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Also Known As MusĆ©e du Louvre ā€¢ Grand Louvre ā€¢ Great Louvre ā€¢ Louvre Museum
Date 1793 - present
Areas Of Involvement 29 Paintings You Can Visit Only at the Louvre ā€¢ What was stolen from the Louvre?
Related People EugĆØne Delacroix ā€¢ I.M. Pei ā€¢ Henri Loyrette ā€¢ Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine ā€¢ Jacques Lemercier ā€¢ Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon ā€¢ Hector-Martin Lefuel ā€¢ Claude Perrault ā€¢ Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti ā€¢ Pierre Lescot
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A man stands in front of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, which is encased in glass and displayed on a plain wall inside a gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The marble statue Nike of Samothrace stands headless and winged atop a stone ship base, displayed against a plain wall in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Visitors view large framed paintings on red walls inside a spacious gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, with natural light coming from a glass ceiling.
The Louvre Museum in Paris with the large glass and steel pyramid entrance by architect I.M. Pei in the center, surrounded by the historic palace building and landscaped hedges.
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin, the Child Jesus, and St. Anne
Painting of Empress Eugenie standing in court dress with a pearl diadem tiara, white gown with lace, and green velvet train, set against a red-draped interior with a garden view.
Lavishly decorated Apollo Gallery in the Louvre, Paris, with gilded moldings, ornate ceiling paintings depicting mythological scenes, and visitors walking through the hall.
A necklace and earrings set featuring large green emeralds and numerous diamonds, arranged in an ornate pattern and displayed in a velvet-lined case.
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