History painting

In the early 1920s, Marie Henner, widow of Jules Henner who was the artist's nephew, chose a mansion emblematic of artists' houses on the Plaine Monceau, the Maison de Dubufe, to become the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner. In addition to the founding donation of 1923, the collection has been enriched by numerous gifts, donations and bequests. The Louvre and then the Musée d'Orsay made several important deposits, including Saint Sébastien and Solitude.

Henner did not own a large collection of works of art, but the museum's collections include paintings, sculptures or drawings by other artists (Paul Dubois, Adolphe Monticelli, Félix Trutat, Antoine Vollon, François Joseph Heim, Jean and Many Benner...) that belonged to him.

The museum also holds furniture and objects that came from Henner, such as his painting equipment or his academician's suit, as well as a large number of letters, photographs and documents that are accessible to researchers on request.

A total of over 2,200 works are conserved at the museum.