Musée Cognacq-Jay

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The Musée Cognacq-Jay is a Paris museum renowned for its intimate collection of 18th-century French art and decorative objects, assembled by the founders of the La Samaritaine department store.

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Musée Cognacq-Jay canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
museum in Paris
admissionPolicy free permanent collections
architecturalStyleOfBuilding French Renaissance townhouse
buildingConstructionCentury 16th century
collectionFormedBy Ernest Cognacq
Marie-Louise Jay
linked to: Marie-Louise Jaÿ

founders of La Samaritaine department store
collectionType 18th-century French art
decorative arts
drawings
furniture
paintings
porcelain
prints
sculpture
small objets d’art
country France
formerLocation Boulevard des Capucines
foundedBy Ernest Cognacq
Marie-Louise Jay
linked to: Marie-Louise Jaÿ
hasCollectionItem 18th-century Parisian furniture
Meissen porcelain
linked to: Meissen

Sèvres porcelain
works by François Boucher
works by Jean-Antoine Watteau
works by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
works by Nicolas de Largillière
hasWebsite https://www.museecognacqjay.paris.fr
heritageDesignation Musée de France
inception 1929
locatedIn 3rd arrondissement of Paris
Le Marais
linked to: Marais district

Paris
namedAfter Ernest Cognacq
Marie-Louise Jay
linked to: Marie-Louise Jaÿ
notableFor focus on 18th-century French taste
intimate scale of its collections
occupies Hôtel Donon
operatedBy Paris Musées
ownedBy City of Paris
linked to: Ville de Paris
partOf network of City of Paris museums
relocatedToHôtelDonon 1990
streetAddress 8 rue Elzévir
subjectOf exhibition catalogues on 18th-century art

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Marais district contains Musée Cognacq-Jay
Paris Musées manages Musée Cognacq-Jay
Musées de la Ville de Paris hasPart Musée Cognacq-Jay
Marais hasPart Musée Cognacq-Jay