The Louvre Museum is, arguably, the greatest and most famous art museum in the World. It's sheer size makes it impossible to view the entire collection in one visit. Nonetheless, here are some highlights.
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Madonna of The Rocks by Leonardo Da Vinci - this is the Paris version, an almost identical one is displayed at the National Gallery in London. |
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La Gioconda (Mona Lisa) by Leonardo Da Vinci |
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The most famous painting in the World, perhaps unfairly to all the other great works, Da Vinci's included. |
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La Liberte Guidant le Peuple (Liberty Leading the People) by Eugene Delacroix |
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The Coronation of Napoleon I by J. L. David |
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The Astronomer by Vermeer |
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La Calvaire by Dujardin |
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Bathsheba at Her Bath by Rembrandt |
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The Adoration of The Magi by Paul Rubens |
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Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne |
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Renaissance era sculpture of Diana, the roman goddess of hunting and nature |
The apartments of Napoleon III from the Second Empire era
Some of the inner courtyards