A self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, an oil painting of a child fife player by Édouard Manet, Claude Monet’s Impressionist landscape of the Saint-Lazare Station, Henri Matisse’s Still Life with Magnolia and a rare salt cellar in ivory from the Benin Kingdom are among the items that will supplement the permanent collection of Louvre Abu Dhabi when it opens in December next year.
Yesterday, The National reported that about 300 works will be sent on loan from more than a dozen cultural institutions in France, including Leonardo da Vinci’s exquisite portrait La Belle Ferronnière.
There are many more masterpieces set to be exhibited including Napoleon Crossing the Alps, one of five versions of a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805. Initially commissioned by the King of Spain, the composition is part of the collection of the national museum of the Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.
The loaned items will join the permenant collection of Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first universal museum to open in the Arab world, which will ensure visitors are immediately able to appreciate the significance of cultural items across many centuries.
Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, the chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), the organisation with the mandate for Louvre Abu Dhabi, said: “These outstanding loans from our French partners represent the collaboration and exchange symbolic of Louvre Abu Dhabi and its progress to date. This will be the first time many of these works will travel to Abu Dhabi, or even the Middle East, and are a rare opportunity to see important art from French museums in dialogue with the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s collection.”
Original article by Anna Seaman
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Van Gogh, Manet, Monet and Matisse among artworks to be lent to Louvre Abu Dhabi
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