Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Flanders, 17th century – Room 19 Hans Holbein is undoubtedly the greatest figure in German art and his illustrious contemporary Albert Dürer has to give him the first place. He practiced art in all … Read More
Richelieu – 2nd Floor – Holland, second half of the 17th century – Room 38 Here it is one of those scenes in which the Dutch painting has always exercised itself with happiness. In it we find all the qualities … Read More
Denon wing – 1st floor – Mona Lisa room – Room 6 [Now considered a work from Titian’s youth] GIORGIO BARBARELLI, better known as Giorgione, marks the transition from the rather dry and naive way of Gothic art to the … Read More
PIERRE-PAUL RUBENS is one of the most powerful and productive painters of the history of art. His work is immense; it is not a large museum in Europe which does not have several canvases signed by him, and this is … Read More
Only a few months ago, this magnificent portrait of Raphael was still, in the Salon Carré, near the famous Mona Lisa of Vinci, recently been carried away from the admiration of the world by a criminal hand. Side by side, … Read More
