Paris: The Jacquemart-André Museum reopens its doors with masterpieces from the Borghese Gallery
After more than a year of work, the Parisian museum jewel reopens its doors to the general public with an exceptional exhibition dedicated to masterpieces from the Borghese Gallery, from September 6, 2024 to January 5, 2025.
One of the greatest collectors and patrons in history, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Paul V, accumulated hundreds of objects, antiques, paintings and sculptures by major artists of the 16th and 17th centuries over many decades. Historically preserved and exhibited at the Villa Borghese in Rome, around forty of them will be presented in an exceptional manner at the Jacquemart-André Museum in André in Paris. Thanks to the partnership between the two institutions, the public will have the chance to discover some forty works, rarely visible abroad, bringing together famous artists of the Renaissance and the Baroque period such as Caravaggio and Rubens, through Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, without forgetting Veronese, Antonello da Messina or Bernini.
“The works presented in this exhibition travel very rarely, which is what makes this exhibition so remarkable. These are very famous, identity-based works, which are in all the art history books. These works will be moved abroad all together for the first time!” enthuses Francesca Cappelletti, general director of the Borghese Gallery and curator, with Pierre Curie, of this prestigious exhibition. Dialogue around Italian art
By giving pride of place to the magical Renaissance of Northern Italy, the Jacquemart-André Museum highlights the free and intuitive spirit of Cardinal Borghese.
“The visitor will be dizzy, with exceptional works! “The Borghese Gallery is unique because it still gives an idea of the Baroque collection that has stood the test of time, while becoming, what’s more, a formidable showcase of European neoclassicism”, explains the curator.
With a remarkable collection of Italian art, the museum appears here as the ideal place to pay tribute to the cardinal aesthete. The museum and its restaurant have been completely renovated
A major cultural site located in the heart of Paris, a few steps from the Champs-Élysées, the home of the Jacquemart-André couple offers a window on the upper middle class of the Second Empire, around one of the most prodigious private collections of works of art in Paris, welcoming more than 400,000 visitors each year.
On the occasion of its reopening, the public will be able to admire the many renovations of the private mansion housing the Jacquemart-André museum, and rediscover its courtyard entirely paved and planted, according to the photographic archives of a late 19th century that saw its birth.
The “Nélie” stands out in the sumptuous decor of the former dining room of the couple Nélie Jacquemart and Édouard André, as one of the most beautiful restaurants-tea rooms in Paris. Visitors will rediscover the famous Tiepolo ceiling, entirely renovated, brought back from Italy during one of the couple’s many trips.
For the reopening of the museum, many works have been restored and taken out of storage, in order to offer the public a unique visit. The decorations, woodwork and gilding of the smoking room have also undergone major renovations, as have all the hangings and sculptures which have been dusted and restored. Please note that a new film on the history of the museum and its collections, presented by Stéphane Bern, is also being screened to the public. The appointment is set for September 6, 2024.
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