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{{Short description|Art museum in Dijon, France}}
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{{Infobox museum
|name = Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
|image =Panoramique palais duc de Bourgogne.jpg
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|established = 1787
|location = [[Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy]]<br /> [[Dijon]], 21000<br /> [[France]]
|visitors = 262 654 (2022)
|director = Sophie Jugie
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|website = [https://beaux-arts.dijon.fr beaux-arts.dijon.fr]
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The '''Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon''' is a [[museum]] of [[fine arts]] opened in 1787, in [[Dijon]], [[France]]. It is one of the main and oldest museums of France.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-01 |title=Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon at DIJON |url=https://en.destinationdijon.com/cultural-heritage/musee-des-beaux-arts-de-dijon/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Tourist Office Dijon Métropole |language=en-US}}</ref> It is located in the historic city centre of Dijon and housed in the former ducal palace which was the headquarters of the Burgundy State in the 15th century. When the duchy was assimilated to the [[Kingdom of France]], the palace became the house of the King. In the 17th century, it became the [[Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy]] following a project by [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]].

Since 2006, the museum has been in a process of full renovation and extension. First, the work focused on one part including the renovated route "Middle-Ages – Renaissance", inaugurated on 7 September 2013. The fully-renovated museum displaying 1500 works of art in 50 different rooms was inaugurated on 17 May 2019 in the presence of the Minister for Culture [[Franck Riester]], the former French President [[François Hollande]] and the Mayor [[François Rebsamen]]. Attendance soared with 230,000 visitors recorded at the end of October to reach 315,000 at the end of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Infos Dijon - La nouvelle référence de l'info |url=https://www.infos-dijon.com/news/bourgogne-franche-comte/bourgogne-franche-comte/culture-le-musee-des-beaux-arts-de-dijon-metamorphose-et-deconfine.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=infos-dijon.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== History of the museum ==
[[File:La salle des tombeaux vue depuis le balcon des musiciens.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tomb of Philip the Bold|Tombs of the Dukes of Burgundy]]]]
The museum was founded during the [[Age of Enlightenment]] on the order of the [[Estates of Burgundy]] on 30 November 1787, but the project dated from 1783, with the decision to build the eastern wing of the palace. The aim was to facilitate the teaching for the students of the art school by gathering works that could serve as models.

This original school was free and open to everyone. It was created by [[François Devosge]] on 24 March 1767. The museum was placed under the protection of the Estates of Burgundy and presented its collections in the Salon Condé, conceived as a gallery of paintings to celebrate the glory of the [[Louis, Grand Condé|Grand Condé]]'s battles, and in the Statues Room or "Room of the Antiques" where copies of plaster and marble antiques could be found.

It is known for its collections in relation with the [[dukes of Burgundy]], for the richness of its encyclopedic collections stretching from [[Art of ancient Egypt|Egyptian art]] to the 20th century as well as the historical interest of the building that holds them, the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy.

The museum opened its doors to the public in 1799, and gradually spread out within the palace being enriched by imperial grants, deposits by the State, donations and legacies.

As one of the largest museums of France, le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon is known for its rich collections of sculptures, paintings, art objects and various other items from the past.

Those interested in a specific historical age can admire various stunning items from [[Classical antiquity|Antiquity]], [[Middle Ages]], [[Renaissance]] as well as masterpieces stretching from the 17th century to the 21st century.

Among the attractions of the museum, you can find the tombs of [[Philippe le Hardi]] and [[Jean sans Peur]], a collection of German and Swiss primitives (the most important in France) and a collection of French paintings, rich in artists dating back to the time of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]], not forgetting the collection of [[contemporary art]].

The museum also holds extra-European collections, such as ceramic and [[Islamic glass]]es, weapons and oriental caskets, ancient [[ivory|ivories]] of Africa, everyday objects and [[Traditional African masks|African ceremonial masks]], [[Chinese ceramics|Chinese]] and [[Japanese pottery and porcelain|Japanese porcelains]], [[Suseok|Korean stoneware]], [[Tibetan art|Tibetan]] and [[Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent|Indian sculptures]] and [[Pre-Columbian art|pre-Columbian ceramics]].

== Artworks ==
The museum holds a large and varied collection of art:

* Various remains of the lavish court of the [[Dukes of Burgundy]], including the famous tombs of [[Philip the Bold]], [[John the Fearless]] and [[Margaret of Bavaria]] with their ''mourners''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themourners.org/index.html |title=The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy |accessdate=2011-06-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226001225/http://www.themourners.org/index.html |archivedate=2011-02-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.framemuseums.org/jsp/fiche_exposition_more_info.jsp?STNAV=&RUBNAV=&CODE=1245101312112&LANGUE=1&RH=expoencours |title=The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy |website=www.framemuseums.org |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727145116/http://www.framemuseums.org/jsp/fiche_exposition_more_info.jsp?STNAV=&RUBNAV=&CODE=1245101312112&LANGUE=1&RH=expoencours |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> from [[Champmol|the Chartreuse of Champmol]].
* A collection of [[Egyptian antiquities]] with a rare series of [[Fayum mummy portraits]]
* A collection of Roman art from Switzerland and Germany unique in France
* Some famous works from the Renaissance, 17th and 18th centuries, including works by [[Melchior Broederlam]], [[Verrocchio]], [[Robert Campin]] (known as the [[Master of Flémalle]]), [[Ambrogio Lorenzetti]], [[Lorenzo Lotto]], [[Titian]], [[Jacopo Pontormo]], [[Paolo Veronese]], [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]], [[Guido Reni]], [[Georges de La Tour]], [[Rubens]], [[Philippe de Champaigne]], [[Charles Le Brun]], [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], [[Hubert Robert]]
* A balanced representation of different currents of 19th century, and a significant body of work of the sculptor [[Pompon]]
* A section of modern art including Granville gift: [[Théodore Géricault]], [[Eugène Boudin]], [[Claude Monet]], [[Édouard Manet]], [[Alfred Sisley]], [[Georges Braque]], [[Juan Gris]], [[Georges Rouault]]
* Representative works of the [[school of Paris]] from 1950 to 1970, with [[Charles Lapicque]], [[Vieira da Silva]], [[Nicolas de Staël]]

===Selected collection highlights===

<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
File:Portrait d’homme barbu.jpg|''[[Fayum mummy portraits|Fayum mumy portrait]]''
File:Philip the good.jpg|[[Rogier van der Weyden]], ''[[Portrait of Philip the Good (van der Weyden)|Portrait of Philip the Good]]'', 1450
File:Dijon Musée fontette.jpg| ''Funerary monument of Antoinette de Fontette'', 16th century
File:Lorenzo Lotto 045.jpg|[[Lorenzo Lotto]], ''Portrait of a Woman'', c.1505.
File:Jacopo Pontormo 045.jpg|Jacopo Carucci [[Pontormo]], ''[[Saint John the Baptist]] '', c.1515.
File:Tizian 040.jpg|[[Titian]], ''The Virgin, the Child, Saint Agnes and Saint John the Baptist'', mid-16th c.
File:Veronese The finding of Moses mg 1713.jpg|[[Paolo Veronese]], ''The finding of Moses'', 1713
File:Jan I Brueghel-Caste of Mariemont mg 1707.jpg|[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]], ''[[Château of Mariemont]]'', 1612
File:Le souffleur à la lampe Georges de la Tour.jpg| [[Georges de La Tour]], ''The Blower with a lamp'', 1649
File:Tiepolo - Educazione-della-vergine - Digione.jpg|[[Giambattista Tiepolo]], ''The Education of the Virgin'', c.1720-1722
File:Japonaise au bain James Tissot 1864.jpg|[[James Tissot]], ''The Japanese at the bath'', 1864
File:Claude Monet-Etretat the Aval door fishing boats leaving the harbour mg 1819.jpg|[[Claude Monet]], ''Etretat the Aval door: fishing boats leaving the harbour'', 1885
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== References ==
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==External links==
[https://beaux-arts.dijon.fr/ Official Website]
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