Well, until 1819 it was in French collections of high distinction.

The exhibition will provide an interesting comparison with the works in the Gallery's own French collection.

The museum bought the painting from an unidentified French collection for nearly $7 million in public and private money.

In a lot of ways, the French collections are like the first day of school.

"We are very conscious that we have one of the world's great 19th-century French collections."

On Monday, though, at the start of the French collections, someone finally called the fashion world's bluff.

There were some great blasts of energy as the French collections wound down.

The gallery which houses the French collection is connected to the main building by a small conservatory.

Some works collected by Matsukata are today in the French national collection of art.

Around fifty works drawn from about ten French collections are on show.