Louvre

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, after the Napoleonic looting of art in Europe, Egypt and Syria, 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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Published 1936
Le Musée du Louvre. Photographies d'André Vigneau.

: 3 volumes ills., plates 33cm. : French and English.

Published 2013
Les tombes hypogées de basse époque F7, F17, H, j1, Q, n1

: 2 volumes illustrations (black and white, and colour) 33 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 978-9042924475

Cornaline et pierres précieuses : la Méditerranée, de l'Antiquité à l'Islam : actes du colloque organisé au Musée du Louvre par le Service culturel les 24 et 25 novembre 1995 /...

: Preceedings of a conference held in conjunction with the exhibiton "Les pierres précieuses de l'Orient ancien" held at the Louvre, Sept. 22-Dec. 18, 1995. : 486 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-468) and index. : 2110042656

Published 2017
La vaisselle de terre a Byzance : catalogue des collections du musee du Louvre /

: 375 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-364) and index. : 9782757210154

Padiimenipet, fils de soter : histoire d'une famille dans l'Egypte romaine /

: Bibliography : pages 55. : 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. : 271184238x

Arabesques et jardins de paradis : collections francaises d'art islamique : Musee du Louvre, Paris, 16 octobre 1989-15 janvier 1990 /

: 334 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm. : Includes Bibliography references and index. : 271182294x

Catalogue des boiseries de la section islamique : Musee du Louvre /

: 168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-168) and index. : 2711821307

Published 2017
Musiques! : Echos de l'Antiquite /

: Catalog of an exhibition at Musee du Louvre-Lens from Sept.13,2017-Jan.15,2018. : 399 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. : Bibliographical references (pages 390-399) and index. : 9789461614179

Royal city of Susa : ancient near eastern treasures in the louvre /

: Exhibition catalog. : xix, 316 pages : illutrations (some color) ; 29 cm. : 0870996525

Published 1964
Catalogue des étoffes coptes : Musée national du Louvre /

: volume : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references ([volume] 1, page 43-44.) and index.

Le papyrus du Louvre n. 3279 /

: xxi, 92 pages, 1 leaf of plates : facsimiles ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages [xvii]-xxi) and index.

Le papyrus N. 3176 (S) du Musée du Louvre /

: Manuscript no. E. 3040 of the Louvre. : x, 62 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiless ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (page [1]) and index.

Published 1922
L'Orient musulman /

: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Le papyrus hieratique comptable E. 3226 du Louvre /

: "Une traduction continue, une transcription, et une reproduction photographique." : 51 pages, [93] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

L'acrobate au taureau : les découvertes de Tell el-Dabʻa (Egypte) et l'archéologie de la Méditerranée orientale (1800-1400 av. J.-C.) : actes du colloque organisé au Musée du Louvr...

: 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and indexes. : 2110034742

Les statues égyptiennes du nouvel empire : statues royales et divines.

: 2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9782916142005

Suse : terres cuites islamiques /

: At head of title page : Département des arts de l'Islam.
"...[C]ette publication, sur la riche collection de Suse d'époque islamique conservée au Louvre" -- Remerciements. : 262 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9053495703

Porphyre : la pierre pourpre des Ptolémées aux Bonaparte /

: "Exposition presenteé au Musée du Louvre, salle du Manège du 17 novembre 2003 au 16 février 2004" -- P. facing t.p. : 206 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index. : 2711845850

Eclosion de l'art chretien /

: 47 pages : illustrations, plans ; 18 cm. : 2711822591

Tissus coptes du Musée du Louvre /

: Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.
Issued in portfolio. : [16] pages : illustrations, 48 color mounted plates ; 39 x 29 cm.

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