The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras is located in the old Abbey of St. Vaast in

Arras Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a ...

, in the

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (; ; West Flemish: ''Nôord-Nauw van Kales'') was a former regions of France, administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new Regions of France, region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the ...

, France.

Collection

Paintings

The museum's collection includes paintings of the Flemish and Dutch schools including Jehan Bellegambe,

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 painting, Flemish painter known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder's ...

, Peter Wtewael, Balthasar van der Ast,

Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish painting, Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged comp ...

Gerard Seghers Gerard SeghersGerard Seghers
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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 Southern Netherlands, Flemish Baroque painter known for his still lifes mainly of food and occasionally flower paintings. He collaborated with ...

Barent Fabritius Barent or Bernard Pietersz Fabritius (or Fabricius) (16 November 1624 apt.– 20 October 1673 uried, was a Dutch people, Dutch painter. Fabritius was born at Middenbeemster, North Holland, the son of . He studied with his brothers Johanne ...

Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes (January 1634December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) was a Dutch Republic, Dutch painter known for his Genre painting, genre scenes, Portrait painting, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Re ...

and

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 Amste ...

. From the Italian school there are works by

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. Having trained in the workshop of his father, Fran ...

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. Although a prolific painter, Baglione is best remembered for his encyclopedic collection of biographies of the o ...

. There are also French paintings by artists such as

Claude Vignon Claude Vignon (19 May 1593 – 10 May 1670) was a French people, 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 ...

Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne (; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Duchy of Brabant, Brabant-born French people, French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French art, French school. He was a founding member of the Académie royale de pein ...

, Gaspard Dughet, Jean Jouvenet,

Sébastien Bourdon Sébastien Bourdon (; 2 February 16168 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 in Montpellie ...

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

Charles Le Brun Charles Le Brun (; baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French Painting, painter, Physiognomy, physiognomist, Aesthetics, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, ...

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. H ...

Nicolas de Largillière Nicolas de Largillière (; baptised 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) was a French people, French painter and Drawing, draughtsman. Biography Early life Largillière was baptised at the in Paris on 10 October 1656. The son of a merchant hatm ...

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-Cha ...

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 s ...

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 ...

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. P ...

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

Théodore Rousseau Étienne Pierre Théodore Rousseau (; 15 April 181222 December 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 displa ...

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 A ...

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

... 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, oil on wod (1528) * ''Triptyque Le Christ aux Bourreaux'', Jehan Bellegambe, 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 painting, Flemish painter and Draughtsmanship, draughtsman. He was the younger son of the eminent Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, Flemish ...

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

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

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

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

, oil on canvas (1646) * ''Achille partant au combat après la mort de Patrocle'', oil on canvas, James Durno. * ''Portrait d'une jeune femme, huile sur toile'', Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou, (1803). * ''Disciples et saintes femmes relevant le corps de St Etienne pour l’ensevelir'',

. * ''Saulaie à Sainte Catherine, près d'Arras'',

, (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 Naturalism (arts), naturalist Painting, painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods ...

, oil on canvas (1857) * '' Près d’Arras, les bûcheronnes'',

, 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 granted the title of Baron Gros in 1824. Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the ...

, oil on canvas (early 19th century) * ''La glaneuse'',

, 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 to 1270 with a height of 1.30 m, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

, 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'',

oil on canvas (1871–1872) File:0 Arras - Hélène et Pâris - Antoine-Jean Gros - Musée des Beaux-Arts.jpg, ''Hélène et Pâris'',

, 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'',

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) 1825 establishments in France Museums established in 1825 Nord-Pas-de-Calais