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Paris

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The Louvre Museum

 

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Statue of Psyché and Cupid, by A. Canova, located on the ground floor of the Denon Wing, in the Italian sculptures section (16th-19th c.). My favorite sculpture in this section of the museum.  

 

L'amour et Psyché by François-Edouard Picot (1786-1868), oil on canvas 2,33 x 2,91.

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The statue of Aphrodite, known as Vénus de Milo, located on the ground floor of the Denon Wing, in the Greek Antiquities section. The statue was found by a peasant on the Island of Milos in Greece, in 1820. The statue is about 2,100 years old.

 

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, located on the first floor of the Denon Wing, in the Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities section. It dates from 200 BC.

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Liberty Leading the People, 1830, by Eugène Delacroix.

 

The coronation of Emperor Napoléon and Empress Josephine, December 2, 1804 - canvas, 1806-1807, Jacques-Louis David.

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Leonardo da Vinci's (1452-1519) La Joconde (circa 1503-1506). Oil on wood 77 x 53 cm, on the first floor of the Denon Wing, in the Italian Paintings section. Da Vinci's world famous painting is also known as Mona Lisa.

 

The Great Sphinx, approximately 4,000 years old. 

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Details of the roof inside one of the rooms of the museum.

 

Details of a painting on the roof in one of the rooms in the museum.

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