Orsay & le Tableau Oublié

An exhibition devoted to a painting that fell into oblivion for a long time, presented at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The title pairs the name of the museum with that of this little-known work.

The exhibition “Orsay & le Tableau Oublié” is held at the Musée d'Orsay, housed in the former railway station built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle on the Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The museum holds a rich collection of works covering the period 1848–1914, and this exhibition draws on those collections to rediscover a painting that remained for a long time outside the usual routes through the museum.

The exhibition focuses on the journey of a work that time has moved out of sight, and on the reasons for that fading from view. Visitors follow the stages that brought this painting from oblivion back to renewed attention, through rooms devoted to its history and its context.

The visit is aimed at lovers of nineteenth-century art as well as visitors discovering the museum for the first time. The route is taken at your own pace, following the order of the rooms, and suits both a quick visit and a more in-depth study of the display.