Collections permanentes du Musée des Beaux-Arts

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille presents Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch paintings and sculptures dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille is one of the first fifteen museums created in France by the Consulate in 1801. It has been housed since 1869 in the left wing of the Palais Longchamp and presents works from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille presents Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch paintings and sculptures dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The works of Lavinia Fontana, Guercino, Lanfranco, Pannini and Tiepolo illustrate the evolution of painting in Italy from the end of the Renaissance to the 18th century. The Northern schools are represented by paintings by Jordaens and Stomer, as well as The Boar Hunt, a masterpiece by Rubens. The paintings by Champaigne, Vouet and Le Sueur bear witness to the revival of French painting during the reign of Louis XIII, while those by Nattier, Vernet, Greuze, Hubert Robert and David testify to the triumph of the French school during the Enlightenment. One of the distinguishing features of the Musée des Beaux-Arts collection is that it bears witness to the dynamism of the arts in Provence during the 17th and 18th centuries. The works of the painter Louis Finson, a friend of Caravaggio, as well as those of Jean Daret, Nicolas Mignard and Michel Serre, recall how Provence was able, for two centuries, to attract and retain artists from Northern and Southern Europe. An exceptional ensemble of paintings, sculptures and drawings by the greatest French Baroque artist, Pierre Puget, born in Marseille in 1620 and who died in the same city in 1694 after pursuing a brilliant career between France and Italy, perfectly illustrates this happy blend of artistic influences in Provence. The 19th-century French School is also one of the highlights of the permanent collection. Alongside the greatest masters—Courbet, Corot, Daubigny, Millet and Puvis de Chavannes—are representatives of the Marseille school, such as Loubon, Guigou and Ziem, who imposed their original vision of the sunlit landscapes of the South. La Voix intérieure, a masterpiece by Rodin donated by the sculptor to the museum, the busts of celebrities from the Juste Milieu, and Daumier’s Ratapoil are the most famous works in the 19th-century sculpture gallery. ► In the event of strong winds, Longchamp Park may have to close, preventing access to the museum. We invite you to contact the museum reception by telephone before travelling to check whether it is actually open. ► To ensure that you can enjoy the complete tour of all our exhibition rooms, we invite you to contact the museum before your visit. ► All visits and activities related to the exhibition are available on the website musees.marseille.fr