The Calvet Museum (''musée Calvet'') is the main museum in Avignon. Since the 1980s the collection has been split between two buildings, with the fine arts housed in an 18th-century hôtel particulier and a separate Lapidary Museum in the former chapel of the city's Jesuit college on rue de la République. It is one of the museums run by the

Fondation Calvet La Fondation Calvet is an art foundation in Avignon, France, named for Esprit Calvet, who left his collections and library to it in 1810. The foundation maintains several museums and two libraries, with support from the town. The original legaci ...

. Its collections also include goldwork,

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, porcelain, tapestries, ironwork and other examples of the decorative arts, along with archaeology and Asian, Oceanic and African ethnography.

History

The hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan

The museum is housed in a building on the site of the Livrée de Cambrai, named after its last inhabitant, cardinal

Pierre d'Ailly Pierre d'Ailly (; Latin ''Petrus Aliacensis'', ''Petrus de Alliaco''; 13519 August 1420) was a French theologian, astrologer and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Academic career D'Ailly was born in Compiègne in 1350 or 1351 of a prospero ...

bishop of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Help ...

. In 1719, it was sold to François-René de Villeneuve, marquis d'Arzeliers and lord of Martignan, in the

Principality of Orange The Principality of Orange (french: la Principauté d'Orange; oc, Principat d'Aurenja) was, from 1163 to 1713, a feudal state in Provence, in the south of modern-day France, on the east bank of the river Rhone, north of the city of Avignon, an ...

.Joseph Girard, op cit, . Portrait d'Esprit Calvet

In 1734, de Villeneuve's son Jacques-Ignace de Villeneuve decided to extend the building to designs by , but later changed his mind and razed the whole building in 1741, replacing it with a completely new one to designs by Jean-Baptiste Franque.Joseph Girard, op cit, . Work on this new construction was only completed in 1749,Joseph Girard, op cit, . which was then bought in 1802 by the businessman Deleutre, who then rented it to the city authorities as a home for

Esprit Calvet __NOTOC__ Esprit Calvet (28 November 1728 – 25 July 1810) was a French physician and collector. Calvet came from a long established family in Avignon and was educated at the Jesuit college in the town. He studied medicine at the university ...

's collections. The authorities acquired it on 3 March 1833 to turn into a museum.Joseph Girard, op cit, . The hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan was made a monument historique on 1 October 1963.

Museum

A major collector and a

physiocrat Physiocracy (; from the Greek for "government of nature") is an economic theory developed by a group of 18th-century Age of Enlightenment French economists who believed that the wealth of nations derived solely from the value of "land agricultur ...

by training, Esprit Calvet devoted his life to medicine and arts. In 1810 his will left his library, natural history collection and cabinet of antiquities to his birthplace of Avignon, along with the necessary funds to make them accessible as an independent institution. Napoleon I issued a decree on 9 April 1811 from the

palais des Tuileries The Tuileries Palace (french: Palais des Tuileries, ) was a royal and imperial palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the River Seine, directly in front of the Louvre. It was the usual Parisian residence of most French monarchs, ...

allowing Avignon's mayor to accept the legacy for and in the name of the city of Avignon. The resulting museum was named after him and housed his collection.

Collections

Paintings

French

= 16th and 17th centuries

= * : ''The Holy Family'' ; ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' ; ''The Resurrection'' ; ''Lament over the Dead Christ''. *

Nicolas Mignard Nicolas Mignard, called Mignard d’Avignon, (7 February 1606 (baptised) – 20 March 1668) was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits.Lada Nikolenko. "Mignard." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. O ...

: ''Saint Michel Defeating the Rebel Angels'' ; ''Saint Bruno at Prayer'' ; ''Vice-Legate Frédéric Sforza'' ; ''The Virgin Mary Granting the Scapular to Saint Simon Stock'' ; ''Pietà'' ; ''Self-Portrait''. * : ''Laban Seeking His Idols'' ; ''The Archangel Gabriel Appearing to Zacharias''. *

Pierre Dupuis Pierre Dupuis or Pierre Dupuys (3 March 1610 in Montfort-l'Amaury – 18 February 1682 in Paris) was a French painter. He lived in Italy, where he met Pierre Mignard Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695 ...

: ''Still Life with Vegetables and Apricots''. *

Pierre Mignard Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695), called "Mignard le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits. He was ...

: ''Portrait of Henri de Forbin Maynier, baron d'Oppède'' ; ''Alexander Meets the Queen of the Amazons''. *

Pierre II Mignard Pierre II Mignard (20 February 1640 – 10 April 1725) was a French architect and painter. He was the son of painter Nicolas Mignard and the younger brother of Paul Mignard, a portrait painter. Biography Pierre II Mignard was born and died in Av ...

: ''Allegory of Spring'' ; ''Allegory of Summer'' ; ''Allegory of Autumn'' ; ''Allegory of Winter'' ; ''Apollo Flaying Marsyas'' ; ''Noli me tangere''. Simon de Châlons - Adoration des bergers.jpg, , ''Adoration of the Shepherds''. Nicolas Mignard-Vierge et saint Simon Stock.jpg,

, ''The Virgin Mary Granting the Scapular to Saint Simon Stock''. Reynaud Levieux-archange gabriel.jpg, , ''The Archangel Gabriel Appearing to Zacharias''. Pierre Mignard II - Printemps - Calvet.jpg,

, ''Allegory of Spring''.

= 18th century

= * Nicolas de Largillierre : ''Portrait of Pierre Parrocel''. * Jean Raoux : ''Young Woman Reading a Letter'' ; ''Silence, or Woman at a Window Drawing a Curtain''. *

Pierre Parrocel Pierre Parrocel (1664–1739) was a French painter of the late-Baroque period. Life He was born in Avignon to a large family of artists, including his uncle Joseph Parrocel and his father, Louis Parrocel. He was first instructed by his uncle, a ...

: ''Resurrection''. *

Étienne Parrocel Étienne Parrocel known as Le Romain (Avignon, January 8, 1696 - Rome, August 26 or January 13, 1775 or 1776) was a French painter working in Rome in the eighteenth century. Biography The son of and Jeanne Marie Périer, he belonged to a prol ...

: ''St John the Baptist Proclaiming the Messiah'' ; ''Saint Camille de Lellis Presented to the Holy Trinity''. *

Jean Valade Jean Valade (1710 - 12 December 1787) was a French painter and pastel artist of the Rococo movement, specializing in portraiture. Early life He was born in Poitiers. Valade was the son of Léonard who was also a painter and Marie Bellot. He tra ...

: ''Marie-Anne de Montboissier-Beaufort-Canillac, marquise de Beaumont'' ; ''Portrait of Joseph François Xavier de Seytres''. *

Jacques de Lajoue Jacques de Lajoue, a French architectural painter, was born in 1687 in Paris. He became a member of the Academy in 1721, and is noticed for a 'Perspective' which he executed in 1732 at the Library of St. Geneviève. He also designed the title-pa ...

: ''Seascape, Calm Weather''. * : ''Sovereignty'' ; ''Portrait of Esprit Calvet'' ; ''The City of Avignon Restored to the Holy See''. *

Joseph Vernet Claude-Joseph Vernet (14 August 17143 December 1789) was a French painter. His son, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, was also a painter. Life and work Vernet was born in Avignon. When only fourteen years of age he aided his father, Antoine Vern ...

: ''Entry into a Seaport in Calm Weather'' ; ''The Italian Gondola'' ; ''Fresh Morning, Pleasure Party'' ; ''Sailing Ship Wrecked on the Rocks'' ; ''A Shepherdess in the Alps'' ; ''Morning on Land, the Fish in the River'' ; ''Midday on Land, Gale'' ; ''Morning at Sea, Fog'' ; ''Sea, Sunrise, Port with a Temple''. *

Joseph-Marie Vien Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791. Biography He was born in Montpellier ...

: ''Jesus Presented in the Temple'' *

Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (6 March 1714 – 15 May 1789) was a French painter, draughtsman and administrator. Life He was a student of Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and painted a self-portrait in 17 ...

: ''Beheading of St John the Baptist'' *

Louis-Michel van Loo Louis-Michel van Loo (2 March 1707, Toulon – 20 March 1771, Paris) was a French Painting, painter. Biography He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, and he won a prize at the ''Académie Royale de ...

: ''Portrait of Joseph Vernet''. *

Hubert Robert Hubert Robert (22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.Jean de Cayeux. ...

: ''Spring'' ; ''The Fontaine de Vaucluse'' ; ''Landscape with Ruins and a Fountain'' ; ''Herd in front of the

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and the

Arch of Constantine The Arch of Constantine ( it, Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milv ...

in Rome''. *

Jean-Baptiste Regnault Jean-Baptiste Regnault (9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) was a French painter. Biography Regnault was born in Paris, and began life at sea in a merchant vessel. At the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to I ...

: ''The Centaur Chiron Educating Achilles''. *

Pierre Peyron Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

: ''Curius Dentatus Refusing Gifts from the Samnite Ambassadors''. * Jacques-Louis David : ''The Death of Joseph Bara''. *

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (; 16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Madame Le Brun, was a French portrait painter, especially of women, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Her artistic style is generally considered part o ...

: ''Portrait of Giuseppina Grassini''. Jean Raoux-Calvet.jpg, Jean Raoux, ''Young Woman Reading a Letter''. Pierre Parrocel-Résurrection du Christ.jpg,

, ''Resurrection''. Jean Valade-Portrait du marquis de Caumont.jpg,

, ''Portrait of the marquis de Caumont''. Joseph Vernet-La bergère des Alpes.jpg,

, ''A Shepherdess in the Alps''. Vigée-Lebrun-Grassini.jpg,

, ''Portrait of Giuseppina Grassini''.

= 19th century

= *

Horace Vernet Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (30 June 178917 January 1863), more commonly known as simply Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. Biography Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another famous painter, who w ...

: ''Joseph Vernet, Attached to a Mast, Studying the Effects of a Storm'', oil on canvas, 1822 ; ''Mazeppa'', oil on canvas, 1826 * Jean-Joseph Lacroix : ''The Legend of Christ of the Black Penitents''. *

Jean-Antoine Constantin Jean-Antoine Constantin (January 1756 - 9 January 1844) was a French painter. Biography Born in the vicinity of the Loubière, in Marseille, Jean-Antoine Constantin studied at the Academy of Painting in Marseille under the tutelage of Jean-Jose ...

: ''View of the Fontaine de Vaucluse''. *

François Marius Granet François Marius Granet (17 December 1775 – 21 November 1849) was a French painter. Biography François Marius Granet was born on 17 December 1775 in Aix-en-Provence; his father was a small builder. As a boy his strong desires led his parents ...

: ''Jacques de Molay Received into the Templars''. * Claude Marie Paul Dubufe : ''Apollo and Cyparissa''. *

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ( , , ; July 16, 1796 – February 22, 1875), or simply Camille Corot, is a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast o ...

: ''Site in Italy''. * Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld : ''

Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to: * Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407) * Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450 * Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547 * Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lau ...

at the Fontaine de Vaucluse''. *

Eugène Devéria Eugène François Marie Joseph Devéria (22 April 1805, in Paris – 3 February 1865, in Pau) was a French Romantic history painter, portraitist and muralist. Biography He was one of five children born to François-Marie Devéria, a Bureau C ...

: ''Portrait of Calvet''. * Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize : ''Luca Signorelli Preparing to Paint His Son, Killed in a Duel at Cortona''. * D'après Antoine-Jean Gros : ''The Battle of Nazareth''. * Isidore Dagnan : ''View of Avignon and the pont Saint-Bénézet''. * : ''Caravaggio in His Studio''. *

Pierre Révoil Pierre Henri Révoil (12 June 1776 – 19 March 1842) was a French painter in the troubadour style. Biography He was born in Lyon. His father was a furrier. Although he was needed at home, his family allowed him to receive a proper education ...

: ''Charles-Quint at the abbaye de Saint-Just''. *

Paul Huet Paul Huet (3 October 1803 – 8 January 1869) was a French painter and printmaker born in Paris. He studied under Gros and Guerin. He met the English painter Richard Parkes Bonington in the studio of Gros, where he studied irregularly from 1819 ...

: ''General view of Avignon and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon from inside the fort Saint-André'' ; ''View of Avignon from the North Side''. *

Théodore Chassériau Théodore Chassériau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Alger ...

: ''Sleeping Bather''. *

Alfred Sisley Alfred Sisley (; ; 30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedicatio ...

: ''The Church at Moret''. * Armand Guillaumin : ''The Pointe de la Baumette''. *

Paul Guigou Paul Camille Guigou (15 February 1834 – 21 December 1871) was a French landscape painter. Guigou was born in Villars, Vaucluse in a wealthy family of farmers and notaries. He studied painting in Apt and later with Émile Loubon in Marsei ...

: ''Selfportrait, or Man with a Pipe''. * Pierre Grivolas : ''Flagellants in the 14th Century'' ; ''The Market in place Pie''. * Victor Leydet : ''Before Mass'' ; ''Portrait of a Standing Young Man''. * : ''The Prodigal Son Guarding Pigs''. * Clément Brun : ''Street in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon''. * : ''Burial of Saint Sebastian'', 1827. Vernet, Horace - Mazeppa and the Wolves - 1826.jpg,

, ''Mazeppa''. Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld -François Ier à la fontaine de Vaucluse.jpg, Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld, ''Francis I at the Fontaine de Vaucluse''. Eugène Devéria - Portrait de Calvet Musée Calvet.jpg,

, ''Portrait of Calvet''. Théodore Chassériau-baigneuse endormie.jpg,

, ''Sleeping Bather''. Paul Huet-Vue d'Avignon.jpg,

, ''General view of Avignon and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon from inside the fort Saint-André''. Musée Calvet Sisley.jpg,

, ''The Church at Moret''.

= 20th century

= *

Émile Bernard Émile Henri Bernard (28 April 1868 – 16 April 1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne. Most of his nota ...

: ''Portrait of Paul Léautaud''. * Pierre Bonnard : ''Winter Day''. *

Chaïm Soutine Chaïm Soutine (13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943) was a Belarusian painter who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living and working in Paris. Inspired by classic painting in the European tradition, exemplified by the ...

: ''The Idiot''; ''Bad Luck''; ''The Stripe''; ''View of a Village, Céret in Roussillon'' * Bernard Buffet : ''Holy Face''. * Auguste Chabaud : ''Big Blue Bathing Woman'' ; ''Les Arènes''. *

Maurice Denis Maurice Denis (; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art, he is associated with ''Les Nabis'', symbolism, a ...

: ''Motherhood in White''. *

George Desvallières George Desvallières (1861–1950) was a French painter. A native of Paris, Desvallières was a great-grandson of academician Gabriel-Marie Legouvé, and received a religious upbringing. He studied at the Académie Julian(fgallica.bnf.fr, Lar ...

: ''Portrait of Madame Emile Desvallières''. *

Albert Gleizes Albert Gleizes (; 8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on ...

: ''Motherhood''; ''Riverbank''. * Alfred Lesbros : ''Street in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon'' ; ''Footing''. * : ''Portrait of Jules Belleudy in his Office''. * René Seyssaud : ''River in Autumn''. * Ibrahim Shahda : ''Woman in Black'' (''La Femme en noir''). * : ''Portrait of Joseph Rignault Aged Twenty''. *

Louis-Mathieu Verdilhan Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (24 November 1875 – 15 December 1928) was a French artist known especially for his paintings of the Old Port of Marseille. He was born in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard. His family moved to the Chartreux district in Marseille i ...

: ''View of the Vieux-Port in Marseille''. *

Maurice de Vlaminck Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse, he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 we ...

: ''On Zinc''. *

Joe Downing Joe Downing (June 26, 1903 in New York City, New York – October 16, 1975 in Canoga Park, California) was an American stage, TV and B-movie actor who made more than 70 appearances. Downing's early acting experience included work with the Thea ...

: ''Painting''. Chaïm Soutine - Vue d'un village - Calvet.jpg,

, ''View of a Village, Céret in Roussillon''. Maurice Denis-Maternité-Calvet.jpg,

, ''Motherhood in White''. Alfred Lesbros - rue à Villeneuve lès Avignon-Calvet.jpg, Alfred Lesbros, ''Street in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon''. Mathieu Verdilhan-Vieux Port-Calvet.jpg,

, ''View of the Vieux-port in Marseille''.

Italian

= 16th and 17th centuries

= *

Filippo Abbiati Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715) was an Italian painter of the early- Baroque period, active in Lombardy and Turin, together with Andrea Lanzani and Stefano Maria Legnani, he was a prominent mannerist painters from the School of Lombardy. Born in ...

: ''The Virgin Mary Appearing to the Bishops at the Council of Ephesus'', sketch for a large painting for santa Maria del Carmine church in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. * Paolo Biancucci : ''The Virgin Mary Presenting the Rosary to Saint Dominic, with Saints Catherine of Sienna, Antony of Padua and Francis of Assisi Adoring the Christ Child''. *

Vincenzo Campi Vincenzo Campi (; c.1530/1535–1591) was a 16th-century Italian painter working in Cremona during the Late Renaissance. Campi is best known as one of the first northern Italian artists to work in the Flemish style of realist genre painting. ...

: ''Peasants' Meal'' *

Angelo Caroselli Angelo Caroselli or Carosèlli (11 February 1585 – 8 April 1652) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Rome. He created religious works, allegories, portraits as well as genre scenes in the vein of the Carav ...

: ''Young Man with a Skull, Vanitas''. * : ''The Painter's Easel'' *

Luca Giordano Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Earl ...

: ''The Death of Lucretia''. *

Rutilio Manetti Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (c. 1571 – 22 July 1639) was an Italian painter of late- Mannerism or proto- Baroque, active mainly in Siena. Biography He was influenced and/or taught by the local artists Francesco Vanni and Ventura Salimbeni. He is ...

; ''Saint Jerome Supported by Angels''. *

Giovanni Maria Morandi Giovanni Maria Morandi (30 April 1622 – 18 February 1717) was an Italian painter, mainly active in Rome and his natal city of Florence, but also Venice. He is said to have briefly trained in Florence with Sigismondo Coccapani and Giovann ...

: ''Portrait of cardinal Marcello Durazzo''. * Pietro Negri : ''Nero and Agrippina''. * Salvator Rosa : ''Landscape with Two Figures''. *

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work '' The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculp ...

: ''Abraham Meets Melchizedec''. *

Pietro della Vecchia Pietro della Vecchia, Pietro della Vècchia or Pietro Vècchia, formerly incorrectly called Pietro MuttoniBernard Aikema. "Vecchia, Pietro della."Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 5 March 2018 (Vicenza, 1603 &nda ...

: ''Christ and the Woman Caught in Adultery''.

= 18th century

= * Faustino Bocchi : ''Dwarf Playing the Violin''. * Domenico Brandi : ''A Deer Pursued by Dogs''. * : ''Saint Peter Freed from Prison by an Angel''. *

Giovanni Paolo Panini Giovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini (17 June 1691 – 21 October 1765) was an Italian painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the ''vedutisti'' ("view painters"). As a painter, Panini is best known for his vistas of ...

: ''The Vow of Marcus Curtius '', ''Belisarius Begging for Alms''. *

Francesco Zuccarelli Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli (commonly known as Francesco Zuccarelli, ; 15 August 1702 – 30 December 1788) RA, was an Italian artist of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He is considered to be the most important landscape painter to hav ...

: ''Landscape with Peasants''. Della Vecchia-La femme adultère.jpg,

, ''Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery''. Luca-Giordano-Musée Calvet mort-de-Lucrèce.jpg,

, ''The Death of Lucretia''. Giovanni Maria Morandi portrait du cardinal Marcello Durazzo, 1686 Musée Calvet.jpg,

, ''Portrait of cardinal Marcello Durazzo''. Pannini-bélissaire.jpg,

, ''Belisarius Begging for Alms''.

Spanish

Luis de Morales Luis de Morales (1509 – 9 May 1586) was a Spanish painter active during the Spanish Renaissance in the 16th century. Known as "El Divino", most of his work was of religious subjects, including many representations of the Madonna and Child and ...

: ''Ecce Homo''.

Northern Europe

Johann Koerbecke - Résurrection du Christ

* Johann Koerbecke : ''Resurrection'', 1457, a rare panel from a broken-up

retable A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church. At the minimum it may be a simple shelf for candles behind an altar, but it can also be a large and elaborate structur ...

originally in

Marienfeld Abbey Marienfeld Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the Marienfeld district of Harsewinkel, in the district of Gütersloh, Germany. It was founded in 1185 by monks from Hardehausen Abbey and dissolved in 1803 after German Mediatisation, becoming st ...

. * Germany (15th century) : ''Crucified Martyrs'' ; ''Martyrs Whipped and Wearing Crowns of Thorns''. *

Jan Frans van Bloemen Jan Frans van Bloemen (baptized 12 May 1662 - buried 13 June 1749) was a Flemish landscape painter mainly active in Rome. Here he was able to establish himself as the leading painter of views (vedute) of the Roman countryside depicted in the aes ...

: ''Landscape with Bathers'' ; ''Landscape with Goatherds''. * Pieter Bout : ''Busy River Landscape''. *

Salomon de Bray Salomon de Bray (1597 – 11 May 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and architect. Biography De Bray was born in Amsterdam, but established himself in Haarlem before 1617, where he is registered as being a member of the schutterij that y ...

: ''Saint Peter Delivered from Prison''. *

Joos van Craesbeeck Joos van Craesbeeck (''c''. 1605/06 – ''c''. 1660) was a Flemish baker and a painter who played an important role in the development of Flemish genre painting in the mid-17th century through his tavern scenes and dissolute portraits. His genre ...

: ''The Smoker and Death''. * After Albrecht Dürer : ''Christ Bearing the Cross''. * Cornelis Dusart : ''Seated Pipe-Smoker''. * After

Jan Brueghel the Elder Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collabora ...

: ''Procession at a Peasant Wedding''. *

Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Younger (, ; ; between 23 May and 10 October 1564 – between March and May 1638) was a Flemish painter, known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder's work as well as h ...

(studio) : ''Village Festival or Kermesse with a Play and a Procession'' * Pieter Brueghel the Younger, ''The Parable of the Misers''. * Attributed to Jacob van Oost the Elder : ''Portrait of a Young Man''. * Attributed to

Lucas Franchoys the Younger Lucas Franchoys the Younger or Lucas Franchoys IIalternative spellings of name: Lucas Franchois, Lucas François, Louis Franchoys (28 June 1616 in Mechelen – 3 April 1681 in Mechelen) was a Flemish Baroque painter from Mechelen, who painte ...

: ''Portrait of a Churchman''. * Pieter Hardimé : ''Flower Bouquet in a Vase on a Stone Ledge''. *

Gerard Hoet Gerard Hoet (; 22 August 1648 – 2 December 1733) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. Biography Gerard Hoet trained with his father and brother who were glass painters, and Warnard van Rijsen, who lived in Zaltbommel, and who h ...

: ''Armida Preparing to Pursue Rinaldo''. *

Abraham Hondius Abraham Danielsz. Hondius (about 1631 – 17 September 1691) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his depictions of animals. He was the son of a city stonemason, Daniel Abramsz de Hondt. Hondius was born in Rotterdam and trained under Piet ...

: ''Dogs Attacking a Heron''. *

Gérard de Lairesse Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and Fr ...

: ''Jaël and Sisera''. *

Anthonie de Lorme Anthonie de Lorme (Tournai 1610 or between 1600 and 1605 – Rotterdam, 1673)Anthonie de Lorme
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(architecture) and

Anthonie Palamedesz. Anthonie Palamedesz., also Antonie Palamedesz, birth name Antonius Stevens (1602 in Leith, ScotlandM. Westhoff, 'Fragmentgenealogie van Palamedes Stevensz', Gens Nostra 73 (2018), p. 188-189 – 27 November 1673 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch po ...

(figures) : ''Protestant Church Interior with Figures''. *

Jan Miel Jan Miel (1599 in Beveren-Waas – April 1664 in Turin) was a Flemish painter and engraver who was active in Italy. He initially formed part of the circle of Dutch and Flemish genre painters in Rome who are referred to as the ' Bamboccianti ...

: ''Shepherds and Their Flock in a Mountainous Landscape'' *

Jan Miense Molenaer Jan Miense Molenaer (1610 – buried 19 September 1668), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting. He shared a studio with his wife, Judith Leyster, also a genre p ...

: ''The Foot Operation''. *

Michiel van Musscher Michiel van Musscher (January 1645 – 20 June 1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Michiel van Musscher was born in Rotterdam in January 1645 and was later baptized on 27 January. According to Houbraken, he showed a talent for ...

: ''A Lute Lesson Interrupted''. *

Eglon van der Neer Eglon van der Neer (1635/363 May 1703) was a Dutch painter of historical scenes, portraits and elegant, fashionable people, and later of landscapes. Life Van der Neer was born in Amsterdam and was probably first taught by his father, Aert ...

: ''Portrait of a Man in Louis XIV Costume''. * Aernout van der Neer : ''View of a Village by Moonlight''. *

Cornelis van Poelenburgh Cornelis van Poelenburgh or Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594 – 12 August 1667),Cornelis van Poelenburch
...

: ''Landscape with Mercury Sending Argus to Sleep with his Flute''. * Chistiaan van Pol ; ''Study of a Lilac Branch'' ; ''Study of a Variegated Rose Stalk''. *

Hendrik van Steenwijk II Hendrik van Steenwijck II (also ''Steenwyck, Steinwick'') (c.1580–1640
at the RKD d ...

: ''Church Interior with Figures'', oil on copper * Dominicus van Tol : ''Monk Reading with a Pen in his Hand''. *

Jan van de Venne Jan van de Venne or Jan van der Venne, also known as Pseudo van de Venne (active by 1616 – died before 1651), was a Flemish painter of genre, religious scenes, and cabinets who was court painter to the governors of the Southern Netherlands.

: ''Two Fantasy Heads, Profile''. * Jan Peeter Verdussen : ''The Blacksmith's Home''. *

Jan Weenix Jan Weenix or Joannis Wenix (between 1641/164919 September 1719 (buried)) was a Dutch painter. He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together with his cousin Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Like his father, he painted various subjects, but ...

: ''Child and Dog at a Window, Trompe-l’œil''. * Matthijs Wulfraet : ''Two Smokers''. Cornelis Dusart - Fumeur - Musée Calvet.jpg, Cornelis Dusart, ''Seated Pipe-Smoker''. Jan Brueghel (I) - Cortège d'une noce paysanne - Calvet.jpg, After

, ''Procession at a Peasant Wedding''. Musée Calvet Jan-Weenix.jpg,

, ''Child and Dog at a Window, Trompe-l’œil''. Michiel van Musscher - Leçon de luth-Musée Calvet.jpg,

, ''A Lute Lesson Interrupted''. Jan Frans van Bloemen - paysage aux chevriers - Calvet.jpg,

, ''Landscape with Goatherds''.

Sculpture

French

= 15th to 18th century

Enfant accompagné d'un chien-Musée Calvet

* ''Virgin of Pity'', stone with traces of paint. * ''Child with a Dog'', white marble with traces of paint * ''Tomb of La Palice'' : alabaster representations of Wisdom, Justice and Strength from the tomb of Jacques II de Chabannes de La Palice, recovered from his castle chapel after the tomb's destruction in the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

; the representation of the fourth cardinal virtue, Temperance, is lost * Jean-Baptiste Guillermin : ''Christ on the Cross with a Skull'', elephant ivory crucifix from the chapel of the black penitents in Avignon.

= 19th century

= *

Francisque Joseph Duret Francisque Joseph Duret (; 19 October 1804 – 26 May 1865) was a French sculptor, son and pupil of François-Joseph Duret (1732–1816). Life and career Before becoming a sculptor, Francisque Duret had shown interest in pursuing a career in thea ...

: ''Orestes'', carrara marble bust * Victor-Étienne Simyan : ''Etruscan Art'', marble with traces of bronzing. *

Camille Claudel Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The ...

: ''Paul Claudel as a Young Roman'', bronze. * : ''Joseph Bara'' and ''Augustin-Agricol Viala'', two marble replicas of the busts at the La Flèche military academy. * : ''The Death of Cato Utica'', plaster. * : ''Sleeping Harvester'', marble. *

James Pradier James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, ; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculpture, sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassicism, neoclassical style. Life and work Born in Geneva (then Republic of Geneva), Prad ...

: ''Cassandra Taking Refuge at the Foot of the Altar'', marble. *

Jean-Joseph Espercieux Jean-Joseph Espercieux (22 July 1757 in Marseille – 6 July 1840 in Paris) was a French sculptor. Life A carpenter's son, he moved to Paris in 1776 to study in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan and (on an irregular basis) those of Jean-J ...

: ''Greek Woman Preparing to get into a Bath'', marble. * Jules Cavelier : ''The Novice'', marble. * Jean-Louis Brian : ''Mercury'', plaster ; ''Faun'', marble Veray-Musée Calvet.jpg, Louis Veray, ''Sleeping Harvester''. James Pradier-Cassandre.jpg,

, ''Cassandra Taking Refuge at the Foot of the Altar''. Jean-Joseph Espercieux-Femme grecque.jpg,

, ''Greek Woman Preparing to get into a Bath''. Jean-louis Brian-Faune.jpg, Jean-Louis Brian, ''Faun'' (1841). Camille Claudel-Paul Claudel-Calvet.jpg,

, ''Paul Claudel as a Young Roman''.

Northern Europe

Officier et soldat romain - Calvaire - Calvet

* Anonymous, ''Officer and Roman soldier'', early 16th century, high-relief in painted and gilded black walnut, probably from an altarpiece of the crucifixion * Anonymous, ''Saint Michael Killing a Dragon'', gilded and painted limewood

Italian

Francesco Laurana Francesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana ( hr, Frane Vranjanin; c. 1430 – before 12 March 1502) was a Dalmatian sculptor and medallist. He is considered both a Croatian and an Italian sculptor. Though born in the territory of th ...

, ''Bust of a Child'', marble with traces of paint and gilding. *

Pietro Torrigiano Pietro Torrigiano (24 November 1472 – July/August 1528) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, who had to flee the city after breaking Michelangelo's nose. He then worked abroad, and died in prison in Spain. He was important in ...

: ''Head of Christ as Saviour of the World'', bronze. * Anonymous, ''Ambling Horse'', bronze with brown patina

Prints and Drawings

It includes leaves by artists from most of the French and Italian schools as well as a smaller number of Spanish and North European works. Northern artists in the collection include

Hendrik Goltzius Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik, (; ; January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his s ...

Jan van Goyen Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (; 13 January 1596 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as he painted forest landscapesm marines, river landscapes, beach scenes, winter landscape, cityscap ...

and

Raphael Mengs Anton Raphael Mengs (22 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a German painter, active in Dresden, Rome, and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, which replac ...

, whilst Spanish ones include

Vincenzo Carducci Vincenzio Carduccio (in Spanish, sometimes ''Vicencio'' or Vicente Carducho; 1576 or 1578–1638) was an Italian painter who spent his career in Spain. Biography He was born in Florence, and was trained as a painter by his brother B ...

and

Juan de Valdés Leal Juan de Valdés Leal (4 May 1622 – 15 October 1690) was a Spanish painter and etcher of the Baroque era. Career Valdés was born in Seville in 1622. He became a painter, sculptor, and architect. By his twenties, he was studying under Anto ...

. French artists represented include

Le Lorrain Le Lorrain (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and commune in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. Population Personalities * Raphaël Confiant *Jean Bernabé See also *Communes of the Martinique department The following i ...

Eustache Le Sueur Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur (19 November 161730 April 1655) was a French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting. He is known primarily for his paintings of religious subjects. He was a leading exponent of the neoclas ...

Antoine Watteau Jean-Antoine Watteau (, , ; baptised October 10, 1684died July 18, 1721) Alsavailablevia Oxford Art Online (subscription needed). was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, a ...

, François Boucher, Charles-Joseph Natoire,

Jean-Marc Nattier Jean-Marc Nattier (17 March 1685 – 7 November 1766) was a French painter. He was born in Paris, the second son of Marc Nattier (1642–1705), a portrait painter, and of Marie Courtois (1655–1703), a miniaturist. He is noted for hi ...

, Auguste Rodin,

Honoré Daumier Honoré-Victorin Daumier (; February 26, 1808February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second N ...

Jean-François Millet Jean-François Millet (; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism ...

Eugène Boudin Eugène Louis Boudin (; 12 July 18248 August 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and expert in the rendering of all that goes upon the sea and along its shores. His pastels, summary ...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in th ...

, Armand Guillaumin, Berthe Morisot,

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically d ...

, Auguste Renoir,

Henri-Edmond Cross Henri-Edmond Cross, born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix, (20 May 1856 – 16 May 1910) was a French painter and printmaker. He is most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of t ...

Édouard Vuillard Jean-Édouard Vuillard (; 11 November 186821 June 1940) was a French painter, decorative artist and printmaker. From 1891 through 1900, he was a prominent member of the Nabis, making paintings which assembled areas of pure color, and interior sc ...

Georges Rouault Georges Henri Rouault (; 27 May 1871, Paris – 13 February 1958) was a French painter, draughtsman and print artist, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism. Childhood and education Rouault was born in Paris into a ...

, Albert Marquet, Marc Chagall, André Lhote, Léonard Foujita and Jean Fautrier. Italian artists include

Domenico Beccafumi Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486May 18, 1551) was an Italian Renaissance- Mannerist painter active predominantly in Siena. He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese school of painting. Biography Domenico was bor ...

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpieces, religiou ...

Baccio Bandinelli Baccio Bandinelli (also called Bartolommeo Brandini; 12 November 1493 – shortly before 7 February 1560), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, draughtsman, and painter. Biography Bandinelli was the son of a prominent Florentine goldsmith, ...

, Daniele da Volterra, Il Romanino, Paolo Veronese,

Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed wit ...

Jacopo Zucchi Jacopo Zucchi (c. 1541- c. 1590) was a Florentine painter of the Mannerist style, active in Florence and Rome. His training began in the studio of Giorgio Vasari, and he participated in decoration of the ''Studiolo'' and the ''Salone dei Cinque ...

, Taddeo Zuccaro,

Il Garofalo Benvenuto Tisi (or Il Garofalo) (1481September 6, 1559) was a Late-Renaissance-Mannerist Italian painter of the School of Ferrara. Garofalo's career began attached to the court of the Duke d'Este. His early works have been described as "idyllic ...

, Agostino Carracci,

Federico Barocci Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...

Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Ca ...

Domenico Fetti Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti) (c. 1589 – 1623) was an Italian Baroque painter who had been active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice. Biography Born in Rome to a little-known painter, Pietro Fetti, Domenico is said to have apprenticed ...

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vi ...

Alessandro Algardi Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high- Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the maj ...

Luigi Garzi Luigi Garzi (1638 – 1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose work displayed heavy influences of the Bolognese painter, Guido Reni. Biography Born in Pistoia. He started learning from a poorly known landscape painter, Salomo ...

Francesco Furini Francesco Furini (c. 1600 (or 1603) – August 19, 1646) was an Italian Baroque painter of Florence, noted for his sensual sfumato style in paintings of both secular and religious subjects. Biography He was born in Florence to an artistic ...

Pier Francesco Mola Pier Francesco Mola, called Il Ticinese (9 February 1612 – 13 May 1666) was an Italian painter of the High Baroque, mainly active around Rome. Biography Mola was born at Coldrerio (now in Ticino, Switzerland).''Ecstasy in the Wilderness: Pi ...

Daniele Crespi Daniele Crespi (159819 July 1630) was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He is regarded as one of the most original artists working in Milan in the 1620s. He broke away from the exaggerated manner of Lombard Mannerism in favour of an early B ...

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni Jean-Nicolas Servan, also known as Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (2 May 1695 – 19 January 1766) was an Italian decorator, architect, scene-painter, firework designer and trompe-l'œil specialist. He was born in Florence, the son of a French ...

and Amedeo Modigliani.

Tapestries and furniture

This part of the collection includes: * ''David and Bathsheba'', tapestry, Flemish, early 16th century, wool and silk with gold and silver thread * Chest with allegories of the Three Theological Virtues (Faith, Hope, Charity) and the Four Cardinal Virtues (Strength, Justice, Wisdom, Temperance), northern French, early 16th century walnut, oak and cherrywood. Musée Calvet Coffre à peintures

* Cabinet of curiosities with twelve medallions of the life of the prophet Daniel from the

Book of Daniel The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th century BC setting. Ostensibly "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon", it combines a prophecy of history with an eschatology ...

, painted by

Frans II Francken Frans Francken the Younger (1581 in Antwerp, 1581 – 6 May 1642, in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter who created altarpieces and furniture panels and gained his reputation chiefly through his small and delicate cabinet pictures with historical, m ...

, dated 1620 on its reverse, from the Puech collection. Musée Calvet Coffre à peintures Schéma

Key : 1- Daniel and King Cyrus Before those Sacrificing 2- Cyrus Adores the God Bel 3- Daniel Spreading Ashes 4- The Gate of Bel's Sanctuary Sealed by Royal Decree 5- Night Ceremonies by the Priests of Bel 6- Daniel Revealing the Priests' Secret Ceremonies to King Cyrus 7- King Cyrus Arresting the Priests of Bel 8- Daniel Throws Balls into the Dragon's Mouth 9- Habakkuk Preparing to give Provisions to the Harvesters 10- Habakkuk Rescuing Daniel from the Lions' Den 11- Cyrus Sees Daniel Safe in the Lions' Den 12- The Lions Devouring Daniel's Tormentors

Egyptian archaeology

Sarcophage - Nut (goddess) - Musée Calvet

The Egyptian section consists of Esprit Calvet's collection along with that of Marius Clément from Marseille and other purchases, including: * sycamore anthropoid sarcophagus of Ânkh-pa-in-di-is (''honourable mistress of the house''), with paint and plaster, probably from Thebes, 23rd Dynasty. Its interior shows the goddess

Nut Nut often refers to: * Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, or a collective noun for dry and edible fruits or seeds * Nut (hardware), fastener used with a bolt Nut or Nuts may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Co ...

as a Libyan-featured woman in profile in a long flowing tunic and a wig; * alabaster canopic jar in the form of a head of Amset, with the name of Iahmès, 26th Dynasty; * a family

ex-voto An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or to a divinity; the term is usually restricted to Christian examples. It is given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ''ex voto suscepto'', "from the vow made") or in gratitude o ...

of Yaï (director of the shipyards), carved with images of the dead man and members of his family such as his wife (singer to the god

Sobek Sobek (also called Sebek or Sobki, cop, Ⲥⲟⲩⲕ, Souk) was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex and elastic history and nature. He is associated with the Nile crocodile or the West African crocodile and is represented either in its f ...

), 13th Dynasty; * limestone offering table of Harsiési and Pa-di-Mout, probably from Abydos, 26th Dynasty,

Sait Sait as a given name or surname is the Turkish written form of the Arabic male given name Sa‘id. The name Sait or the abbreviation SAIT may refer to: People (given name or surname) * Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish writer * Talât Sait Halman, ...

period; * ochre stone hemispherical medallion of the head of

Ammon Ammon ( Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''ʻAmān''; he, עַמּוֹן ''ʻAmmōn''; ar, عمّون, ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in ...

with hair bound by a band and decorated all over with flowers or vines, 1st century CE, Gallo-Roman, discovered at Caderousse and offered to Calvet by the Christian Doctrine Fathers (he was their doctor until the congregation was dispersed) ; * stela raised by Setaou, viceroy of Nubia,

Ramses II Ramesses II ( egy, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is often regarded as t ...

, with a funerary cult scene at the top with

Osiris Osiris (, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', cop, ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ , ; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓, romanized: ʾsr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He wa ...

and his sisters

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...

and

Nephtys ''Nephtys'' is a genus of marine catworms. Some species are halotolerant Halotolerance is the adaptation of living organisms to conditions of high salinity. Halotolerant species tend to live in areas such as hypersaline lakes, coastal dunes, s ...

. Vase canope - Calvet 4632.jpg, Canopic jar Ex-voto de Yaï - Calvet - 4612.jpg, Ex-voto of YaÏ. Tête d'Ammon - Calvet 4605.jpg, Medallion of eAmmon. Table d'offrande d'Harsiési - Calvet 4620.jpg, Offering table of Harsiési.

Curators

* 1814-1823 : Pierre-Bertrand DejeanConservateurs du musée Calvet
on fondation-calvet.org. * 1823-1838 : * 1838-1840 : Marie-Charles-Jean-Louis-Casimir De Blégier * 1841-1849 : Dominique-Victor-Hyacinthe Chaubaud * 1849-1851 :

Esprit Requien Esprit Requien (6 May 1788, Avignon – 30 May 1851, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud) was a French naturalist, who made contributions in the fields of conchology, paleontology and especially botany. From the age of 18, he was associated with the bo ...

* 1852-1890 : Augustin Deloye * 1890-1906 : Léon-Honoré Labande * 1906-1949 : Joseph Girard * 1949-1984 : Georges De Loye * 1984-1991 : Marie-Pierre Foissy-Aufrère * 1992-1995 : Odile Cavalier (Lapidary Museum only) * 1995-2004 : Pierre Provoyeur * 2005-2015 : Sylvain Boyer

References

Bibliography

* Alexis Mouzin, « La collection du maître ferronnier Noël Biret au Musée Calvet », in ''Mémoires de l, 1919,
(''online'')
* Joseph Girard, « Les Villeneuve-Martignan et leur hôtel à Avignon », in ''Mémoires de l' Académie de Vaucluse'', 1935,
(''online'')
* Sylvain Gagnière and Pierre de Brun, ''Les Lampes antiques du musée Calvet d'Avignon'', preface by abbé Joseph Sautel, 1937. * Sylvain Gagnière and Jacky Granier, ''Épées, poignards et couteaux en bronze du musée Calvet d'Avignon'', Ogam : tradition celtique, 79, 1962, . * Joseph Girard, « Histoire du musée Calvet », dans ''Provence historique'', tome 4, fascicule 18, 1954, (pd
online
. * Joseph Girard, ''Évocation du vieil Avignon'', Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1958 réédition 2007, . * Pascale Picard (ed.), ''Mirabilis, Collections d'Avignon'' (cat. exp. 2018), Milan, Silvana Editoriale, Avignon, AvignonMusées, 2018, 190 p.

External links

Official site of the Musée Calvet

Official site of the Fondation Calvet

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