2025 France €10 Silver Proof Coin - Museum Masterpieces: Ceilings of the Palais Garnier

• Mint: Monnaie de Paris
• Denomination: €10
• Quality: Proof
• Issue limit: 3,000 pcs.
• Alloy: 99.9% Silver
• Diameter: 37 mm
• Weight: 22.2 g
• Fine Silver Weight: 0.713 oz
• Box/Capsule: Yes/Yes
• Certificate: Yes

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In 2025, the Palais Garnier celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of its architect, Charles Garnier, as well as the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of the Paris Opera. To mark the occasion, Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to the Palais, its history and especially that of the iconic ceiling in the auditorium.

The dome overlooking the main auditorium of the Palais Garnier features two superimposed works: one by Marc Chagall painted in 1964 and the other by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu in 1872.

The one by Marc Chagall, on the obverse, has retained all its freshness and topicality for 60 years. With his composition of animated forms and luminous colours, dedicated to the 14 composers, the artist's universal vision complements the views of those involved and the spectators, past and present, of the opera, the dance and the architecture of the building.

Beneath Chagall's ceiling is a copper painting commissioned by Garnier from Jules-Eugène Lenepveu: Les Muses et les heures du jour et de la nuit. This classic masterpiece, featured on the reverse, painted in 1872, is a remarkable example of 19th-century academic art, with its scenes rich in mythological and temporal symbols, reflecting the aesthetic and cultural ambitions of the time.