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8 rue Elzevir. Tues-Sun 10am-5.40pm; ?3.35. Mº St-Paul & Mº Chemin-Vert . The Musee Cognacq-Jay houses art works collected by the family who built up the Samaritaine department store - you can see a history of the family and their charitable works in a series of dioramas on the tenth-floor terrace of the store. As well as being noted philanthropists, the Cognacq-Jays were lovers of European art. Their collection of eighteenth-century pieces on show includes works by Canaletto, Fragonard, Greuze, Tiepolo and Rembrandt, displayed in beautifully carved wood- panelled rooms.
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