Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild

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The Ephrussi de Rothschild villa, also known as the Île-de-France villa, is one of the palaces of the French Riviera, imitating Renaissance-style palaces, built on a top of the Cap Ferrat peninsula between 1905 and 1912 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat by Baroness Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (1864-1934). " The museum gives a particularly lively idea of what was the residence of a great art lover of the Belle Époque who showed a special attraction for the eighteenth century"[ref. incomplete].

The Baroness left at her death in 1934 the management of her villa to a foundation bearing her name to open a museum. On April 2, 1938, the museum opened to the public after work to restore the villa and its garden, but was soon to close at the beginning of World War II. Even later, her attendance remained confidential and it was not until 1960 with the change of curator that she began to make herself known to about 60,000 visitors annually.

In the 1990s its management was entrusted to the private company Culturespaces and a new scenography replaced that of 1960; The Academy of Fine Arts took over its management in 2023. The annual number of visitors...