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On July 18, a severe lightning storm started a fire on the small French island of Tatihou. Flames soon engulfed the storage building of the mus\u00e9e de l’\u00cele de Tatihou, a museum devoted to local maritime history and art. The facility burned for nearly three hours, and the losses were devastating. According to Benjamin Sutton of Hyperallergic, 200 objects have sustained significant damage.<\/p>\n
Among the artworks destroyed by the flames were three paintings on loan from the Louvre: \u201cThe Fish Sale\u201d by 19th-century painter Alexandre Casati, \u201cStill Life with Fish\u201d by an unknown painter from the Netherlands and a 17th-century seascape by yet another unknown Dutch artist. It is the second time this month that items from the Louvre\u2019s collections have been affected by inclement weather. Earlier in July, torrential rains in Paris seeped into the museum and damaged works by the classical French painter Nicolas Poussin and the Rococo master Jean Fran\u00e7ois de Troy.<\/p>\n
In a statement to Hyperallergic, the Louvre confirmed that three paintings had been destroyed on Tahitou and expressed \u201cgreat solidarity with the teams of the Museum of Tatihou and the departmental council of La Manche,\u201d which manages the island.<\/p>\n
The mus\u00e9e de l’\u00cele de Tatihou is known for its impressive collection devoted to the 1692 battles of Barfleur and La Hogue, during which the French navy fought against\u2014and lost to\u2014an allied fleet of English and Dutch ships, a key military engagement in the Nine Years’ War. Its artifacts include relics from sunken French vessels and nautical-themed artworks.<\/p>\n
According to Naomi Rea of artnet News, 182 out of 206 works held in the museum\u2019s storage facility have been completely destroyed. The fire burned through objects from the 1692 shipwrecks, along with paintings dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. Bronze Age items also went up in flames; Tatihou is home to an ancient settlement that was occupied between 1500 and 1250 BCE, Sutton reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a loss of patrimony,\u201d Philippe Bas, president of the departmental council of La Manche, said in a statement. \u201c[T]his represents 25 years of work and collecting that went up in smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fortunately, no one was killed or injured while flames burned on the island. \u201c[I]t\u2019s a relief that there were no human casualties,\u201d Bas said in his statement. \u201cIt is important to emphasize that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three paintings on loan from the Louvre are among the destroyed works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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