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The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the ''Mona Lisa,'' ''Venus de Milo,'' and ''Winged Victory''. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to urban expansion, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function, and in 1546 Francis I converted it into the primary residence of the French kings.The building was redesigned and extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed from 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed ''Musée Napoléon'', but after Napoleon's abdication, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and bequests since the Third Republic. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
The Musée du Louvre contains approximately 500,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments with more than dedicated to the permanent collection. The Louvre exhibits sculptures, objets d'art, paintings, drawings, and archaeological finds. At any given point in time, approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are being exhibited over an area of , making it the largest museum in the world. It received 8.9 million visitors in 2023, 14 percent more than in 2022, though below the 10.1 million visitors it received in 2018. The Louvre is the most-visited museum in the world, ahead of the Vatican Museums. Provided by Wikipedia
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Restauration des tableaux du Louvre : réponse à un article de M. Frédéric Villot by Galichon, Émile Louis, 1829-1875
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Primatice : maître de Fontainebleau : Paris, Musée du Louvre, 22 septembre 2004-3 janvier 2005. by Primaticcio, Francesco, 1504-1570
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Leonard de Vinci au Louvre by Béguin, Sylvie
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Notice des tableaux exposés dans les galeries du Musée national du Louvre
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Peintures et mosaïques romaines by Baratte, François
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Acquisitions du Cabinet des Dessins, 1973-1983 : [exposition] Musée du Louvre, 16 mars-4 juin 1984.
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P. P. Prud'hon, peintures, pastels et dessins by Guiffrey, Jean
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Exposition Eugene Delacroix : peintures, aquarelles, pastels, dessins, gravures, documents.
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Luigi Valadier au Louvre : ou l'antiquité exaltée. by Valadier, Luigi, 1726-1785
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Notice des tableaux exposés dans les galeries du Musée national du Louvre ...
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Au Musée de Louvre : la sculpture française du XVIIe siècle by Beyer, Victor
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Musée du Louvre : nouvelles acquisitions du département des Objets d'art, 1980-1984.
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Aus Musée du Louvre, la sculpture française du XVIIe siècle
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Le Cabinet de l'amour de l'Hôtel Lambert;
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Catalogue sommaire de l'orfèvrerie, de l'emaillerie et de gemmes du moyen age au XVIIe siècle : Musée national du Louvre by Marquet de Vasselot, J. J. (Jean Joseph), 1871-1946
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Le paysage en Orient et en Occident.
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Antiquités orientales.
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Théodore Rousseau, 1812-1867 : Musée du Louvre (Galerie Mollien) : Paris, 29 novembre 1967-12 février 1968 by Rousseau, Théodore, 1812-1867
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Prʹesentation de la Donation Braque : Musèe National du Louvre, Salle Etrusque, à partir du 26 mai 1965. by Braque, Georges, 1882-1963
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