The Musée Jacquemart-André is one of Paris's most refined private museums, housed in a sumptuous 19th-century mansion on Boulevard Haussmann. It preserves an exceptional collection of Italian Renaissance masterpieces, Flemish paintings, and 18th-century French art in lavishly furnished Belle Époque rooms.

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About Musée Jacquemart-André

The Musée Jacquemart-André occupies a grand Belle Époque mansion commissioned in the 1870s by Édouard André, the heir to a massive banking fortune, and his wife Nélie Jacquemart, a renowned society painter. Together, the couple dedicated their lives and wealth to traveling across Europe and the Middle East, amassing one of the finest private art collections of the era. The architecture of the mansion itself is a masterpiece of the Second Empire style. Designed by Henri Parent, the house was specifically built to showcase their acquisitions and host the elite of Parisian society. Upon her death in 1912, Nélie Jacquemart bequeathed the entire property and its contents to the Institut de France, ensuring the collection remained intact for the public. Inside, visitors transition from the formal State Rooms, designed for grand receptions, to the intimate informal apartments where the couple lived. The 'Italian Museum' wing is a particular highlight, housing a world-class collection of 14th and 15th-century sculptures and paintings by masters such as Botticelli, Mantegna, and Uccello. The mansion's Winter Garden is a triumph of 19th-century engineering and aesthetics, featuring a spectacular double-helix marble staircase and lush greenery under a glass roof. High above the staircase, a massive Tiepolo fresco salvaged from a Venetian villa adds a layer of theatrical Venetian splendor to the Parisian setting. Today, the museum is equally famous for its high-caliber temporary exhibitions, which often focus on specific masters or periods of European art history. These exhibitions are integrated into the visit, allowing guests to see the permanent resident masterpieces alongside loaned works from international institutions in a domestic, historically rich setting.

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The history of the Musée Jacquemart-André is fundamentally a story of an extraordinary 19th-century power couple: Edouard André, a wealthy banker and scion of a Protestant family, and Nélie Jacquemart, an accomplished society portraitist. Built between 1869 and 1875 by architect Henri Parent, the mansion was designed specifically to showcase the couple’s vast collection and to host the most prestigious social gatherings of the Second Empire. Unlike other public institutions, the collection here was built through decades of 'artistic honeymoon' voyages to Italy, where the couple acquired rare masterpieces by Botticelli, Donatello, and Mantegna, effectively creating a 'little Italy' in the heart of Paris. The architecture itself reflects a shift toward eclectic luxury, featuring a double-spiral staircase of stone, iron, and glass that leads to the monumental Music Room and the State Apartments. The layout was innovative for its time, designed to allow high-capacity social events while maintaining private quarters that remained shielded from the public eye. Upon Edouard’s death, Nélie dedicated her remaining years to completing the collection before bequeathing the entire estate to the Institut de France. Today, the museum preserves the original 19th-century domestic settings, ensuring that the paintings by Rembrandt and Van Dyck are seen exactly where their owners intended. The integration of a magnificent Winter Garden and the preservation of the 18th-century French furniture collections make it a unique hybrid of a historic house museum and a world-class art gallery.

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