Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes

A competition to design a new building was held at the end of the 19th century, won by Paul Dusart. The new building was opened on 27 June 1909 and in 1995 was totally renovated and the display space expanded, with the addition of a basement displaying archaeological remains and artefacts.

• Native Name — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes • Established — 1801 • Location — Valenciennes • Website — https: musee.valenciennes.fr/le-musee • Illustration — A gallery in the museum

• Descent from the Cross, Peter Paul Rubens, oil on canvas (17th century) • Saint Stephen Triptych (formed of The Martyrdom of St Stephen, The Preaching of St Stephen, The Annunciation and The Angel of the Annunciation) by Peter Paul Rubens, oil on canvas and panel (1600–1650). • Elijah and the Angel in the Desert and The Triumph of the Catholic Faith (from The Triumph of the Eucharist cycle), Peter Paul Rubens, oil on canvas (1626–1628). • Still Life with Ham, Jacob van Es, oil on canvas (17th century). • Herminius in the Shepherds’ Home, Olivier Le May, oil on canvas, 1785. • Landscape with Rainbow, Peter Paul Rubens and studio, oil on canvas (17th century). • Saint Paul, Antony van Dyck, oil on panel (1600–1650). • Saint Matthew, Antony van Dyck, oil on panel (1600–1650). • True Gaiety by Jean Antoine Watteau, oil on panel. • Two Figures from a Fêtes Galante by Jean Antoine Watteau, red chalk drawing. • The Happy Dover by Louis Watteau de Lille, oil on panel. • The Siege of Beauvais in 1472 by François Watteau de Lille, oil on canvas (1799). • Self-Portrait of 1806 by Alexandre Abel de Pujol, oil on canvas. • The Spaniard by Carolus-Duran, oil on canvas (1870). • The Reinterment at Montretoux by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, oil on canvas (1871). • Sunset by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, oil on canvas (1872). • Self-Portrait, known as Carpeaux Crying for Sadness by Jean-aptiste Carpeaux, oil on canvas (1874). • Vallée de l'Aumance by Henri Joseph Harpignies, oil on canvas (1875). • Nudes in a Landscape by Émile Bernard, oil on canvas (1890). • Le Duel by Alphonse Chigot, oil on canvas (1908).

• Illustration — Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, Saint James the Great and the Magician Hermogenes (1550–1575). • Illustration — Marinus van Reymerswaele, The Banker and His Wife (1500–1550). • Illustration — Peter Paul Rubens, The Triumph of the Catholic Faith (1600–1650) • Illustration — Peter Paul Rubens, The Stoning of St Stephen (1616–1617). • Illustration — Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts, Trompe-l'œil (1665). • Illustration — François Watteau, The Battle of the Pyramids (1798–1799). • Illustration — Jean-Charles Nicaise Perrin, Madame Nicaise Perrin, née Catherine Deleuze (c. 1800). • Illustration — Abel de Pujol, The Death of Mary Queen of Scots, 1587 (1800–1850). • Illustration — Alphonse Chigot (1824-1917) Le Duel (1909) • Illustration — Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Bust of Bruno Chérier (1874). • Illustration — Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, The Imperial Prince and his dog Nero (1865)