Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Holland, first half of the 17th century – Room 30 This painting should be called more exactly the Girl at the market; it is, in fact, the portrait of a fish merchant from Haarlem, … Read More
Mr. and Mrs. Angerstein stand on a terrace from which one sees the trees of the garden with, at bottom, an escape on the campaign. Mrs. Angerstein sits in a rattan chair: her fine face, whose beauty is famous in … Read More
Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Rubens – Room 21 The scene takes place in the middle of the Flemish countryside, in front of one of these inns near the village, whose bell tower can be seen there, through the … Read More
(The identity of the model, designated in the ancient sources as “vice-queen of Naples” and confused, following an error of Brantome, with Joanna of Aragon, was restored to the benefit of Dona Isabel de Requesens, wife of Don Ramon Folc … Read More
At the foot of a tree with a dark green foliage, standing out in force on the azure sky, a shepherd and a shepherdess are seated. Shepherd and shepherdess with a fine face, with well-dressed clothes, peasants of convention as … Read More
Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Flanders, 17th century – Room 19 The scene takes place in a house in Bruges, on the square of the Holy Blood, whose Gothic constructions are visible through the open windows. The feast table, … Read More
Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Holland, 17th century – Room 32 It is known the evangelical legend: two disciples of Christ, shortly after his death, journey together on the burning roads of Galilee. On the way, they evoke the … Read More
Denon wing – 1st floor – Mollien – Room 77 Under a black sky streaked with bloody gleams, Phlegeton rolls its waters loaded with flames. In this scenery of terror, Virgil leads Dante towards Hell. Standing in the boat which … Read More
Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Van Dyck – Room 24 The portrait of Charles I of England, which the Louvre possesses, is a legendary masterpiece. With his fist on his hip, on the sword’s side, his right hand resting … Read More
Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Holland, second half of the 17th century – Room 38 On a lacemaker’s craft, a young woman is leaning, attentive, and running in her agile fingers spindles and silk threads. His blonde head, crowned … Read More
La Caze Collection Lancret! What a delightful epoch and how many beautiful things evokes the name! To speak of Lancret brings us back to the beautiful days of Trianon and Versailles, at the time when these sumptuous residences sheltered the … Read More
Denon – 1st floor – Grande Galerie – Room 8 It is said that Correggio, seventeen years old, came to Mantua and saw there the Victory of Mantegna. In fron of the work of the Paduan master, his artist’s soul … Read More
