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Delacroix in church and at home – man-in-the-street noblessse
Visits and walk in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- His last works are hidden away in the church of Saint-Sulpice
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 - Saint-Sulpice would be a major attraction in most cities...
The Da Vinci Code excepted, Paris's most important 18th-century edifice attracts little attention.
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Yet it is both a major work of architecture and the setting for impressive art, including Delacroix's chapel.
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 - "Jacob's struggle with the angel"
Hemingway would meditate there on The struggle of Jacob with the angel. Both artists were inspired by violence and grandeur...
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 - Delacroix's garden
Streets little-changed since the master's time take us to the studio, now an intimate museum. Discussion can continue in a walled garden that seems remote from Paris.
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• Costs: please CLICK ° Museum entry fee
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Credits: museum / Felix Sinpraseuth ; other photos / Claude Abron
 - Unexpected Paris guided tours
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