Le Jugement de Pâris
Paris offers the golden apple to Venus in this small painting on copper. Rottenhammer signed it with his monogram and the date 1597.
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Petit Palais
Paris, France
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Illustrative photo demo
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Illustrative collection
- Take a permitted photo Use a photo allowed by the museum's current rules.
- Read the sourced history When Lensmark can verify the work, it explains what the sources support and links to them. When it cannot, it says so plainly.
- Ask a follow-up Continue with a question about the work's maker, age or significance.
- Your Petit Palais walk saves itself. Just take pictures. Each work is kept with its sourced history, grouped by day.
Images in the demo: Le Jugement de Pâris, Johann Rottenhammer, 1597, and Diane et Actéon, Michel Dorigny, 1635–1640, from Paris Musées / Petit Palais under CC0; L'Analyse, Adriaen van Ostade, 1666, source credit Paris Musées, from a public-domain file on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped for the illustrative phone views; Le Jugement de Pâris shows a detail of the composition.
What the Petit Palais collection covers
The Petit Palais became Paris's City Museum of Fine Arts in 1902, in a building created for the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Municipal purchases and artists' commissions formed its first collections. History
The Dutuit brothers' bequest added an important collection of older works in 1902. Later gifts from collectors including Edward and Julia Tuck helped expand the museum's holdings.
Its collection strengths include French nineteenth-century art, European old-master painting, decorative arts and furniture, and prints and drawings.
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Diane et Actéon
Actaeon is already growing antlers after seeing Diana bathing. Dorigny painted the scene as part of a decorative ensemble of five panels.
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L'Analyse
A doctor examines a flask of urine in this finely painted scene. The museum connects its careful detail and minute brushwork to Van Ostade's style in the 1660s.
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These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.
Check the photography rules first
The Petit Palais permits private-use photography and filming of permanent collections, with respect for artworks and visitors; temporary exhibitions and individual works may have posted restrictions. Flash, lamps, other lighting and selfie sticks are prohibited, as is photographing or filming technical installations. Photo sessions and staged, professional or commercial shoots are not permitted during ordinary visits; professional uses need prior authorization. Recording staff or visitors requires management permission and their prior written consent. Images or recordings intended for online or other public distribution, commercial or free, require prior written museum authorization and a technical description of the setup. Read its current visitor conditions and follow gallery signs before taking a photo. Petit Palais photography policy
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