Pierre de Nolhac was the curator of the Palace of Versailles between 1892 and 1920 and one of the stand-out figures in the history of the museum. Made a Member of the Académie Fran...voir plusPierre de Nolhac was the curator of the Palace of Versailles between 1892 and 1920 and one of the stand-out figures in the history of the museum. Made a Member of the Académie Française in 1922, Nolhac undertook a metamorphosis of the Palace of Versailles, transforming Louis-Philippe’s museum from the previous century. He was a pragmatic man and set about looking for original works, leaving aside copies and works of the imagination. The museographic choice he made has been upheld ever since at the Palace of Versailles.voir moins