The Condé Museum is extremely interesting.
We advise tourists to obtain the guide book sold at the entrance, which gives all useful information for the details of the visit. The plan (p. [31]) makes it easy to find one's way about the museum. By following the numbering in this plan the various rooms will be seen in the order in which they are marked in the guide book.
The several photographs which follow can give but a faint idea of the richness and interest of the collections made by the Duc d'Aumale.
The following view shows the Gallery of the Stags, formerly the dining room.
The picture on page [32] represents the magnificent carved and inlaid chest (the work of Riesener, the great cabinet-maker), which stands in room 24 (plan p. [31]).
The Duc d'Aumale gathered the gems of his collection together in the room that he named the Santuario (No. 19 on plan, p. [31]).
GALLERY OF THE STAGS
They are: The Virgin by Raphael, described as "of the House of Orleans," having belonged to that family for a very long time. This little panel, painted about the year 1506, was bought for 160,000 francs in 1869. It is reproduced on p. [32].
The Three Graces, another small panel painted by Raphael at about the same time as The Virgin, was bought for 625,000 francs in 1885.