Chapelle de la Visitation, Monaco-Ville

The Museum of the Chapel of Visitation (French: Museé de la Chapelle de la Visitation) is an art museum and Roman Catholic chapel in the Monaco-Ville ward of Monaco.[1] The baroque chapel dates from the 17th-century.[2]

The Chapelle de la Visitation in January 2015

From 1995, the museum was the home of the Barbara-Piasecka Johnson Collection, a collection of Old Master paintings collected by Barbara Piasecka Johnson.[3] The collection was removed from the chapel in May 2014 in preparation for its eventual sale at Christie's auction house in July 2014.[3]

References
  1. "Museums". Visit Monaco - Museums. Visit Monaco. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  2. David C. King (2008). Monaco. Marshall Cavendish. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-0-7614-2567-0. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. "The Museum of the Visitation Chapel Removal of the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection". Government of Monaco press releases. Government of Monaco. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

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