Musée des beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris
Musée des beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris stands in the Petit Palais, in Paris’s eighth arrondissement, facing the Grand Palais. Charles Girault designed the building for the 1900 Exposition Universelle. Its trapezoidal plan encloses a semicircular courtyard, while Ionic columns, a grand porch, and a dome shape the façade. The museum is wheelchair accessible for visitors.
Inside, collections trace artistic production from ancient civilisations through the twentieth century. Medieval and Renaissance paintings share space with eighteenth-century furniture. Nineteenth-century French painting brings together Fragonard, David, Géricault, Delacroix, Courbet, Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, and Cézanne. Graphic arts add engravings by Rembrandt and Dürer to this historical range.
Beyond the galleries, a garden places colonnades beside mosaic-rimmed pools and a café. The courtyard and garden offer a quiet architectural detail near the busy Champs-Élysées.
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