Museums are numerous in France. We went to a couple recently in Dijon. First of all Musée des Beaux-Arts which is one of the largest museums in France and used to be the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy. It ranged from the very ornate burial tombs of the Dukes in a vast church-like room to very modern sculptures.
Burial tombs of the Ducs de Bourgogne
Modern cycle sculpture
The next museum we went into was this one.
Musée Rude
We were intrigued and had to look inside.
Full size maquette of the carving on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
I thought this was the rude bit but no....the sculptor's name was François Rude!
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