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Wikipedia: The Musée du Louvre, or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre, or simply the Louvre — is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited museum in the world, and a historic monument. It is a central landmark of Paris, France and is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
![[Flemish painting, The Moneylenders, Quentin Massys, 1514]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Quentin_Massys_001_s.jpg "Flemish painting, The Moneylenders, Quentin Massys, 1514")
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![[Gothic art from France, The Pieta of Villeneuve les Avignon, Enguerrand Quarton, 1460]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Meister_der_Piet_C3_A0_von_Avignon_004_s.jpg "Gothic art from France, The Pieta of Villeneuve les Avignon, Enguerrand Quarton, 1460")
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![[Early Netherlandish painting, The Annunciation, Rogier van der Weyden, 1435]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rogier_van_der_Weyden_030_s.jpg "Early Netherlandish painting, The Annunciation, Rogier van der Weyden, 1435")
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![[Italian Baroque painting, The Fortune Teller, Caravaggio, c.1600]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fortune_Teller_s.jpg "Italian Baroque painting, The Fortune Teller, Caravaggio, c.1600")
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![[The Mona Lisa is the Louvre's most popular attraction.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mona_lisa_crowd_s.jpg "The Mona Lisa is the Louvre's most popular attraction.")
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![[Leonardo's Mona Lisa is among the greatest attractions in the Louvre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mona_lisa_in_the_Louvre_s.jpg "Leonardo's Mona Lisa is among the greatest attractions in the Louvre")
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![[Queue of visitors to the Louvre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Queue_to_the_Louvre_s.jpg "Queue of visitors to the Louvre")
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![[French Rococo, Diana bathing, Boucher, 1742]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boucher_Diane_sortant_du_bain_Louvre_2712_s.jpg "French Rococo, Diana bathing, Boucher, 1742")
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![[French Classicism, Shepherds of Arcadia, Poussin, c.1640]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_shepherds_of_arcadia_s.jpg "French Classicism, Shepherds of Arcadia, Poussin, c.1640")
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![[Islamic art from Iraq, terracotta cup, 9th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cup_lustre_Louvre_OA8179_s.jpg "Islamic art from Iraq, terracotta cup, 9th century")
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from Jastrow |
![[A picture of Louvre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Psyche_revived_Louvre_MR1777_s.jpg "A picture of Louvre")
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![[Casket, ivory and silver, Muslim Spain, 966 CE]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Casket_ivory_Louvre_UCAD4417_s.jpg "Casket, ivory and silver, Muslim Spain, 966 CE")
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from Jastrow |
![[Tomb of Philippe Pot, governor of Burgundy under Louis XI, by Antoine Le Moiturier]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GD_FR_Paris_Louvre_Sculptures034_s.jpg "Tomb of Philippe Pot, governor of Burgundy under Louis XI, by Antoine Le Moiturier")
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![[Three lion]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Trois_t_C3_AAtes_d_27hommes_en_relation_avec_le_lion_s.jpg "Three lion")
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![[The only portion of the medieval Louvre still visible]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Donjon_chateau_louvre_s.jpg "The only portion of the medieval Louvre still visible")
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![[A map of the Louvre in the 1er arrondissement of Paris]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/First_Arrondissement_Metro__s.jpg "A map of the Louvre in the 1er arrondissement of Paris")
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![[Italian Renaissance painting, Baltasar de Castiglione, Raphael, c.1515]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/01castig_s.jpg "Italian Renaissance painting, Baltasar de Castiglione, Raphael, c.1515")
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![[Italian Renaissance sculpture, Rebellious slave, Michelangelo, 1513-16]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Michelangelo_The_Rebellious_Slave_s.jpg "Italian Renaissance sculpture, Rebellious slave, Michelangelo, 1513-16")
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![[Italian Renaissance painting, Portrait of an old man and his grandson, Ghirlandaio, 1488]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Domenico_Ghirlandaio_003_s.jpg "Italian Renaissance painting, Portrait of an old man and his grandson, Ghirlandaio, 1488")
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![[Romanesque architecture from France, St Michael and the Devil, 12th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Louvre_saint_michel_rf1427_s.jpg "Romanesque architecture from France, St Michael and the Devil, 12th century")
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![[Italian Renaissance painting, St Francis receiveing the stigmata, Giotto, c.1300]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Giotto_di_Bondone_002_s.jpg "Italian Renaissance painting, St Francis receiveing the stigmata, Giotto, c.1300")
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![[Dutch Baroque, The Lacemaker, Vermeer, 1664]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jan_Vermeer_van_Delft_016_s.jpg "Dutch Baroque, The Lacemaker, Vermeer, 1664")
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![[French Classical painting, The Bather, Ingres, 1808]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ingres_valpincon_s.jpg "French Classical painting, The Bather, Ingres, 1808")
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![[[[Spanish art]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Diego_Vel_C3_A1zquez_029_s.jpg "[[Spanish art")
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![[Frankish, ivory, Christ between two apostles, 5th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Apostles_Christ_ivory_Louvre_OA3850_s.jpg "Frankish, ivory, Christ between two apostles, 5th century")
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![[The Nike of Samothrace (winged Victory), marble, circa 190 BCE]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nike_of_Samothrake_Louvre_Ma2369_n2_s.jpg "The Nike of Samothrace (winged Victory), marble, circa 190 BCE")
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from Jastrow |
![[The Venus de Milo was added to the Louvre's collection during the reign of Louis XVIII]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Venus_de_Milo_edited_s.jpg "The Venus de Milo was added to the Louvre's collection during the reign of Louis XVIII")
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![[The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, oil on panel, 1503]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/La_gioconda_s.jpg "The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, oil on panel, 1503")
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from Tomascastelazo |
from Globalphilosophy |
![[French stained glass panel, 13 century, depicting Saint Blaise]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Saint_Blaise_Louvre_OAR504_s.jpg "French stained glass panel, 13 century, depicting Saint Blaise")
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![[Cycladic art]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Head_figurine_Spedos_Louvre_Ma2709_s.jpg "Cycladic art")
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from Jastrow |
![[[[Hellenic art]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Eros_medallion_Louvre_Bj2248_s.jpg "[[Hellenic art")
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![[Fayum Egyptian, [[Fayum mummy portraits]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Portrait_du_Fayoum_02_s.jpg "Fayum Egyptian, [[Fayum mummy portraits")
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from Clio20 |
![[[[Roman art]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Marcus_agrippa_louvre_portrait_s.jpg "[[Roman art")
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![[[[Etruscan art]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Etruscan_amphora_Louvre_E703_side_B_s.jpg "[[Etruscan art")
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from Shawnlipowski |
from Bibi Saint-Pol |
![[[[Ancient Greek art]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/003MA_Equestrian_Kouros_282_29_s.jpg "[[Ancient Greek art")
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![[[[Egyptian art]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stele_Ra_Horakhty_Louvre_N3795_s.jpg "[[Egyptian art")
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from Jastrow |
![[Assyrian art, the Ibex Rhyton, 600-300 BCE]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ibex_rhyton_AO3115_s.jpg "Assyrian art, the Ibex Rhyton, 600-300 BCE")
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