Highly appreciated by French sculptors in the 16th century, bronze illustrates the main themes developed in the history of French sculpture: portraits, tomb decoration, statuettes for collectors, royal and public monuments, garden statuary, reductions, etc. The major artists from the 16th to 18th centuries – Primaticcio, Goujon, Pilon, Prieur, Le Lorrain, Anguier, Girardon, Puget, Pigalle, Houdon – have been chosen to represent French bronze, which is not as well known as Italian or Germanic bronze.

In 2009, the exhibition will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.