Louvre Ceiling Paintings

The department of paintings reflects the encyclopedic scope of the louvre encompassing every european school from the 13th century to 1848.

Louvre ceiling paintings. History of the louvre. The tuileries and carrousel gardens. His installation featured a 3 750 square foot noteworthy painting on the ceiling of the salle des bronzes 1 which is inside of the sully wing one of the largest and oldest wings of the louvre.

The collection is overseen by twelve curators who are among the most renowned experts in their field. The architecture itself is stunning but the paintings are out of this world. I was looking forward to seeing the italian and dutch painting galleries and they certainly did not disappoint.

Vouet le brun fragonard and david all lived at the louvre for a time. France paris area listed as world heritage by unesco louvre museum charles x museum ceiling painted by antoine jean gros between 1830 and 1836 the genius of france likes arts protects mankind. Relief of the tomb of seti i goddess hathor and pharaoh seti i id.

Louvre museum ceiling paintings. The pavillon de l horloge. A series of paintings by artists such as hubert robert depict views of the galleries in their early state and show how the paintings were hung.

Indeed some works are now exhibited just a few meters from where they were originally painted. The size alone is incredible some canvases reaching up to 20 feet tall and 32 feet wide 6 by 9 7 meters such as the coronation of napoleon i by jacques louis david. One of the highlights of our october trip to paris were two visits to the louvre museum.

Alongside german anselm kiefer and frenchman francois morellet twombly is the third artist to ever paint a permanent modern decorative work for the louvre. Eugène delacroix liberty leading the people 1830 this is one of the louvre s paintings so famous it has taken on a life of its own liberty leading the people has inspired everything from the statue of liberty les misérables to coldplay s viva la vida album cover. Other highlights include liberty leading the people by delacroix and oath of the horatii by david.