Paintings in Besançon Cathedral
The paintings in Besançon Cathedral comprise a total of 35 canvases listed as historical monuments, including masterpieces by artists such as Fra Bartolomeo, Jean-François de Troy, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and Charles André van Loo. Most works were executed during the 17th century, although some were produced in the 18th and 19th centuries. The largest canvases hang in the apse of the Holy Shroud and the chapel of the Sacred Heart, but other works are also stored in rooms not open to visitors, making them impossible to contemplate. Today, after the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, the Cathédrale Saint-Jean in Besançon is the building with the largest number of paintings, far ahead of the Eglise Sainte-Madeleine and the city's observatory.
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