Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

The Fine arts Museum of Nantes (French: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes) is an art museum in Nantes, France.

The museum was created in 1801 with the purchase of the Cacault collection and was located in is actual Palais des Beaux-Arts since 1900.

In 2009, the architect Stanton Williams won an international competition to transform the museum with a modern extension to become the Grand Musée d’Art.^[1] This is due for completion in 2013.

Collection

Artworks in the collection notably include paintings from the 13th century to modern art by painter such as:

• Ancient painting (13th century to 18th century):

• 19th century and 20th century painting:

Gallery

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