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The Hôtel Bertrand, the mansion that accommodates the museum, owes its name to General Henry-Gatien Bertrand (1773–1844), Grand Maréchal du Palais des Tuileries under the French Empire and Napoleon’s faithful companion in exile on Saint Helena.

From the time of the museum’s creation in 1863, its collection of paintings of the northern school was accumulated by gift or purchase. Most of the sixty works from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries were restored in 2001. The collection includes works by renowned masters such as Thomas de Keyser, Frans Francken (II), and Hendrick van Vliet but also includes artists who are little represented in French museums, among them Werner van den Valckert, Andreas Schelfhout, and Simon Denis.

Claire Pierrot, Head of Audience Engagement and Communications (March 2025)

Collection catalogues

Peintures flamande et hollandaise: collection des musées de Châteauroux
Paris 2001