Among the exposed masterpieces, it is necessary to distinguish Lavinia Fontana, Cousin, Stella, Butcher or Ingres’s paintings either sculptures of Lemoyne, David of Angers and Préault. A particular accent is put on the genre of the portrait in 17th century either still on the art troubadour who, at the beginning of the 19th century, attempts to tell in a sentimental and theatrical way the history of the big national heroes of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as Joan of Arc or François Ier.