page_title: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
section_title: 17th-century paintings
hierarchical_section_title: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille / Collections / 17th-century paintings
context_page_description: The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is a municipal museum dedicated to fine arts, modern art, and antiquities. It is one of the largest art museums in France.
  It was one of the first museums built in France, established under the instructions of Napoleon I at the beginning of the 19th century as part of the popularisation of art. Jean-Antoine Chaptal's decree of 1801 selected fifteen French cities to receive the works seized from churches and from the European territories occupied by the armies of Revolutionary France. The painters Louis Joseph Watteau and François Watteau, known as the "Watteau of Lille", were heavily involved in the museum's beginnings - Louis Joseph Watteau made in 1795 the first inventory of the paintings confiscated during the Revolution, whilst his son François was deputy curator of the museum from 1808 to 1823.
  The museum opened in 1809 and was initially housed in a church confiscated from the Récollets before being transferred to the city's town hall. In 1866, the "musée Wicar", formed from the collection of Jean-Baptiste Wicar, was merged into the Palais des Beaux-Arts.
context_section_description: Rest of the Holy Family, Pieter van Avont, oil on wood
  Martyrdom of saint Maurice and his companions, Jan Boeckorst known as Lange Jan, oil on canvas (1661)
  Allegory of the Vanities of the World, Pieter Boel, oil on canvas (1663)
  Coronation the Virgin, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, oil on canvas
  Ecstasy of saint Rosalie of Palermo, Theodor Boeyermans, oil on canvas
  The Nativity, Philippe de Champaigne, oil on canvas
  Antique landscape, Philippe de Champaigne, oil on canvas
  Saint Nicolas saving the prisoners, Jan Cossiers, oil on canvas (1660)
  The Miraculous Fish or The apostles reporting to Christ the fruit of their enterprise, Gaspard de Crayer, oil on wood
  Martyrdom of the crowned martyrs : Claudius, Nicolastratus, Symphorianus, Castor and Simplicius, Gaspard de Crayer, oil on wood
  Miracle of Saint Anthony of Padua at Toulouse, Anthony van Dyck, oil on wood (c 1627-1630)
  Christ on the cross, Anthony van Dyck, oil on canvas
  Portrait of Marie de Médicis, reine de France, Anthony van Dyck
  Christ climbing to Calvary and being recognised by saint Veronica, Frans II Francken, oil on wood (c 1615-1620)
  Presentation of the Holy Tunic to Charles V, Frans II Francken, oil on wood (c 1615)
  Ball on a palace terrace or ball at the court of Don John of Austria, Hieronymus Janssens known as Le danseur, oil on canvas (1658)
  Christ and the Pharisees, Jacob Jordaens, oil on canvas (c 1660)
  The Abduction of Europa, Jacob Jordaens, oil on canvas (1643)
  Portrait of a man, Jacob Jordaens, oil on wood
  Susanna and the Elders, Jacob Jordaens, oil on canvas
  The distress of the prodigal son, Jacob Jordaens
  A piqueur and his dogs, Jacob Jordaens, (1635)
  Saint Mary Magdalene at prayer, Eustache Le Sueur, oil on canvas
  Burial, Pieter Lastman, oil on wood (1612)
  Moses dividing the waters, Johann Liss, oil on canvas
  St Peter causing a cloud to protect the faithful from the sun, Jeremias Mittendorff, oil on wood (1629)
  Martyrdom of Saint Peter of Verona, Jeremias Mittendorff, oil on canvas (1629)
  Saint Peter unmasking a false Madonna that had appeared in a heretics' temple, Jeremias Mittendorff, oil on wood (1629)
  Soldiers casting lots for the tunic of Christ, Nicolas Régnier
  St Jerome, José de Ribera, oil on canvas (1643)
  Descent from the Cross, Rubens, oil on canvas (circa 1617)
  Martyrdom of St Catherine, Rubens, oil on canvas (circa 1615)
  Ecstasy of Mary Magdalen, Rubens, oil on canvas (circa 1619)
  Royal Generosity, Jan van den Hoecke, oil on canvas (1635) - Workshop of Rubens
  Royal Providence, Jan van den Hoecke, oil on canvas (1635) - Workshop of Rubens
  Saint François receiving the Christ Child from the Virgin's hands, Rubens, oil on canvas (c 1617)
  Birth of the Virgin, Jacques Stella
  Renaud and Armide, Alessandro Tiarini, oil on canvas
  Apotheosis of St Francis of Paul, Theodoor van Thulden, oil on wood
  Martyrdom of St Philippe, oil on wood (c 1645-1648)
  Jesus's arrest in the Garden of Olives, Simon de Vos, oil on copper (vers 1650-1670)
  Jesus tried before Caiaphas, Simon de Vos, oil on copper (c 1650-1670)
  Saint Zita, Arnould de Vuez, oil on canvas (c 1696)
  Saint Cecilia accompanied by three angel musicians, Arnould de Vuez
  Mourning Virgin, Arnould de Vuez, oil on canvas
  St Anthony of Assisi receiving the stigmata, Arnould de Vuez, oil on canvas
  Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk at Delft, Emanuel de Witte
  The Denarius of Caesar, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1673)
caption: Allegory of the Vanities of the World by Pieter Boel
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