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1673)
• The Slave of Zeus, Kakhoofd van Stinkhoofd

18th- and 19th-century paintings

The Kiss by Carolus-Duran

The Birth of Venus by Amaury Duval

• 'http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Vanity.jpg, Alfred Agache, oil on canvas (1885)
• Portrait of Madame d’Aucourt de Saint-Just, Louis Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas (c 1800)
• Portrait of Monsieur d’Aucourt de Saint-Just, Louis Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas (c 1800)
• Portrait, said to be of Robespierre, Louis Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas
• Portrait of the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon, Louis Léopold Boilly, oil study on paper
• Portrait of Julien Boilly enfant, Louis Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas
• My foot of beef, Louis Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas
• Triumph of Marat, Louis Léopold Boilly, paper on canvas
• 23 studies for "the Studio of Isabey", Louis Léopold Boilly, paper on canvas
• Tobias fighting his father, Bon Boullongne, oil on canvas (c 1705)
• Lady in black, Carolus-Duran, oil on cartoon (1859)
• Sleeping man, Carolus-Duran, oil on canvas (1861)
• The Kiss, Carolus-Duran, oil on canvas (1868)
• Lady with a dog, Carolus-Duran, (1870)
• The silver goblet, Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, oil on canvas (c 1730)
• Elevation of the Cross, Alphonse Colas, (1849)
• Idyll or Cache-Cache, Jean-Baptiste Corot
• View of Honfleur, Gustave Courbet
• An Après-dîner at Ornans, Gustave Courbet, oil on canvas (1848-1849)
• Belisarius begging alms, Jacques-Louis David, oil on canvas (1781)
• Apelles painting Campaspe in Alexander's presence, Jacques-Louis David, oil on wood (1814)
• Medea, Eugène Delacroix, oil on canvas (1838)
• Hêtraie in the forest of Fontainebleau, Constant Dutilleux
• The Birth of Venus, Amaury Duval, oil on canvas (1862)
• Persuasion, Cyprian Godebski
• The Young People or The Letter, Francisco de Goya
• The Old People or Time, Francisco de Goya, oil on canvas (c 1808-1812)
• Psyche crowning Love, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, oil on canvas
• Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a fan, Edouard Manet
• Portrait of the artist, Odilon Redon, oil on canvas (c 1880)
• The Supper at Emmaus, Jean Restout, oil on canvas (1735)
• Landscape at Grandcamp, Georges Seurat, oil on wood (1885)

20th-century paintings

• Olga au col de fourrure, Pablo Picasso
• Rythme Coloré, Sonia Delaunay
• The barn, Constant Permeke
• Portrait of a woman, Rick Vouters
• Poelle flamand, Edouard Pignon
• Portrait, Ladislas Kijno
• Butterfly on a wheel, Fernand Léger
• Ecluse, Vierra da Silva
• Composition on the word cheval, Auguste Herbin
• Triptych, Lempereur Haut
• Composition, Serge Poliakoff

Sculptures

• Penelope, Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, bronze statue (1909)
• Charles Frédéric Kuhlmann, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, marble bust (c 1868-1870)
• The Pisan, Carolus-Duran, bronze
• Louise Claudel, Camille Claudel, terracotta bust
• Giganti or Head of a brigand, Camille Claudel, bronze head
• The Kisser, Gustave Crauk, plaster
• Cincinnatus, Denis Foyatier, plaster statue
• Knight errant, Emmanuel Frémiet, plaster equestrian statue (1878)
• Narcissus, Ernest-Eugène Hiolle, plaster statue (c 1867-1868)
• The Fever of Caumartin, Jean-Antoine Houdon, bronze-painted plaster bust (1779)
• Camulogene, Eugène-Louis Lequesne, plaster statue (1872)
• Satyr and bacchante, James Pradier, painted plaster (c 1833)
• Apollo and the muses, Emile Morlaix, original plaster
• Dying Hero, René Leleu, bronze
• La Séve, Gaston Watkin, stone
• Athlete, Gerard Choain, bronze
• Joan of Arc and other pieces, Alphonse-Amédée Cordonnier

Prints and drawings

• Preparatory drawing for the "Alba Madonna". Seated man wearing a shirt, bare arms., Raphael (c 1511)

Collection of "plans-reliefs"

Plan-relief of Ath

• Calais France, 753 x 463 cm, 1/600 scale, 6 tables (1691)
• Charleroi Belgium, 405 x 340 cm, 1/600 scale, 4 tables (1695)
• Ath Belgium, 480 x 378 cm, 1/600 scale, 5 tables (1697)
• Ypres Belgium, by engineer Tessier de Derville, 944 x 548 cm, 1/600 scale, 12 tables (1698-1702)
• Bergues France, 441 x 376 cm, 1/600 scale, 6 tables (1699)
• Tournai Belgium, by engineer Montaigu, 654 x 580 cm, 1/600 scale, 11 tables (1701)
• Menin Belgium, 542 x 372 cm, 1/600 scale, 6 tables (1702)
• Bouchain France, by engineer Ladevèze, 418 x 295 cm, 1/600 scale, 5 tables (1715)
• Lille France, by engineer Nicolas de Nézot, 440 x 400 cm, 1/600 scale, 7 tables, paper, silk and wood (1740-1743)
• Aire-sur-la-Lys France, by engineer Nicolas de Nézot, 590 x 467 cm, 1/600 scale, 15 tables, paper, silk and wood (1743)
• Audenarde Belgium, by engineer Nicolas de Nézot, 548 x 416 cm, 1/600 scale, 11 tables, paper, silk and wood (1747)
• Namur Belgium, by engineer Larcher d'Aubencourt, 776 x 650 cm, 1/600 scale, 22 tables (1747-1750)
• Maastricht Netherlands, by engineer Larcher d'Aubencourt, 689 x 580 cm, 1/600 scale, 13 tables (1752)
• Gravelines France, by engineer Lusca, 460 x 373 cm, 1/600 scale, 7 tables, paper, silk and wood (1756)
• Avesnes France, 753 x 525 cm, 1/600 scale, 18 tables (1824-1826)

Gallery

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  Bateaux de pêche rentrant à Berck by Ludovic Napoléon, comte Lepic

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  Belisarius by Jacques-Louis David

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  L’Après-dîner à Ornans by Gustave Courbet

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  L'Ex-voto by Ulysse-Louis de Butin

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  Meuse River in Freyr by Gustave Courbet

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  Le Dénombrement de Bethléem by Pieter Brueghel the Younger

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  Houses of Parliament, London by Claude Monet

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  The Cows by Vincent van Gogh

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  The Feast of Herod by Donatello

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  Monument de la défense de Saint-Quentin by Louis-Ernest Barrias

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  Vierge au lait by Maître des Madones mosanes

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  Palais des Beaux-Arts

Curator, director of the Palais des Beaux-Arts

• Alain Tapié (present)
• Arnaud Brejon de Lavergnée
• Albert Châtelet

Expositions temporaires

• Goya: Les Caprices (1799), 24 April - 28 July 2008
• Philippe de Champaigne, 27 April - 15 August 2007 (his first retrospective)
• Rubens, 6 March-14 June 2004 (as part of Lille 2004)
• Carolus-Duran, 9 March - 9 June 2003
• Berthe Morisot, 10 March - 9 June 2002 (first European retrospective since 1961)
• Francisco de Goya, 15 December 1998-14 March 1999

Bibliography

• Le Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille par Alain Tapié, Marie-Françoise Bouttemy, Annie Castier, et Dominique Delgrange aux éditions Réunion des musées nationaux, ISBN 2-7118-5222-9
• Les Plans en relief des places fortes du Nord : dans les collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille by Isabelle Warmoes, ISBN 2-85056-838-4
• Catalogue des dessins italiens : Collection du Palais des beaux-arts de Lille, aux éditions Réunion des musées nationaux, ISBN 2-7118-3392-5

External links

• Official site of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
• Mayor of Lille