#Musées d'Angers

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Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, c. 1800s

Musées d'Angers

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Frev locations compile

Thought of compiling a list of frev significant locations so it can help with recommendations for anyone who happens to be travelling/visiting! This is only done to my knowledge and not a complete list, please feel free to suggest if you happen to know more locations that I completely missed!

so here is the frev pilgrimage list! Long post warning.

(Note: The items are not in any particular order)

(Note: I typed this post up a long time ago but couldn't finish, a lot of thanks to the people who helped out on contributing information and your patience with me.)

Musée Carnavalet (Paris)

This one is very obvious, it is a must go for seeing a collection of frev related artifacts and paintings, including Couthon’s wheelchair, Robespierre’s hair, the most iconic portraits etc. Also its FREE.

Panthéon (Paris)

You can see the statue of the National Convention deputies. It doesnt have too much related to frev directly, but Rousseau and Voltaire (and Carnot…..) are interred there

La Conciergerie (Paris)

If you want to see the Deseine bust of Robespierre, but cant go to Vizille, there is a copy of it here within Paris at the conciergerie. It is the place where most frev figures as well as Antoinette spent their last monents.

Musée des archives nationales (Paris)

(June 2023) There is a temporary exhibit featuring frev rn which I highly recommend (also its free to go so like GO)

But beyond the temporary exhibit, I believe there are still a few things in permanent collection (Robespierre’s note book page, Antoinette’s last letter in prison, Comte d’Artois’ letter etc), including the famous 9 thermidor table that Robespierre supposedly lied on. the museum is free to visit.

Père la Chaise (Paris)

@robespapier wrote a better post on navigating the cemetery. It helped me so much with finding the graves of Lebas, Elisabeth and Eleonore Duplay! Thank you so much for the guide!

Rue Saint Honoré (Paris)

the current address of the Duplays household is 398 rue saint-honoré, which is now next to a louboutin store…. There is a commemorative plaque there indicating Robespierre’s residence there. Im not sure about going inside the residence….There was construction when I visited and the door was open, heres how it looks on the inside.

SJ’s bust (Paris & Angers)

I have not visited either of the two locations yet, but you can find that white bust of Saint-Just (that seemed to be modelled after the pastel portrait in the Carnavalet) in either Petit Palais (Paris) or Galerie David d’Angers (Angers). @orpheusmori has posted some Petit Palais pictures here @robespapier has posted some Galerie David d'Angers pictures here

Marat sign (Paris)

i have an image of this plaque sitting on my phone, I forgot where it was located until @orpheusmori helped me track the location of it! It is in the Odéon area and should be in the small narrow street with the back side of Le Procope. It commemorates the location as an important area during the French Revolution as well as the place where Marat established his printing shop.

The front of the same building also has another Marat plaque! I didnt know about it before thank you @orpheusmori for finding and contributing the photo! This one is above an Jewellery store (Amour de Pierres) https://maps.app.goo.gl/8X9zgKYpMiLJcULq7

Olympe de Gouges sign (Paris)

Once again, i have a photo of the plaque proving its existence, but I took it years ago and i dont remember where it was exactly.... It was all in the Odéon area, it shouldn’t be too far from the other….

Danton statue (Paris)

there is a Danton statue! Right outside the Odéon metro! You cant miss it. Also the placement of the statue is where he once lived.

Procope (Paris)

Its a really old cafe frequented by a lot of philosophes as well as many frev figures. There is also a bicorn from Napoleon inside. Right now its still a restaurant establishment, and its difficult to visit unless you eat inside….which is expensive…. However ! This whole general Odéon area is full of other frev landmarks (some more mentioned below). Including the metro station which has a bust of Danton.

Versailles revolutionary room (Versailles)

Beyond the royal family, there is a room dedicated to a lot of major Revolutionary Army generals and battles. Theres that one painting of Lafayette if u into that

Musée des armes/Invalides (Paris)

It has a significant collection of military artefacts from the French Revolution and its a really good resource for armory researches. The museum also has a sword that belonged to Lafayette, as well as a sword belonging to Carnot during the Directoire (image below)

Louvre

The Louvre does not have a lot relating to the French Revolution but it has a few significant paintings and a lot of David’s work. One of the Death of Marat copies produced by David’s studio should be in the museum, as well as a painting featuring the battke of fleurus (with SJ cameo)

Tennis court (Versailles)

Near the palace of Versailles you can find the room where the deputies swore the famous oaths. It is free to enter, although last time I went it was undergoing construction, hopefully it should have finished by now.

Musée de la Révolution Française (Vizille)

If you can go to Vizille… GO TO VIZILLE! The easiest way by transport would be to stay at Grenoble then take one of the buses that runs between Grenoble and Vizille. It is a whole museum dedicated to the revolution (and it is free) and the park is really pretty. This is where you can find the statue of Marat,

The Deseine busts including dear Bonbon,

And DJ Saint-Just.

Also special thank you to @citizentaleo for taking me there, I would’ve otherwise been lost in the French mountains lol, thank you!

Maison Robespierre (Arras)

You can visit Robespierre’s residence in Arras. It is possible to visit the inside, but it has a very specific and short opening hours.

I wasn’t able to go in since I was only in Arras for a few hours….But I got to attend a conference by Hervé Leuwers aaa (He is very sweet and I learned quite few new things from the presentation, but thats post for another day)

Robespierre metro stop (Paris suburb)

There is in fact, a Robespierre metro station on line 9! Not much beyond name but at least some credit to him! Alas it is not exactly within Paris and just on the outskirt. (Oh and there is also Voltaire)

Cordeliers club (Paris)

I dont have much information on what happened to the original location of the Cordeliers club and how it was modified, but the location is part of the sorbonne campus now i believe. I'd be very curious if anyone knows more information on this.

Place de la Bastille (Paris)

The Bastille is of course not there anymore, but the ground around the square and including the metro stations near by have traces/marks of where the old prison would have stood.

(and yea the picture was taken during a manif)

Pavillon de flore (Paris)

The pavillon attached to the Louvre and next to the Pont Royale is the Pavillon de Flore, which is where the Committee de Salut Publique worked.

Jacobin club (Paris) Alas the original convent in which the Jacobin gathered is no more and replaced by a commercial centre instead (Passage de Jacobins) . There is a sign however recognizing the place for what it was.

Place de la Concorde (Paris) Originally Place de la Révolution, there is a plaque remembering the executions that took place here near the obelisk.

Maison SJ (Blérancourt) I have not been to Saint-Just's house yet, because it is very hard to commute there without a car. But it certainly is still there and (I believe) maintained by the Saint-Just Association.

Catacombs (Paris) According to wikipedia....The bone remains of many revolutionaries buried in Cimitière Errancis (which has a plaque indicating it in the 8th arrondissement, according to wikipedia) are transferred to the catacombs, including Robespierre, Danton, etc. The catacomb is roughly organized chronologically but there is obviously no sign indicating which bone it actually is.

Cluny La Sorbonne station (Paris) It is on metro line 10 and the waiting tunnel is decorated with signatures of prominent French figures. It doesn't have any actual frev artifacts, but it looks cool and you can spot Robespierre, Danton, and Camille Desmoulins' signatures on the ceiling.

Louis le Grand (Paris) The school that Robespierre attended is still under the same name and still in use as a school! (i've reached the image maximum alas i cannot add more images...)

And that is all I can think of so far! There is surely a lot more that are out there (including outside of France). Once again, please feel free to mention if you know more frev landmarks that I missed out on. And to whoever happens to be travelling I hope you find this list helpful to start with.

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Lorenzo Lippi / "The Allegory of Simulation" / ab. 1650 / Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers

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Peter Paul Rubens Flemish (1577-1640.) Two Prisoners Chaine (according to Francesco Salviati) 1600-08, Musée d'Angers.

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Céphale et Procris, 1755. Oil on canvas, 78 cm x 178 cm. Musée des Beaux Arts d'Angers, Angers.

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Noël Hallé (French, 1711-1781) Les Génies de la Poésie, de l'Histoire, de la Physique et de l'Astronomie, 1761 Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers

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Jacques Augustin Pajou - Portrait of the Artist's Family - ca 1802

oil on canvas, 63 x 52 cm, Musée du Louvre

Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou (27 August 1766, Paris - 28 November 1828, Paris) was a French painter in the Classical style.

His father was the sculptor, Augustin Pajou. Nothing is known of his childhood. In 1784, at the age of eighteen, he became a student at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Four attempts to win the Prix de Rome were unsuccessful.

In 1792, he became a member of the Compagnie des arts de Paris, organized by the Louvre, alongside the painter Louis-François Lejeune as well as the future economist, Jean-Baptiste Say. While stationed with the regular army in Sedan, he wrote numerous letters to his friend, François Gérard. which express his initial enthusiasm, but gradually turn to boredom, disillusionment and physical exhaustion.

After being demobilized, he participated in creating the "Commune générale des arts", an institution designed to replace the Académie Royale. He served as Secretary for the Commune's President, Joseph-Marie Vien. In 1795, he married Marie-Marguerite Thibault (1764-1827). Under the First Empire, he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Maréchal Louis-Alexandre Berthier, which may still be seen at Versailles. In 1812, he was awarded a gold medal for his depiction of Napoleon offering clemency to the Royalists who had taken refuge in Spain.

In 1811, at the urging of François-Guillaume Ménageot, who had become apprised of the precarious financial situation facing the sculptor David d'Angers, Pajou wrote a letter to the mayor of Angers, demanding that material aid be given to the sculptor. The aid was granted and was considered a lifesaver for d'Angers, who went on to win the Prix de Rome for sculpture and spend several years at the French Academy in Rome. In 1814, he painted three tableaux celebrating the Bourbon Restoration. They were displayed at the Salon and it is possible they were seen by Napoleon.

He resigned from most of the associations of which he was a member in 1823, citing poor health. In a letter from that period, he says that he was "cruelly tormented for a year by a continual tremor." He died in 1828 and was interred at the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise.

His son, Augustin-Désiré Pajou also became a well-known painter.

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Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon, musée des Beaux Arts d'Angers.

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Poitiers

Poitiers est une ville de l'ouest de la France riche de ses ruelles médiévales, de ses nombreux parcs et églises ainsi que de son passé. On se perd agréablement à la recherche des façades anciennes, des hôtels particuliers et des chapelles romanes. Sa localisation pratique permet d'en faire une étape centrale pour un grand week-end dans le département.

Comment venir ?

Poitiers se situe :

en train : 30min de Tours, 1h20 de Paris, 1h45 de La Rochelle, 1h50 de Bordeaux, 2h de Limoges

en voiture : 1h de Tours, 1h30 de La Rochelle, 1h50 de Limoges, 2h d'Angers, 2h d'Orléans, 2h de Le Mans, 2h20 de Bordeaux

en bus : 1h50 de Tours, 2h25 de La Rochelle, 2h50 de Bordeaux

Quand et combien de temps ?

Poitiers est une ville à taille humaine qui se visite facilement en une journée. Cela vous laissera le temps de contempler les multiples églises du centre et de vous promener dans les parcs verdoyants. Pour rester sur place plus longtemps il faudra prévoir des expéditions dans les villes ou villages des environs.

Quoi voir à Poitiers ?

Des bâtiments historiques : place du Maréchal Leclerc, Hôtel de la Bidolière, Hôtel Fumé, Hôtel de ville, Hôtel Claveurier, Palais des Comtes de Poitou-Ducs d'Aquitaine, Amphithéâtre, Hôtel Jean Beaucé, Prévôt, Échevinage

Du patrimoine religieux : Eglise Notre-Dame-la-Grande, Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Église Saint-Hilaire le Grand, Église Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Église Saint-Paul, Église Saint-Porchaire, Église Sainte-Thérèse et Sainte Jeanne d'arc, Église Sainte-Radegonde, baptistère Saint-Jean, Eglise st germain, Eglise st hilaire le grand, Chapelle st louis

Des musées : Musée st croix, musée d'Histoire naturelle, musée du Palais des Comtes

Des parcs et jardins : parc de Blossac, jardin des plantes, parc floral de la Roseraie

Quoi faire dans les environs ?

Des villes et villages : Niort, Bourges, Tours, Chauvigny, Châtellerault, Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, La Roche-Posay, Angles-sur-l'Anglin, Parthenay, Montmorillon

Des lieux historiques : château à Moncontour, Église Saint-Hilaire de Melle, château de Thouars, Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis, Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe

Des espaces verts : Laverré, Touffou, Jardin du château de La Mothe, La Guyonnière, Arboretum du chemin de la découverte, Vallée des singes, Grotte de Norée, Lac de St Cyr

Des activités ludiques : Futuroscope

crédits photos @lilstjarna

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Plaque en hommage à : Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

Type : Lieu de travail, Lieu de résidence, Lieu de décès

Adresse : 20 rue d'Assas, 75006 Paris, France

Date de pose : 1906 [inscrite]

Texte : Sur l'emplacement de cette maison et des immeubles voisins s'étendait la propriété occupée en partie par l'atelier du sculpteur David d'Angers et par l'hôtel où il mourut le 5 janvier 1856

Quelques précisions : Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (1788-1856) est un sculpteur français. Quittant Angers, sa ville natale, pour Paris après une tentative de suicide, il y remporte rapidement ses premiers succès et le patronage du peintre Jacques Louis David. Il voyage à plusieurs reprises en Europe pour y trouver l'inspiration, et produit un nombre considérable de sculptures, dont le fronton du Panthéon de Paris, s'illustrant comme l'une des figures du romantisme sculptural. Il connaît également une brève carrière politique, mais doit s'exiler après le coup d’État de Napoléon III. Il reviendra en France quelques années plus tard, et meurt des suites d'une santé affaiblie. Nombreuses sont ses œuvres qui peuvent encore être vues dans divers galeries et musées, notamment à Angers (où une galerie porte son nom), mais également à l'international, y compris au Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York.

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Lorenzo Lippi (Italian, 1606-1665) L'allégorie de la Simulation. c.1650 Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers

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David d’Angers, Médaillon de Maximilien Robespierre, 1835, musée Carnavalet.

Il est presque identique à celui que j’ai trouvé aux puces de Saint-Ouen il y a quelques années, à ceci près que le mien est daté de 1834 et qu’il y manque le fac-similé de la signature de Robespierre. L’avantage du bronze, c’est qu’on peut faire autant d’“originaux” qu’on veut d’un même moule.

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Atlas, 2013

Magda Gebhardt (Brazilian, b. 1981)

Atlas is an animation made up of different photocopied pictures, all shot by Gebhardt. Once cropped out, the artist rearranges and overlaps them, transforming the original landscape.

⌂ Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, 03.11.2022