Today is supposed to be a rainy day so today's adventure is a trip to the Dijon Musée de Beaux Arts, the fine arts museum in Dijon, home to some 3-star works of medieval art according to the Michelin Guide. Since the museum is not handicapped accessible, I stayed home as did Clark.
Once more Janis and Dave managed to dodge raindrops. It only rained in Dijon while they were in the museum. Meanwhile, in Solle, the sun shone all morning long. I spent my time catching up on blog posts, sorry if they were too long. I get so enthusiastic about what we're seeing and I want to explain it all to you, so I have a tendency to write way too much detail. (But it does help me remember when I want to know what we did on a particular vacation.)
I'll share Dave's photos below, but first will explain that the afternoon was spent in cleaning, laundry, straightening and cooking. So no photos. Dave helped me make French onion soup for tomorrow's dinner and Janis cooked up a storm to serve duck breast and duck fat potatoes for dinner. We should have taken a photo, but we ate all the duck before we thought of it. Sorry. It was beautiful.
The Dijon Museum of Fine Arts, located in the ducal palace, has collections that span the artistic sentiments of ancient to modern.
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| Janis in the stairway of the ducal palace |
Since we've been so steeped in medieval history, Janis and Dave spent most of their time looking at the medieval art, with just a short tour through the impressionists and modern masters.
The ducal palace in Dijon is an appropriate place to house these masterpieces of medieval art. They have a collection of altar pieces, both painted and carved that belonged to the Dukes of Burgundy.
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| center of the altar piece below; The Crucifixion of Christ |
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| all carved figures |
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| painted and gilded |
In the Salle de Garde are 2 tombs. The first is Philip the Bold, finished in 1410. The second contains his son, John the Fearless, and his wife Margaret of Baveria, finished in 1470. Each took many years to carve. Figures carved around the tomb include mourners, relatives, priests, friends, and officials all dressed in mourning, many hooded.
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| in front, John the Fearless and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria |
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| carvings of mourners |
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| a hooded mourner |
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| Philip the Bold |
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| Philip the Bold |
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| tomb of Margaret of Bavaria and John the Fearless |
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| Margaret of Bavaria |
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| John the Fearless |
Dave was impressed by the engraving on the suits of armor. I can see why.
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| this is hard to see, but all the color is engraved in intricate patterns on the armor |
Dave and Janis were home about 1:30, happy that they had gone.
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