La donation Michel Lacoste au musée du Louvre - Orfèvrerie française de Mangot à Puiforcat
Published by Musée du Louvre
- From friday, june 26 to monday, january 11, 2027
- 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
- Musée du Louvre Place du Carrousel, 75001 Paris, France
At the Louvre, this display brings together one hundred pieces of silver donated by the collector Michel Lacoste. Focusing mainly on the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, it places the new acquisitions alongside silverware and ceramics from the permanent collections. Visitors can compare forms, uses and metalworking techniques across different workshops.
The donation is a particularly valuable addition to the museum’s 17th-century holdings. It allows visitors to view the work of Parisian and provincial silversmiths side by side, and introduces makers previously unrepresented at the museum, such as Jean-Baptiste Chéret and Pierre-François Bonnestrenne. Their inclusion broadens the picture beyond the masters already represented at the Louvre. A chocolate pot by François-Thomas Germain, combining chased silver with ebony, exemplifies the care lavished on an object made for serving. In the display cases rearranged for the occasion, colour markers distinguish the donated pieces from those the museum already owned.
The collection’s origins tell another story of how an interest can be passed down. Michel Lacoste first became interested in silver after his grandmother gave him a catalogue of the Puiforcat collection. Much of that collection is also held at the Louvre. The display thus brings the newly donated objects into conversation with those that first caught the collector’s eye.
Practical information
- The full admission price of €22 applies to nationals or residents of a country in the European Economic Area. For other visitors, it is €32.
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Musée du Louvre
Place du Carrousel, 75001 Paris, France