The Musée Fabre is the main museum of Montpellier and one of the most important museums in France. Inaugurated in 1828, the Musée Fabre was born from the will of Baron François-Xavier Fabre, painter and collector originally from Montpellier, who donated his collection of works of art to the city to make it a museum. Over time, the collection has greatly expanded thanks to further donations and acquisitions. The museum is housed in an old 18th century building, the Palais de Massimilian, in the historic center of Montpellier. The museum's collection includes paintings, sculptures and an important collection of drawings and engravings (with a cabinet of drawings among the most important in France), as well as objects of applied art. The painting on display includes works from different European schools and spans several centuries, from the 15th to the 18th century. Of the Italian school there are works by authors such as Domenichino, Guercino, Alessandro Allori, Annibale Carracci, Guido Cagnacci, Paolo Veronese, Salviati and several others; from the French school there are works by authors such as David, Greuze, Charles Le Brun, Nicolas Poussin, Subleyras; then there is the Dutch school of the seventeenth century, including Rubens. There are also collections from the 19th and 20th centuries, with works by artists such as Courbet, Delacroix, Delaunay, Géricault, Manet, Matisse, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Utrillo and several others.