Louvre Museum, Paris
March 25, 2004

This is a collection of the some of the pieces of art the Louvre has.
I will try to make it as comprehensive a tour as I can, and add title plaques when possible.

- Buildings and Architecture:
        - Exterior Buildings
        - I. M. Pei - Interior Lobby
        - Interior Rooms and Hallways
        - Ceilings of the Louvre

- The Exhibits:
        - The sub-level structure
        - The Italian Sculptures Wing
        - Greek Sculpture Courtyard
        - Italian Paintings:
                 - Mona Lisa
        - French Paintings
        - Dutch Paintings
        - German Paintings
        - British Paintings
        - Napoleon's Apartments
        - French Crown Jewels

- Artists at Work

 

Louvre Buildings and Architecture


Exterior Buildings

 

Modern I. M. Pei - Designed Interior Lobby

(Something tells me these two read The Da Vinci Code...)

 

Interior Rooms and Hallways


Ceilings of the Louvre

 

The Exhibits

 

The sub-level structure of the Louvre is now an exhibit about the history of the buildings themselves

 

The Italian Sculptures Wing


 

Antomo Canova

Possagno, 1757 - Venise, 1822

Psyche rammee par le barser
de l'Amour

Marbre

 

 


Greek Sculpture Courtyard


Italian Paintings


Mona Lisa

 

You might be surprised at how small she is,
and the bullet-proof case she's in can cause a
difficult glare to see through.  All in all, lower
your expectations a few notches.

The line to see the Mona Lisa is usually horrific, but I had no wait at all. Just after I saw the Mona Lisa someone touched something they
shouldn't have, and security barriers slammed down and sirens
went off.  A voice directed us out of the building.  Very exciting!


French Paintings





Robert Lefevre
Bayeux, 1755 - Paris, 1830

Carle Vernet (1758-1836).
1804

Paul Delaroche
Paris, 1797 - Paris, 1856

La Jemme Martyre, 1855


Dutch Paintings

Suiveur de Rembrandt

Portrait de jeune homme,
dit autrefois Portrait de Titus, 1658

Bon travail d'un imitateur contemporain
de Rembrandt, a dater des annees 1650.

Rembrandt
Harmensz, van Rijn
Leyde, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669
Portrit de l'artiste au chevalet, 1660

Imressionnant autoportrait de la derniere periode, ou
Rembrandt vent apparaitre l'egal d'un grand maitre ancien,
tel un Titien et comme un nouvel Apelle.

Collection de Louis XIV


German Paintings

Albrecht Durer
Nuremberg 1471 - Nuremberg 1538

Portrait de l'artiste 1493


British Paintings


Napoleon's Apartments


French Crown Jewels






Plaque de l'ordre du Saint-Esqre

 

Parure de la reine Marie-Anseile

Un diademe, un collier, une paire de hondes
d'oreilles, une grande broclie, deuxe getities
broches

 


Artists at Work