Beauty HH

 

Musée Jacquemart-André

There is something quite disturbing about the opulence of this mansion in trhe midst of the massive poverty of 1870s Paris, but the owners did create a beautiful space  . . .

 

 



     




. . . and they filled it with exceptional works of art.

















Of course there was the Louvre.





There was a fascinating exhibit of the Portuguese Renaissance -- Who knew?







 













 




















































There were so many choices . . .

The Ancient World






Centuries of European Art
Some of it, perhaps, a bit kitschy.

An Impressive Selection of Works from the Islamic World
 





The Musée Guimet is an Old Favorite of Ours