Images of Musée des Beaux-arts de Marseille
Musée des Beaux-arts de Marseille and its collection
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The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is an art museum in Marseille that is housed in the right wing of the Palais Longchamp that was built by the architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu between 1862 and 1869. The museum holds a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 16th to the 19th century. The collection of paintings the museum exhibits includes pieces of art of the French, Italian, Spanish, Flanders and Holland schools. Furthermore, Musée des Beaux-arts de Marseille holds a large collection of sculpture by Pierre Paul Puget, as well as La Méditation, created by Auguste Rodin.
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