Edouard André and Nélie Jacquemart loved 18th century paintings, which the upper classes were rediscovering after having long judged them to be excessively frivolous. The decadence of the 18th century is illustrated in this gallery by two oval compositions by François Boucher, Venus Asleep and The Toilet of Venus, two examples of a sophisticated erotic art.

Edouard André and Nélie Jacquemart loved 18th century paintings, which the upper classes were rediscovering after having long judged them to be excessively frivolous. The decadence of the 18th century is illustrated in this gallery by two oval compositions by François Boucher, Venus Asleep and The Toilet of Venus, two examples of a sophisticated erotic art.
But the 18th century was also the century of the Encyclopédie, the century of “Enlightenment”. Here it is embodied in two works by Chardin The attributes of Arts and The attributes of the sciences. 

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Housed in the mansion’s former dining room, the Café Jacquemart-André is the most beautiful tea room in Paris. All day, you can break for a snack just a stone’s throw from the Champs-Elysées and the department stores.

Here you can sample a wide range of delicious pastries cooked by the best pastry chefs in Paris : the Pâtisserie Stohrer and Michel Fenet’s Petite Marquise.

At lunchtime, the Café serves light meals (salads, quiches or dish of the day). Every Sunday from 11 a.m., the Jacquemart-André Café is one of the essential meeting places in Paris for a delicious brunch.

The Museum is open everyday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Late night opening on Mondays until 8.30 p.m.  
The Café Jacquemart-André is open from Monday to Friday from 11.45 a.m to 5.30 p.m and from 11 a.m to 2.30 p.m on Saturday and Sunday for brunch.