Press release on the 'Richelieu to Richelieu' exhibition

The triple exhibition Richelieu à Richelieu started today, the 12 March 2011, and will run for three months until 13 June 2011.
The three locations are:

• Musée des Beaux-Arts, 45000 Orléans; the antiqities of the château de Richelieu
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, 37000 Tours; the interior decor of the château de Richelieu
• Musée Municipal, 37120 Richelieu; the battle canvases of Louis XIII and the cardinal duc de Richelieu

http://www.loirevalleytourism.com/actu/richelieu-exhibition.html

Below we reproduce the press release for the exhibition (in French)
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The Wallace Collection 3

Three paintings much in the taste of the cardinal duc 

and his collection at le château.

Nicholas Poussin - 'A Dance to the Movement of Time'

"These classical projections, and something from the fire, suddenly suggested Poussin's scene in which the Seasons, hand in hand and facing outward, tread in rhythm to the notes of the lyre that the winged and naked greybeard plays. The image of Time brought thoughts of mortality: of human beings, facing outward like the Seasons, moving hand in hand in intricate measure, stepping slowly, methodically sometimes a trifle awkwardly, in evolutions that take recognizable shape: or breaking into seemingly meaningless gyrations, while partners disappear only to reappear again, once more giving pattern to the spectacle: unable to control the melody, unable, perhaps, to control the steps of the dance."

Anthony Powell - 'A question of upbringing'

A nativity by Phillipe de Champaigne with a neo-classical cabinet & statue

A fragment of another canvas by Philippe de Champaigne with an urn.

The Wallace Collection

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28 Grande Rue re-opens after building works

Number 28 Grande Rue is the hôtel particulier - the mansion - on the Grande Rue that was restored by the TV actor Gerard Klein and his wife.  It was bought by the municipality in 2007 and is now used as a museum example of the 28 identical hôtels that flank the town's main street.  As it had been restored as a home rather than a museum, it was necessary to make certain adaptations to make it conform with public building saftey standards.  The works have lasted most of a year, but now the mansion has re-opened.  The interior (as yet unvisited in its new format by the Abbé Henri Proust) now includes an exhibition of material about the Cardinal and the history of his new town called ESPACE RICHELIEU:.  All this in addition to the municipal Museum at the Mairie - the townhall - at the other end of the street.

The panel on the exterior shows times of access:
May and June:         at weekends                       10 - 12 am, closed for déjeuner (it is France!), 2 - 6 pm
July to September:   everyday                            10 - 12 am, closed for déjeuner, 2 - 6 pm
School holidays, Easter and All Saints Day:          10 - 12 am, closed for déjeuner, 2 - 6 pm

The Abbé will shortly add pictures of the interior, once he actually gets through the door!

click here for posts on 28 Grande Rue

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