The Louvre is an important museum in the world. It has a huge collection, including historical artifacts from the civilization of the Middle East to European heritage. In addition is a gallery of sculptures and most famously it paintings, including Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. But not possible for anyone to go through its entire collection in one day. So you need to plan you visit to get the best out of its collection. Unless you have some special interest, it is best to see its painting collection, otherwise you never feel you have been to the Louvre. 31 Aug 2021.

1. Musee du Louvre
The Home of Art in France
First created 20 July 2021. Version 1.0 15 Sep 2021. Daperro. London.
Musee du Louvre at night. Paris.

2. The underground ticket hall beneath the glass pyramid.
Musee du Louvre

3. Egypt 2620-2350 BC
The Egypt collection is just one of the many artifacts from ancient history.

4. Greece 150-125 BC
Venus (Aphrodite) of Milo. 150-125 BC. Marble 202 cm. Louvre. MdL Louvre 53.

5. Cimabue c1280
Cimabue is general regarded as the
first great Italian painter.

6. Van Eyck c1435
Van Eyck was one of the earliest oil painter.

7. Uccello c1455-56

8. Botticelli 1484
One of graces following the
girls. Botticelli is best known
for his ‘Birth of Venus’
painting.

9. Ghirlandaio 1491
A beautiful Madonna with landscape in the background.

10. Ambrogio Borgognone (1453-
1523) was an Italian painter of
the Renaissance period active in
and near Milan.
Bergognone 1494

11. Leonardo c1508-12

12. This painting is the most well-
known for her smile.
It is an outstanding painting
with meticulous detail, like
the transparent veil which
covered her hair (see above).
Leonardo c1508-12

13. Leonardo c1508-12
Leonardo painted this when he was in his late 50s.

14. Durer 1493
Durer was a very successful early German artist.

15. Raphael 1505
Raphael an Italian Renaissance artist. He
painted a lot of Madonna and Child paintings.

16. Titian 1509-10 (Detail)

17. Michelangelo 1513-15
The Dying Slave. 1513-15. Marble 228 cm high. Michelangelo (1475-1564). Italian.

18. Carpaccio 1514

19. Matsys 1514
The ‘Moneychanger’ remind up that the Low
Country was one of the more prosperous
region, a commercial centre for northern
Europe.

20. Veronese 1562

21. The Marriage at Cana (Detail). 1562-63.
Veronese 1562

22. Caravaggio 1596-97

23. Ruben’s Room

24. Ruben’s Room 1622
One of the large paintings of the Marie de Medici Cycle.

25. Poussin 1637

26. La Tour 1640

27. Le Nain 1640
It was unusual to find a
painting in the mid-17C on
the ordinary people. It is the
elite of the society that got
painted.

28. Vermeer 1668
The Astronomer (Detail). 1668. Oil on canvas. 50x45 cm. Johannes Vermeer (1632-75). Dutch.

29. Rembrandt 1654
Bathsheba from the Bible, was the wife of Uriah the Hittite
and later of King David. She represented the moral dilemma
between seduction and ethics.

30. Steen 1674

31. Rigaud 1701
Louis XiV one of the more powerful king in France.
France.

32. Canaletto 1739
Many of Canaletto’s paintings have a
little dog like this one in it.

33. Vigee-Lebrun 1786
One of the most success woman painters of all times.

34. Canova 1793
Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss. 1793. Marble. 1.55m Height. Antonio Canova. Italian.

35. Goya 1798
Goya was a Spanish painter.

36. Gerard 1798
A painting of the Romanticiam Movement.

37. Benoist 1800

38. David 1806-07
This a huge painting, nearly 10 metres. Louvre has given this painting a prime location in the museum for display.

39. David 1806-07

40. Delacroix 1810

41. Vernet 1820
Horace Vernet was a specialist in
painting soldiers and wars of the
time.

42. Ingres 1863
This is a late Ingres’ painting. It was painted 3
years before his death at the age of 84.

43. Corot 1864

44. Musee du Louvre at night. Paris.
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