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Enigma, Monsù Desiderio. Un fantastique architectural au XVIIe siècle

Enigma, Monsù desiderio. An architectural fantasy in the 17th century
From november 6 2004 to february 7 2005

The exhibit presents some 60 paintings by Monsù Desiderio, painter from Messina in the XVIIth century. This fantastic and dreamlike work, in which ruins and architectural cataclysms evoke the gloom of the end of the world, is in reality a work by four hands done by François de Nomé, an visionary architect, and Didier Barra, a specialist in panoramic vistas.

Musée de la Cour d'Or

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57000 Metz - France

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Saturday, Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm
Bank holidays, Tuesday
New Year`s Day, Easter Friday, Labour day (May, 1st), Victory Day 1945 (May, 8), Bastille Day (July, 14), Assumption Day (August,15), All Saints`Day (November, 1st), Armistice Day 1918 (november, 11), Christmas Day
Admission :
Admission fee : 4.6 €
Concessions : 2.3 € Adult groups
Free : Under 14, Unemployed, Military, Sunday morning
Special concessions : 3.3 € School children, Students
Monsù Desiderio, Daniel in the lions' den (detail), oil on canvas, 45 x 74,5 cm, Metz, Musées de la Cour d'Or, photo: Jean Munin, Musées de la Cour d'Or