The Musée Antoine Vivenel is the municipal museum of the city of

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in northern

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, located at 2, rue d'Austerlitz, 60200 Compiègne. It was founded in 1839, following an important gift by Antoine Vivenel, architect and art collector. The museum has one of the largest collections of Greek ceramics in France after the

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, some of which come from the collections of

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, Napoleon's brother and Prince of

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, in

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. The museum also benefits from the deposits of sculpted blocks from the

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temple of Champlieu located about twenty kilometers south-east of the city. The museum also has Egyptian artifacts (including a children's mummy) and artifacts of ancient

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Collections

Paintings

* Jean Bassange, (17th century), ''Adoration of the Shepherds'', signed oil on canvas, 1,475 by 1,275. * Langlois de Sézanne, (1757–1845 ?), Portrait of Madame Morel, pastel. * Léon Matthieu Cochereau, (1793–1817), ''Portrait of Monsieur Chatard'', left in 1925 by M. and Mme Léon Duchauvel.

Sculptures

* One of the 16 surviving Magdeburg Ivories, 10th century.Museum page & image
/ref> * Eugène Delaplanche, (1836–1891), ''Allegory of the Air'', bronze. * Auguste Joseph Peiffer, (1832–1886), ''Arab playing the mandolin'' and ''Arab playing the tambour''.

References

External links

Musée Vivenel
Vivenel Vivenel Vivenel Museums in Oise Art museums and galleries established in 1839 1839 establishments in France {{France-museum-stub