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Sep 16, 2023 · Depicting the s&nsuality and luxury of the Turkish Bath, this painting by Ingres is one of the most famous paintings of Paris to see. It was completed in 1862 and shows a group of women in a harem-like setting, lounging around in the Bath. The painting is incredibly s&nsual, and the women are shown in various stages of undress.
- Liberty Leading the People. Eugène Delacroix | Salon of 1831 | Oil on Canvas. Delacroix is considered one of the greatest romantic painters of French Romanticism.
- The Raft of Medusa. Théodore Géricault | Oil on Canvas | 1819 | Dept of Paintings, Mollien Room 700. The Raft of Medusa was an instant success and brought Géricault to celebrity status.
- Coronation of Napoleon. Jacques-Louis David | Oil on Canvas | Dept of Paintings, Daru Room 702. Jacques-Louis David is known as the first painter of Emperor Napoleon.
- Death of the Virgin. Caravaggio | Oil on Canvas | 1601-06 | Denon Wing, Room 710, 12, & 16. Why is Caravaggio’s Death of a Virgin this far up the list? The painting was first commissioned for Santa Maria della Scala in Rome but the painting was refused.
The largest museum in the world, the Louvre, is the gold star when it comes to artwork, but it’s not the only place to find amazing paintings in Paris. Self-Portrait by Vincent van Gogh. Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio. Water Lilies by Claude Monet. The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David.
May 19, 2024 · Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence, and it now hangs in the Louvre Museum, Paris, where it remained an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century.
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- There has been much speculation and debate regarding the identity of the Mona Lisa’s sitter. Scholars and historians have posited numerous possibil...
- Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503, and it was in his studio when he died in 1519. He likely worked on it intermittently over s...
- The Mona Lisa hangs behind bulletproof glass in a gallery of the Louvre Museum in Paris, where it has been a part of the museum’s collection since...
- The Mona Lisa is priceless. Any speculative price (some say over a billion dollars!) would probably be so high that not one person would be able or...
- Many theories have attempted to pinpoint one reason for the art piece’s celebrity, including its theft from the Louvre in 1911 and its tour to the...
21 Notable Paintings in the Musée d’Orsay. The Musée d’Orsay is located in a former railway station and hotel, the Gare d’Orsay, in Paris. Its collection is focused primarily on French art from the second half of the 19th century and early years of the 20th. It is among Paris’s most popular museums, and these 21 paintings are just a ...
Claude Monet was a key figure in the Impressionist movement that transformed French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his long career, Monet consistently depicted the landscape and leisure activities of Paris and its environs as well as the Normandy coast.
