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The Salle de la Bouteille [3] (French pronunciation: [sal də la butɛj]) or Salle du Jeu de Paume de la Bouteille ([sal dy ʒø də pom də la butɛj]), later known as the Hôtel [de] Guénégaud ([otɛl də ɡeneɡo]) or Guénégaud Theatre, [4] was a 1671 theatre located in Paris, France, between the rue de Seine and the rue des Fossés de ...
Jeu de Paume was used from 1940 to 1944 to store Nazi plunder looted by the regime's Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (ERR) in France. These works included masterpieces from the collections of French Jewish families like the Rothschilds, the David-Weills, the Bernheims, [4] [5] and noted dealers including Paul Rosenberg who specialised in impressionist and post-impressionist works.
It was built to the designs of the French architect François d'Orbay on the site of a former indoor tennis court (jeu de paume), located at 14 rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain-des-Prés, now 14 rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, across from the Café Procope in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. [2]
View of the Salle du Bel-Air from the city ramparts overlooking the moat Jeu de Paume de Béquet on a 1615 enlargement of a section of the 1609 Quesnel map of Paris [1]. The Salle du Bel-Air [2] (French pronunciation: [sal dy bɛlɛʁ]) or Salle du Jeu de Paume de Béquet ([sal dy ʒø də pom də bekɛ], Hall of the Béquet Tennis Court), also spelled Becquet, [3] was a 1672 theatre located ...
The Jeu de Paume de Paris also known as the Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume et de Racquets is a real tennis and squash private members' club on Rue Lauriston in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is one of three active real tennis courts in France , and the only one remaining in Paris.
He is the director of the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris. Bajac has held positions at the Musée d'Orsay (1995–2003), Centre Georges Pompidou (2003–2010), Musée National d'Art Moderne and École du Louvre (2010–2013) and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (2013–2018).
The International Ball game Confederation (officially known as CIJB, in French Confédération Internationale du Jeu de Balle), founded on May 13, 1928, is the organization that manages the common activities of the many ball games deriving from Jeu de paume.
The Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, a museum of contemporary art, is housed in a former court on the north side of the Tuileries park in the centre of Paris. The painter Jacques-Louis David's famous sketch, le Serment du jeu de paume ('the Tennis Court Oath') now hangs in the court of the Palace of Versailles.