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Must See

GALLERY GUIDE
In the basement are
displays of archae­
ological discoveries
made in the Geneva
region, while archae­
ological exhibits from
ancient civilizations
occupy the lower 1
ground floor. Also on
the ground floor are
rooms devoted to the
applied arts; temporary
exhi bitions are hosted
here too. The first floor
is closed to the public,
but paintings and sculp­
tures are dis played on
the second floor, repre­
senting artists from
across Europe who 2 3
lived and worked from
medieval times to the
modern age. 1 In his 1907 Le Bain Turc Swiss artist Félix Vallotton (1865–
1925) pays homage to Neo­Classical painter Jean­Auguste­
Dominique Ingres’s masterpiece The Turkish Bath.
2 Venus bids farewell to Adonis before setting off on a fatal
hunt in this marble statue carved by Antonio Canova (1757–
1822); Venus is based on one of Canova’s most famous models.
3 The Miraculous Draught of Fishes is part of the altarpiece
that Konrad Witz made for the Cathédrale St­Pierre (p116)
in 1444. In the background is a view of Geneva.

Did You Know?
A huge renovation for
the museum was post­
poned after Genevans
rejected the idea
in 2016.

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