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The Treasury of Notre Dame: From its Origins to Viollet-le-Duc

13 October 2023

While the final phases of the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris are underway, this exhibition at the Musée du Louvre in Paris offers a chance to view more than 120 works saved from the flames (18 October–29 January 2024). Illuminated medieval manuscripts, relics and paintings tell the history of the treasury, from its origins through to the Middle Ages and its resurrection in the 19th century. Golden reliquaries and vessels designed by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the architect behind the 19th-century renovation of the Cathedral, are on display alongside a gem-encrusted Bust of Saint Louis (c. 19th century) by Jean-Alexandre Chertier, after a drawing by Violett-le-Duc. Find out more on the Louvre’s website.

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Rest on the Flight into Egypt (17th century), Charles Poërson. Musée Carnavalet. Photo: © CCO Paris Musées/Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris

The Mass of Canon de La Porte (c. 1710), Jean Jouvenet. Louvre Museum, Paris. Photo: © RMN-Grand Palais (Louvre Museum), Michel Urtado

Bust of Saint Louis (c. 19th century), Jean-Alexandre Chertier after Violett-le-Duc of Saint Louis. Treasure of Notre-Dame de Paris. Photo: © Louvre Museum, Guillaume Benoit