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The so-called "Memnon pietà", with the goddess Eos holding the body of Memnon: among the inscriptions [1] is the phrase Hermogenes kalos (Attic red-figure cup, c. 490–480 BC, from Capua; at the Louvre). A kalos inscription is a form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity, mainly during the Classical period from 550 to 450 BC.
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.
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.
Most authors agree that the Louvre painting was the one that was painted to fulfil the commission of 1483. [35] Some writers, including Martin Davies, feel that 1483 is too late a date for the Louvre version, and suggest that the painting had already been begun and perhaps completed in Florence before the commission.
Jean Siméon Chardin (French: [ʒɑ̃ simeɔ̃ ʃaʁdɛ̃]; November 2, 1699 – December 6, 1779 [1]) was an 18th-century French painter. [2] He is considered a master of still life, [3] and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities.
The Drapery Study for the Virgin is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci in the Louvre.Executed in charcoal, Indian ink, and gray wash, with highlights of ceruse white on yellowed, black-tinted paper, it is a preparatory study for the drapery of the Virgin Mary's cloak in Leonardo's painting The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, also in the Louvre.
Louis La Caze, self-portrait, c. 1843. Louis La Caze (6 May 1798 – 28 September 1869 [1]) was a successful French physician and collector of paintings whose bequest of 583 paintings to the Musée du Louvre was one of the largest the museum has ever received. [2]
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.