Musée Cognacq-Jay

The Musée Cognacq-Jay houses a collection of 18th-century paintings, sculptures, furniture, and other oddities given to the city of Paris by 20th-century entrepreneurs Ernest Cognacq and his wife Marie-Louise Jaÿ, founders of (the now-closed for reasons of "security" and "renovation") Le Samaritaine department store.

We visited the museum with friends Adam and Rachel and thoroughly enjoyed both the collection and the hôtel particulier that houses it. One of the most intriguing pieces was this titillating painting titled L'amour frivole:

The first thing you notice is likely the creepy guy in the window trying to undress a sleeping maiden. But then, looking closer, you might also see this: 

L'amour frivole is attributed to Swedish artist Jean-Frédéric Schall? That's not a very Swedish name, you think to yourself. And the painting was previously attributed to Pierre-Antoine Baudouin? What's going on here? A bit of googling, and I discovered that L'amour frivole is more likely the work of Niclas Lafrensen, the younger. I understand, however, where the confusion might have come from. This painting by Schall certainly echoes the subject matter of L'amour frivole. 

What do you think? Should I alert the Musée Cognacq-Jay about this faux pas? 

If you go:

Musée Cognacq-Jay

8 rue Elzévir

3rd arrondissement

Métro: Saint-Paul, Chemin-Vert, Rambuteau

Open from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday

Closed Mondays and some holidays

Oh, and it's Free!