Museum masterpieces - le bal du moulin de la galette

For 2018, Le Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Le Baiser by Rodin are highlighted.

Emblematic coins

The obverse presents Renoir's famous piece "Le bal du moulin de la galette" painted in 1876 and is presented in the Orsay Museum in Paris. The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at the original Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris. The reverse is common to the series. It depicts several views of many major French museums. An interior view of the Musée d’Orsay, a view of the façade of the Louvre, the Hôtel Salé, which houses the Picasso Museum, the façade of Hôtel Biron, the current Rodin Museum, and the famous Centre Pompidou stairway.