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Musée Jacquemart-André

A beautiful private museum in Paris

David Enzel
Sep 5, 2022
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Musée Jacquemart-André - © David H. Enzel, 2022

The Musée Jacquemart-André is a private museum located at 158 Boulevard Haussmann in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The museum was created from the private home of Édouard André (1833–1894) and Nélie Jacquemart (1841–1912) to display the art they collected during their lives.

Musée Jacquemart-André - © David H. Enzel, 2022

Édouard André, the scion of a Protestant banking family, devoted his considerable fortune to buying works of art. He then exhibited them in his new mansion built in 1869 by the architect Henri Parent, and completed in 1875.

Musée Jacquemart-André - © David H. Enzel, 2022

André married a well-known society painter, Nélie Jacquemart, who had painted his portrait ten years earlier. The couple travelled in Italy, amassing one of the finest collections of Italian art in France. When Edouard André died, Nélie Jacquemart completed the decoration of the Italian Museum and travelled in the Orient to add more precious works to the collection. Faithful to the plan agreed with her husband, she bequeathed the mansion and its collections to the Institut de France as a museum, and it opened to the public in 1913.

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Musée Jacquemart-André - © David H. Enzel, 2022

You can see more photos of this beautiful spot on my photography website.

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Source: Wikipedia

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Susan Nuffer
Sep 6, 2022

Enjoying your photos of fabulous places, art and history.

Thank You,

Susan

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