Friday morning - The 25th of January 2013
I started off by further exploring the Marais area and headed towards the Carnavalet Museum almost around the corner from the Hotel.
I started off by further exploring the Marais area and headed towards the Carnavalet Museum almost around the corner from the Hotel.
Just before reaching it I stopped at a small garden, which bears the name of the former conservator of the Carnavalet Museum, Georges Cain and has been open to the public since 1931. It is an archaeological depository of some destroyed buildings and Monuments.
Gardens can often become the depository of our thoughts and this is exactly what happened to me at this little more than beautiful little garden as I sat and wrote down some notes reflecting my morning thoughts.
I must confess that in no way had I imagined Carnavalet Musem to house so many collections showing what the city of Paris looked like in different eras, as I strolled trough the centuries of history.
L'abrevoir de Montmartre, around 1840 by the French School of Painting (left). La Coline de Montmartre fu cotê Nord by Paul Gilon Villeneuve (right).
Bouquinistes sur le quai des Grands Augustins (1949) by Bernard Boulet de Monvel (left). Le quai de Montebelo et le Chevet de Notre Dame by Emile Harrouart - 19th century (right).
Petits ramoneurs Savoyards se désaltérant à l'eau d'une pompe, French School - 1840 (left). Le marchand de coco - Augusta, le Baron Desves - 1843 (right)
Les Parisiens tirant le Diable par la queue - Jean Véber -1864/1928 (left). Le Cabaret Pigall's - Pierre Sicard -1925 (right).
La lecture - Georges Croegaert -1848/1923 (left). Femmes au Café - Mariano Alonzo-Pérez - 1857/1930 (right).
Gardens can often become the depository of our thoughts and this is exactly what happened to me at this little more than beautiful little garden as I sat and wrote down some notes reflecting my morning thoughts.
I must confess that in no way had I imagined Carnavalet Musem to house so many collections showing what the city of Paris looked like in different eras, as I strolled trough the centuries of history.
L'abrevoir de Montmartre, around 1840 by the French School of Painting (left). La Coline de Montmartre fu cotê Nord by Paul Gilon Villeneuve (right).
Bouquinistes sur le quai des Grands Augustins (1949) by Bernard Boulet de Monvel (left). Le quai de Montebelo et le Chevet de Notre Dame by Emile Harrouart - 19th century (right).
Petits ramoneurs Savoyards se désaltérant à l'eau d'une pompe, French School - 1840 (left). Le marchand de coco - Augusta, le Baron Desves - 1843 (right)
Les Parisiens tirant le Diable par la queue - Jean Véber -1864/1928 (left). Le Cabaret Pigall's - Pierre Sicard -1925 (right).
Les retardataires - Albert Guillaume - 1873/1942
Femme au chien - Ferdinand Heilbuth - 1826/1889 (left). Elégante à la Place de la Concorde - Louise Abbéma -1858/1927 (right).
La lecture - Georges Croegaert -1848/1923 (left). Femmes au Café - Mariano Alonzo-Pérez - 1857/1930 (right).
(to be continued)
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