Some Old Shots of the Musée du Louvre

The Louvre feels like a must to visit while in Paris.  And in fact, my son and I did pay a visit back during our 2019 trip. He could say that he had seen it.

However,  it was only the outside. That is fine. It is a beautiful and historic building, and the Tuileries gardens, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the glass pyramid certainly all enhance that. It is indeed a sight to behold. 

Still,  there are obviously treasures to see inside. Priceless works of art. The most famous painting in the world, and many other very famous paintings and sculptures. 

So I felt determined to make sure that we paid it a visit on our next trip. And that is exactly what we did.

We arrived early. It was eight o'clock in the morning, an hour before the museum even opens. And it was so blessedly cool. 

Exterior of the Louvre and the Pyramid

Inverted Pyramid

Paintings

Mona Lisa

 

The Raft of the Medusa/Le Radeau de La Méduse by Théodore Géricault

Bonaparte Visits the Plague Stricken in Jaffa/Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa -  oil-on-canvas painting commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and painted in 1804 by Antoine-Jean Gros

Napoleon Bonaparte on the Battlefield of Eylau/ Napoléon sur le champ de Bataille d'Eylau by Antoine-Jean Gros (9 février 1807)

The Coronation of Napoleon/Sacre de l'empereur Napoléon 1er et couronnement de l'impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804 by Jacques-Louis David

Oath of the Horatii/ Le Serment des Horaces by Jacques-Louis David

The Intervention of the Sabine Women/ Les Sabines by Jacques-Louis David

Sculptures

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Nike of Samothrace/ La Victoire de Samothrace Atop the Daru Staircase

Alexander the Great/ Alexandre le Grand

Venus de Milo Greek sculpture likely dating from 150 and 125 BC by Alexandros of Antioch

Aphrodite, AKA the 'Venus of Arles'