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The Musée Ingres, on the site of a castle of the Counts of Toulouse and once the residence of the bishops of Montauban, stands at the east end of the bridge.

It belongs chiefly to the 17th century, but some portions are much older, notably an underground chamber known as the Hall of the Black Prince ( Salle du Prince Noir ).

It comprises most of the work ( including his " Jesus among the Teachers of the Law ") of Jean Ingres, the celebrated painter, whose birth in Montauban is commemorated by an elaborate monument.

It is the largest museum of Ingres paintings in the world.

The museum also contains some sculptures by famous sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, another native of Montauban, as well as collections of antiquities ( Greek vases ) and 18th and 19th ceramics.