Abbey of St. Vaast The Abbey of St Vaast (french: Abbaye de Saint-Vaast) was a Benedictine monastery situated in Arras, ''département'' of Pas-de-Calais, France. History The abbey was founded in 667. Saint Vedast, or Vaast (c. 453–540) was the first Bisho ...

Arras Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department, which forms part of the regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France; before the regions of France#Reform and mergers of ...

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Cala ...

Jehan Bellegambe Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now held at Douai, Arras ...

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 ...

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Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

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Jacob Foppens van Es Jacob Foppens van Es, Jacob Fopsen van Es or Jacob van Es (c. 1596 Antwerp – 1666 Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter known for his still lifes mainly of food and occasionally flower paintings. He collaborated with other artists on ...

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Barent Fabritius Barent or Bernard Pietersz Fabritius (or Fabricius) (16 November 1624 (bapt.) – 20 October 1673 (buried)), was a Dutch painter. Fabritius was born at Middenbeemster, North Holland, the son of Pieter Carelsz. Fabritius. He studied with his brot ...

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Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes (January 1634December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam, he returned to work in his n ...

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Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (19 August 1621 – 29 September 1674) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and a favourite student of Rembrandt. He was also an etcher, an amateur poet, a collector and an adviser on art. Biography Gerbrand was born in A ...

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Jacopo Bassano Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510 – 14 February 1592), known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, and took the village as his surname. Trained in the workshop of his father, Francesco t ...

and paintings from the "nine muses" series of

Giovanni Baglione Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious and damaging involvement with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio and ...

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Claude Vignon Claude Vignon (19 May 1593 – 10 May 1670) was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator who worked in a wide range of genres.Paola Pacht Bassani. "Vignon, Claude." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 November ...

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Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne (; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Brabançon-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school. He was a founding member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, the premier art ...

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Gaspard Dughet Gaspard Dughet (15 June 1615 – 25 May 1675), also known as Gaspard Poussin, was a French painter born in Rome. Life Dughet was born in Rome, the son of a French pastry-cook and his Italian wife. He has always generally been considered as a Fr ...

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Jean Jouvenet Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1 May 1644 – 5 April 1717) was a French painter, especially of religious subjects. Biography He was born into an artistic family in Rouen. His first training in art was from his father, Laurent Jouvenet; a generation ea ...

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Sébastien Bourdon Sébastien Bourdon (2 February 1616 – 8 May 1671) was a French painter and engraver. His ''chef d'œuvre'' is ''The Crucifixion of St. Peter'' made for the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, Notre Dame. Biography Bourdon was born i ...

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Laurent de La Hyre Laurent de La Hyre (; 27 February 1606 – 28 December 1656) was a French Baroque painter, born in Paris. He was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style of Parisian Atticism. Life La Hyre was greatly influenced by the work of Italian ...

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Charles Le Brun Charles Le Brun (baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. As court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of ...

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Joseph Parrocel Joseph Parrocel (3 October 1646 – 1 March 1704) was a French Baroque painter, best known for his paintings and drawings of battle scenes. He was born in Brignoles, into an artistic family that produced fourteen painters over six generations. ...

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Nicolas de Largillière Nicolas de Largillière (; 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) was a French portrait painter, born in Paris. Biography Early life Largillière's father, a merchant, took him to Antwerp at the age of three. As a boy, he spent nearly two years in ...

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Jean-Baptiste Oudry Jean-Baptiste Oudry (; 17 March 1686 – 30 April 1755) was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game. His son, Jacques-Ch ...

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Charles-André van Loo Carle or Charles-André van Loo (; 15 February 1705 – 15 July 1765) was a French painter, son of the painter Louis-Abraham van Loo, a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a su ...

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Louis Joseph Watteau Louis Joseph Watteau (10 April 1731 - 17 August 1798), known as the Watteau of Lille (a title also given to his son) was a French painter active in Lille. Watteau was born in Valenciennes. His father Noël Joseph Watteau (1689-1756) was brother t ...

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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 ...

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Théodore Rousseau Étienne Pierre Théodore Rousseau (April 15, 1812December 22, 1867) was a French painter of the Barbizon school. Life Youth He was born in Paris, France in a bourgeois family. At first he received a basic level of training, but soon displaye ...

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Théodore Chassériau Théodore Chassériau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, Dominican-born French Romanticism, Romantic Painting, painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, ...

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Eugène Delacroix Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...

... Some of the works that are displayed are: * ''Légende de sainte Ursule et les onze mille Vierges'', oil painting on wood made in Flanders late 15th or early 16th century * ''Triptyque de l'Adoration de l’Enfant Jésus'',

Jehan Bellegambe Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now held at Douai, Arras ...

, oil on wood (1528) * ''Triptyque Le Christ aux Bourreaux'',

Jehan Bellegambe Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now held at Douai, Arras ...

, oil on wood (1530-1540) * ''Terrestrial Paradise'', 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 collaborato ...

, oil on copper plate (17th century) * ''The Descent from the Cross''

Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

, 1612-1614) * ''Saint François recevant les stigmates'',

Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

, oil on canvas (1615) * ''Présentation de la Vierge au temple'',

Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne (; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Brabançon-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school. He was a founding member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, the premier art ...

, oil on canvas (carton de tapisserie) * ''Mort de Caton'',

Charles Le Brun Charles Le Brun (baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. As court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of ...

, oil on canvas (1646) * ''Achille partant au combat après la mort de Patrocle'', oil on canvas,

James Durno James Durno (c.1745–1795) was a British historical painter who spent most of his career in Rome. Life Durno was born in around 1745, the son of a brewery proprietor who lived the later part of his life in an area of West London then known as th ...

. * ''Portrait d'une jeune femme, huile sur toile'',

Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou (27 August 1766, Paris - 28 November 1828, Paris) was a French painter in the Classicism, Classical style. Biography His father was the sculptor, Augustin Pajou. Nothing is known of his childhood. In 1784, at ...

, (1803). * ''Disciples et saintes femmes relevant le corps de St Etienne pour l’ensevelir'',

Eugène Delacroix Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...

. * ''Saulaie à Sainte Catherine, près d'Arras'', Camille Corot, (vers 1855) * ''La Bénédiction des blés en Artois'',

Jules Breton Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1 May 1827 – 5 July 1906) was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make Jules ...

, oil on canvas (1857) * '' Près d’Arras, les bûcheronnes'', Camille Corot, oil on canvas (1871-1872) * ''Un Mousquetaire'', Jan van Beers, oil on canvas (1874) * ''Hélène et Pâris'',

Antoine-Jean Gros Antoine-Jean Gros (; 16 March 177125 June 1835) was a French painter of historical subjects. He was given title of Baron Gros in 1824. Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the French R ...

, oil on canvas (1876) * ''La glaneuse'',

Jules Breton Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1 May 1827 – 5 July 1906) was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make Jules ...

, oil on canvas (1877) * ''La Grand'Place d'Arras, un jour de marché'', Charles Desavary, oil on canvas (1878) * ''Le peintre Désiré Dubois peignant en plein air'', Constant Dutilleux, oil on canvas

Sculptures

Sculptures include: * Fragment of a capital, representing "Avarice", made in the 12th century. * Head of Christ, fragment of a stone sculpture made in the 13th century. * Virgin and Child, polychrome wood sculpture made in the 14th century by an anonymous author from Flanders. * Gravestone of Guillaume Lefranchois (1446). * Saint-Sébastien, wooden sculpture made in the 15th century by an anonymous author from the Southern Netherlands or the Rhineland. * ''Education of the Virgin'', polychrome wooden statue, made in the 16th century by an anonymous sculptor. * "Saint Nicolas", polychrome wooden statue made by an unknown sculptor from the 16th century * ''La Famille'', de Émile Joseph Nestor Carlier, (1849-1928)

Objets d'art

The most notable of the collection of art objects are: *The Reliquary-phylactery of the tooth of Saint-Nicolas (13th century). *The angels of Humbert and the angels of Saudemont date from 1260-1270 with a height of 1.30m, gold-plated matte and gloss for those Saudemont. These are fine examples of the quality of medieval sculpture in northern France. They are classified as historical monuments since 29 November 1958. The originals are in the museum, while copies are contained in one of the chapels of Saudemont and the Humbert church. *.The reliquary-phylactery of the tooth of Saint Nicolas (13th century) *Medieval funerary mask. Angel of Humbert (left angel)

Gallery

File:0 Arras - Légende de sainte Ursule et les onze mille Vierges - Musée des Beaux-Arts.JPG, ''Légende de sainte Ursule et les onze mille Vierges'', oil painting on wood made in Flanders late 15th or early 16th century File:0 Arras - L'Adoration de l'Enfant Jésus - Jehan Bellegambe (1).jpg , ''Triptyque de l'Adoration de l’Enfant Jésus'',

Jehan Bellegambe Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now held at Douai, Arras ...

, oil on wood (1528). File:0 Arras - Le Christ aux Bourreaux - Jehan Bellegambe.jpg, Triptyque ''Le Christ aux Bourreaux'',

Jehan Bellegambe Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now held at Douai, Arras ...

, oil on wood (1530-1540). File:0 Arras - Le Paradis terrestre d'après Jan Brueghel l'Ancien - Musée des Beaux-Arts.JPG, ''Terrestrial Paradise'', 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 collaborato ...

, oil on copper plate (17th century) File:0 Arras - La Descente de croix - Musée des Beaux-Arts.jpg , ''The Descent from the Cross''

Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

, (1612-1614) File:Clio-Baglione.jpg, ''Clio'',

Giovanni Baglione Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious and damaging involvement with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio and ...

. File:Laurent de La Hyre - The Children of Bethel Mourned by their Mothers - WGA12314.jpg, ''La Mort des enfants de Béthel'' (1653),

Laurent de La Hyre Laurent de La Hyre (; 27 February 1606 – 28 December 1656) was a French Baroque painter, born in Paris. He was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style of Parisian Atticism. Life La Hyre was greatly influenced by the work of Italian ...

. File:Nicolaes Maes - Portrait of a Woman - WGA13823.jpg, ''Portrait of a woman'' (1667),

Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes (January 1634December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam, he returned to work in his n ...

. File:Constant Dutilleux - bord de Scarpe.jpg , ''Bord de Scarpe'' (1860), Constant Dutilleux. File:Constant Dutilleux - Paysage à Lambres.jpg, ''Paysage à

Lambres Lambres (; pcd, Lambes) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village, situated some northwest of Béthune and west of Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, ...

'' (10 juillet 1865), Constant Dutilleux. File :0 Arras - La Bénédiction des blés - J. Breton - Musée des Beaux-Arts (2).JPG, ''La Bénédiction des blés en Artois'',

Jules Breton Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1 May 1827 – 5 July 1906) was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make Jules ...

, oil on canvas (1857) File :0 Arras, musée des Beaux-Arts - Les bûcheronnes près d'Arras - Camille Corot (2).JPG, Les bûcheronnes près d'Arras '', Camille Corot oil on canvas (1871-1872) File:0 Arras - Hélène et Pâris - Antoine-Jean Gros - Musée des Beaux-Arts.jpg, ''Hélène et Pâris'',

Antoine-Jean Gros Antoine-Jean Gros (; 16 March 177125 June 1835) was a French painter of historical subjects. He was given title of Baron Gros in 1824. Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the French R ...

, oil on canvas (1876) File:PSdesavary6304.jpg, ''La porte d'eau et le pont de grès à Arras'', Charles Desavary. File:PSmuseearras 6314.jpg, ''La saulaie à Sainte Catherine lès Arras'', Camille Corot.

References

External links

Présentation du musée sur le site officiel de l'Association des conservateurs des musées du Nord-Pas de Calais
{{DEFAULTSORT:Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Arras Museums in Nord (French department)

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