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4 unusual facts about Luxembourg Palace


Henry Mosler

His "Le Retour," from the Paris Salon of 1879, was the first American painting ever bought for the Luxembourg Palace.

Hugo Sperrle

He stayed with his units in France for the next 3 years, living in luxury at the Luxembourg Palace.

Luxembourg Palace

The palace was a designated "strong point" for German forces defending the city in August 1944, but thanks to the decision of Commanding General Dietrich von Choltitz to surrender the city rather than fight, the palace was only minimally damaged.

A series of twenty-four triumphant canvases commissioned from Peter Paul Rubens were installed in the Galerie de Rubens on the main floor of the western wing.


Adolphe Brune

He decorated the 'Salle des Séances' of the Senate in the Luxembourg, and the ceiling of the Bibliothèque of the Louvre.

Château

In the city of Paris, the Louvre (fortified) and the Luxembourg (originally suburban) represented the original château but lost their château etymology, becoming “palaces” when the City enclosed them.

Hubert Vos

The Louvre Museum (Paris, France), Bonnefanten Museum (Maastricht, Netherlands), the Chicago History Museum, the Fogg Art Museum (Harvard University), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Luxembourg Palace (Paris), the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are among the public collections holding works by Hubert Vos.

Oswaldo Guayasamín

The artist's last exhibits were inaugurated by him personally in the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, and in the Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires in 1995.


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