Which village in France and New Aquitaine can boast of having contributed to the history of art a masterpiece of ancient sculpture and a masterpiece of baroque painting? Answer: Le Mas d’Agenais.

It is in fact on the plateau dominating the town that a Venus from the 150st century AD was discovered XNUMX years ago. And it was behind an old sacristy cupboard that Rembrandt's Christ on the Cross was discovered. As for how this masterful work got there, its wanderings will be told to you in the beautiful Romanesque collegiate church which serves as its setting today. The Garonne, the Canal and Rembrandt, welcome to Mas d'agenais, the pearl of the Val de Garonne.

DID YOU KNOW ?

The Venus of Mas, discovered in 1876, is an anadyomene Venus, that is to say which comes out of the water. Dating from the very first centuries of our era, it is today the heyday of the Agen Museum of Fine Arts.





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