His father, Alexandre Du Sommerard, created what became the Musée de Cluny, and he served as its first curator.[1] As the Commissoner General of expositions from 1871 to 1878, he developed the museum's collection of works from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, increasing it from about 1,400 pieces to over 10,000. His most notable addition was a famous series of six tapestries, known as The Lady and the Unicorn.
He completed his father's work, Arts au moyen âge, en ce qui concerne principalement le Palais romain de Paris, l’Hôtel de Cluny, issu de ses ruines, et les objets d’art de la collection classée dans cet hôtel, which had been left unfinished when he died. On his own, he wrote a Catalogue et description des objets d’art de l’antiquité, du moyen âge et de la Renaissance, exposés au Musée.
edmond, sommerard, april, 1817, paris, february, 1885, paris, french, museum, conservator, photograph, Étienne, carjatlife, work, edithis, father, alexandre, sommerard, created, what, became, musée, cluny, served, first, curator, commissoner, general, expositi. Edmond Du Sommerard 27 April 1817 Paris 6 February 1885 Paris was a French museum conservator Edmond Du Sommerard photograph by Etienne CarjatLife and work editHis father Alexandre Du Sommerard created what became the Musee de Cluny and he served as its first curator 1 As the Commissoner General of expositions from 1871 to 1878 he developed the museum s collection of works from the Middle Ages and Renaissance increasing it from about 1 400 pieces to over 10 000 His most notable addition was a famous series of six tapestries known as The Lady and the Unicorn He completed his father s work Arts au moyen age en ce qui concerne principalement le Palais romain de Paris l Hotel de Cluny issu de ses ruines et les objets d art de la collection classee dans cet hotel which had been left unfinished when he died On his own he wrote a Catalogue et description des objets d art de l antiquite du moyen age et de la Renaissance exposes au Musee He was a member of the Institut de France In 1882 he was elected to the Academie des Beaux Arts where he took Seat 6 in the Unattached section succeeding Charles Blanc deceased References edit Data entry the Bibliotheque Nationale de FranceFurther reading editHenri Stein obituary In Polybiblion Revue bibliographique universelle 43 Bureaux de la revue 1885 pg 166External links edit nbsp Media related to Edmond Du Sommerard at Wikimedia Commons nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a French historian or genealogist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edmond Du Sommerard amp oldid 1177049967, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
