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North wing of Louvre facing main courtyard. The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.
Claude Perrault (French pronunciation: [klod pɛʁo]; 25 September 1613 – 9 October 1688) was a French physician and amateur architect, best known for his participation in the design of the east façade of the Louvre in Paris. [1]
The Musée du Louvre owns 615,797 objects [1] of which 482,943 are accessible online since 24 March 2021 [83] and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments. [2] The Louvre is home to one of the world's most extensive collections of art, including works from diverse cultures and time periods.
The works are often known as the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks and London Virgin of the Rocks respectively. The paintings are both nearly 2 metres (over 6 feet) high and are painted in oils. Both were originally painted on wooden panels, but the Louvre version has been transferred to canvas. [1]
Because of its proximity to the Louvre Castle, members of the royal family began buying plots of land there. [1] After the death of Henry II in 1559, his widow Catherine de' Medici moved into the Louvre Castle with her son, Francis II. She planned a new residence for herself, on a site that was close to the Louvre and had space for a large garden.
Vincent Delieuvin is an art historian and chief curator of Italian painting of the sixteenth century paintings department of the Louvre since 2006. [1] He has written several books on Leonardo da Vinci . [ 2 ]
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Late-16th-century equestrian portrait of Henry IV of France, with the Pavillon de Roi visible at the far right. Pierre Lescot designed the Pavillon du Roi in the context of the partial rebuilding of the Louvre initiated by Francis I in the mid-1540s and continued by Francis's successor Henry II.