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Ajaccio, Musée Fesch

  • Exhibitions : Real ? Fake ? The Italian Primitive Was almost Perfect 14/08/2012

    "Raphael did not just suddenly fall down from the sky to honor the century of Julius II and Leo X.". With this assertion taken from his Considérations sur l'état de la peinture en Italie, dans les quatre siècles qui ont précédé celui de Raphaël (...)

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  • News Items : The Paintings Stolen from the Musée Fesch Now Recovered 07/05/2012

    The four paintings which had been stolen from the Musée Fesch in Ajaccio, Corsica last February 2011 were recovered on the evening of 4th May 2012 in a city parking lot, after the investigating magistrate was notified that the works had been left (...)

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  • News Items : An incredible theft at the Musée Fesch in Ajaccio 21/02/2011

    The theft which took place a few days ago in the Corsican museum is not only incredible in the way it was carried out but also now quite dramatic in its consequences : four paintings, including Nicolas Poussin’s famous Midas, were stolen between (...)

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  • Museums : Ajaccio and Bastia : Corsica’s museums get a facelift 25/07/2010

    Anyone familiar with the Musée Fesch – rebaptized Palais Fesch-Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Ajaccio – already knows that it houses one of France’s most important art collections, second only to the Louvre for its Italian paintings. The recent renovation, (...)

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  • News Items : A Boilly and a Sablet for the Louvre ; a Sablet (maybe) for the Musée Fesch 18/11/2007

    Just a few days apart, the Louvre pre-empted, on 20 October in Marseille (Damien Leclere Auction House) and on 31 October in Paris (Thierry de Maigret AH) two works

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