Chapter 11 THE ART TREASURES OF THE MUSéE CONDé AND HOW THEY WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER

NO sooner had the Duc d'Aumale resolved to bestow Chantilly with all its treasures as a gift to the French nation than he joined, with even more enthusiasm than he had previously done, the ranks of the great European collectors, and he frequently attended in person important sales in London, Paris, and elsewhere.

During the long years of exile,