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Just a few minutes from the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es<\/strong>, at 158 Boulevard Haussmann<\/strong> (8th arrondissement), the most beautiful private house-museum in Paris<\/strong> is hidden behind a Haussmann-style facade. The Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum<\/strong> is not like other museums: it is a lived-in home<\/strong> \u2014that of\u00c9douard Andr\u00e9<\/strong> (1833\u20131894), heir to one of the Second Empire\u2019s greatest banking fortunes, and his wife N\u00e9lie Jacquemart<\/strong> (1841\u20131912), a painter who became one of the most daring art collectors of her century. Visitors move from salon to salon<\/strong>, from the winter garden<\/strong> to the smoking room<\/strong>, from the private apartments<\/strong> to the<\/strong> spectacular \u201cItalian museum\u201d<\/strong> upstairs, just as if they were guests of the couple attending a Belle \u00c9poque soir\u00e9e. <\/p>\n\n

The collection assembled by the Andr\u00e9 couple over thirty years of travel and acquisitions is, according tothe Institut de France<\/strong> \u2014which owns it\u2014one of the world\u2019s most significant private collections open to the public: the Italian Renaissance<\/strong> of the Quattrocento (Uccello, Botticelli, Mantegna, Bellini, Carpaccio), 17th-century Flemish and Dutch masters<\/strong> (Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Ruysdael), the 18th-century French school<\/strong> (Fragonard, Chardin, Nattier, Vig\u00e9e Le Brun), and English painting<\/strong> (Reynolds, Gainsborough, Lawrence). The museum belongs to the same family of institutions as the Wallace Collection<\/strong> in London, the Frick Collection<\/strong> in New York, and the Poldi Pezzoli Museum<\/strong> in Milan\u2014these are the homes of great collectors<\/strong> that have been bequeathed intact to the public. <\/p>\n\n

This article serves as a guide to your visit to the Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum: the history of the founding couple<\/strong> and their mansion, must-see works<\/strong>, hours and admission prices<\/strong>, practical tips<\/strong>, temporary exhibitions<\/strong> \u2014which are among the most popular in Paris\u2014 frequently asked questions<\/strong>, and nearby attractions<\/strong>. With a special mention for the Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 caf\u00e9<\/strong>, located in the couple\u2019s former dining room beneath a fresco by Tiepolo, which is regularly cited as one of the capital\u2019s most beautiful tea rooms. <\/p>\n\n

The Marmottan Monet Museum at a Glance<\/h2>\n\n
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Address<\/td>158 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris<\/td><\/tr>
Subway<\/td>Miromesnil Metro Station (Lines 9 and 13) or Saint-Philippe-du-Roule Metro Station (Line 9)<\/td><\/tr>
Hours<\/td>Every day, 10 a.m.\u20136 p.m.<\/td><\/tr>
Rates<\/td>~\u20ac17 (permanent collections + temporary exhibition, combined ticket); free for children under 7<\/td><\/tr>
Official Website<\/td>musee-jacquemart-andre.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n
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The Story of a Collector Couple’s Home<\/h2>\n\n
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The history of the Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum is, first and foremost, the story of an extraordinary couple<\/strong> \u2014and an unlikely encounter between a banker and his portrait painter.<\/p>\n\n

\u00c9douard Andr\u00e9<\/strong> was born on December 13, 1833<\/strong>, into a family of Protestant bankers<\/strong> originally from southeastern France, whose fortune reached its peak during the Second Empire<\/strong>. As a young man, he served briefly in Napoleon III\u2019s Imperial Guard<\/strong>, then left the military in 1863 and turned away from politics to devote himself entirely to his passion: art<\/strong>. He became a leading figure<\/strong> in the Parisian art world of the late 19th century\u2014 owner of the *Gazette des Beaux-Arts*<\/strong>, the leading art magazine of the time, and president of the *Union Centrale des Arts D\u00e9coratifs<\/strong>*. <\/p>\n\n

1868<\/strong>: \u00c9douard Andr\u00e9 commissioned architect Henri Parent<\/strong> to design a monumental townhouse<\/strong> on a lot along the brand-new Boulevard Haussmann<\/strong>, in the heart of the Plaine Monceau neighborhood, where the high society of the Second Empire was then settling. Henri Parent, who had just missed out on the Opera House project (awarded to his rival Charles Garnier), poured all his ambition into this private commission. Construction lasted until 1875<\/strong>, and the mansion was inaugurated in 1876<\/strong>. A remarkable technical feat for the time: the Grand Salon<\/strong> was equipped with hydraulic sliding partitions<\/strong> \u2014the walls could be retracted to transform the reception rooms into a vast ballroom<\/strong> capable of accommodating a thousand guests. <\/p>\n\n

1872<\/strong>: A young painter<\/strong> from a modest middle-class background, N\u00e9lie Jacquemart<\/strong>\u2014a portrait artist recognized at the official Salons\u2014came to paint \u00c9douard Andr\u00e9\u2019s portrait<\/strong>. The encounter was a turning point. Nine years later, in 1881<\/strong>, \u00c9douard (age 48) married N\u00e9lie (age 40). It was a late marriage, and the couple had no children\u2014they devoted their entire life together<\/strong> to a single endeavor<\/strong>: building one of Europe\u2019s greatest private art collections, withthe explicit ambition<\/strong> of one day opening it to the public. <\/p>\n\n

1881\u20131894<\/strong>: The Andr\u00e9 couple traveled to Italy every year<\/strong> \u2014Florence, Venice, Rome\u2014where they purchased Quattrocento paintings<\/strong>, sculptures<\/strong>, and entire frescoes<\/strong>. N\u00e9lie, with the trained eye of a professional, handled the negotiations; \u00c9douard, with the banker\u2019s fortune, provided the financing. The \u201cItalian museum\u201d<\/strong> set up on the upper floor of the hotel\u2014three rooms dedicated to sculptures<\/strong>, Florentine painting<\/strong>, and Venetian painting<\/strong> \u2014bears witness to this obsession with Italy. The Tiepolo fresco<\/strong> adorning the grand staircase, “Henry III Received at the Villa Contarini”<\/em><\/strong> (1750), was removed from a villa in Veneto<\/strong> and transported to Paris\u2014a feat of considerable technical daring. <\/p>\n\n

1894<\/strong>: \u00c9douard Andr\u00e9 died at the age of 60<\/strong>. His widow, N\u00e9lie, continued the mission on her own<\/strong> for eighteen years<\/strong>. She traveled even farther\u2014 to Egypt, Asia Minor, and as far as Burma<\/strong> \u2014and greatly expanded the collection. 1902<\/strong>: She purchasedthe Royal Abbey of Chaalis<\/strong> in the Oise region, a vast medieval estate that she also filled with works of art. <\/p>\n\n

1912<\/strong>: N\u00e9lie Jacquemart dies at the age of 71<\/strong>. In her will<\/strong>, she bequeathed herentire<\/strong> estate\u2014the mansion on Boulevard Haussmann and<\/strong> Chaalis Abbey, along with their complete collections\u2014tothe Institut de France<\/strong>, on the condition that they be turned into museums open to the public<\/strong> and maintained in the spirit intended by the couple. An exceptional double bequest: N\u00e9lie bequeathed not one museum, but two<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

1913<\/strong>: French President Raymond Poincar\u00e9<\/strong> personally inaugurated the Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum<\/strong>. It was an immediate hit with the public. More than a century later, the museum\u2014managed by Culturespaces<\/strong> on behalf of the Institut de France\u2014has once again become, thanks to its internationally renowned temporary exhibitions<\/strong> (Botticelli, Renoir, Mary Cassatt, F\u00fcssli, the Borghese Gallery…)\u2014 has once again become one of Paris\u2019s leading cultural venues<\/strong>, attracting several hundred thousand visitors<\/strong> each year. <\/p>\n\n

Must-See Works<\/h2>\n\n
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The tour takes you through three areas: the state rooms<\/strong> on the ground floor, the couple\u2019s private apartments<\/strong>, and the \u201cItalian Museum\u201d<\/strong> on the upper floor. Here are the must-sees. <\/p>\n\n

1. Saint George Slaying the Dragon \u2014 Paolo Uccello (circa 1430\u20131440)<\/h3>\n\n

Italian Museum, upper floor<\/strong>. The<\/strong> museum\u2019s signature work<\/strong>. A small tempera panel depicting Sir George slaying a dragon with outstretched wings in a stylized landscape. Uccello, obsessed with the emerging art of perspective<\/strong>, displays his characteristic dreamlike geometry here\u2014one of the very few works<\/strong> by the Florentine master held in France. A bold acquisition by the Andr\u00e9 couple at a time when the \u201cItalian Primitives\u201d<\/strong> were still largely undervalued on the art market. <\/p>\n\n

2. Madonna and Child \u2014 Sandro Botticelli (circa 1470)<\/h3>\n\n

Italian Museum, upper floor<\/strong>. An early<\/strong> masterpiece by Botticelli, still influenced by his master Filippo Lippi: the melancholic Virgin leaning over the Child, with sinuous lines and Florentine grace. Complemented in the neighboring rooms by the*Ecce Homo*<\/em><\/strong> by the same Botticelli and the Piet\u00e0<\/em><\/strong> from his workshop (Francesco Botticini). <\/p>\n\n

3. Virgin and Child with Three Saints \u2014 Andrea Mantegna (c. 1485)<\/h3>\n\n

Italian Museum, upper floor<\/strong>. A devotional panel by the great Paduan master, characterized by its mineral-like precision<\/strong>. Featuring the neighboring “Virgin and Child”<\/em><\/strong> by Giovanni Bellini<\/strong> displayed nearby, this panel makes the museum\u2019s Venetian gallery a showcase of the Venetian school<\/strong> \u2014a rarity in Paris outside the Louvre. <\/p>\n\n

4. The Pilgrims of Emmaus \u2014 Rembrandt (1629)<\/h3>\n\n

Library, ground floor<\/strong>. One of the museum\u2019s three Rembrandts<\/strong>, and a major work: this version of the Pilgrims at Emmaus<\/em><\/strong>, painted by Rembrandt when he was only 23 years<\/strong> old, predates<\/strong> the Louvre version (1648) by twenty years<\/strong>. Christ, completely backlit<\/strong>\u2014a black silhouette set against the light of revelation\u2014is one of the most radical chiaroscuro innovations by the young master from Leiden. The library also houses portraits by Van Dyck<\/strong>, Frans Hals<\/strong>, and the Dutch school\u2014one of the finest collections of Northern European art in a private collection in Paris. <\/p>\n\n

5. Hippolytus\u2019s Embassy to Theseus \u2014 Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1495)<\/h3>\n\n

Italian Museum, upper floor<\/strong>. A grand narrative scene by the Venetian master of painted cycles: the Queen of the Amazons sending her embassy to the King of Athens, a procession of horsemen, and the architecture of a dreamlike Venice. Extremely rare<\/strong>: Carpaccio is almost impossible to find in French collections. <\/p>\n\n

6. The Model’s Debut \u2014 Jean-Honor\u00e9 Fragonard (1769)<\/h3>\n\n

Ground-floor salons<\/strong>. An iconic romantic scene from the French Rococo<\/strong>: a young painter discovers his shy model. All the libertine charm of 18th-century France, captured in the salons of Chardin<\/strong>, Nattier<\/strong>, Boucher<\/strong>, and Portrait of Countess Skavronskaia<\/em><\/strong> by\u00c9lisabeth Vig\u00e9e Le Brun<\/strong> (1790), rendered with silky virtuosity. <\/p>\n\n

7. Tiepolo\u2019s fresco \u2014 Henry III Received at the Villa Contarini (1750)<\/h3>\n\n

Grand Staircase<\/strong>. Monumental fresco by Giambattista Tiepolo<\/strong>, removed from a villa in Veneto and reinstalled on the staircase by N\u00e9lie Jacquemart\u2014the scene of the Venetian nobility\u2019s welcome of King Henry III of France in 1574 unfolds with its ethereal architecture above the steps. The dining room<\/strong> (now a caf\u00e9) features a second fresco by Tiepolo on the ceiling. <\/p>\n\n

8. The Winter Garden and the Monumental Staircase<\/h3>\n\n

Ground floor<\/strong>.The<\/strong> museum\u2019sarchitectural masterpiece<\/strong> itself: the winter garden<\/strong> with its marble and mirrored walls, extended by a double-helix staircase<\/strong> of spectacular theatricality\u2014a feat by architect Henri Parent that has becomethe<\/strong> museum\u2019siconic image<\/strong>. It was here that the Andr\u00e9 family entertained the cream of Parisian society during the waning years of the Second Empire and the dawn of the Third Republic. <\/p>\n\n

How to Visit the Museum<\/h2>\n\n
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Recommended duration<\/strong>: Allow 1.5 to 2 hours<\/strong> for the permanent collections\u2014the museum feels like a grand mansion, without the exhaustion often associated with massive institutions. Add 1 hour<\/strong> if a temporary exhibition is on (they follow a separate route).The included audio guide<\/strong> tells the story of the couple and each room\u2014it truly enhances the visit and is well worth listening to. <\/p>\n\n

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