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Oriental Antiquities Egyptian Antiquities Greek, Etruscan and Paintings Sculptures Objets d’ of Islam Prints and Drawings History of the Louvre This department pre- Created by Jean- Roman Antiquities The collections in this European Sculpture, The collections in this Works from various Access to the Graphic and Medieval Louvre sents the civilisations of François Champollion, This department department cover the from the Late Middle department come from Mediterranean coun- Arts Department, Two rooms and an the Ancient Near-East, this department includes works from history of European Ages to the mid-19th every era: items from tries, from Iran, consisting of the archaeological circuit which go back to illustrates the art three ancient civilisa- painting from the mid- century, is to be found the Middle Ages and Central Asia and India, Drawing Cabinet present the history and 7000 BC and succeeded of Ancient Egypt from tions: Greece, Etruria 13th century to the in this department. the Renaissance, which formed the (more than 100,000 architectural development one another in two different view- and . On the mid-. They The collections, which decorative arts from lands of Islam are works), the Edmond de of the . Mesopotamia, Iran points: a chronological ground floor, a are divided into three mainly include French the 17th and 18th exhibited in this Rothschild Collection and the countries of circuit, from the earliest chronological circuit, main groups: the French works, also contain centuries, the Crown department. Some of and an engraved the Levant, an immense times to Cleopatra, based on marble School, which has the many significant pieces Jewels, 19th century the works are from the copper plate collection, territory stretching and a thematic circuit statuary, contains works largest number of from Italy, Spain and items and furniture, royal French collections. is by prior arrangement from the Mediterranean illustrating certain starting from the third works, the Italian and Northern Europe. -III apart- Most of these are only. The very fine but to India. aspects of Egyptian millennium BC up to Spanish Schools, and the ments, etc. ceramics, metals, extremely fragile

civilisation. Two the 6th century AD. Northern European The 18th century decorative ivories, woods, carpets works are on display sections devoted to The collection on the Schools (German, art galleries are under and paintings dating in regular temporary Coptic Egypt and first floor is organised Flemish and Dutch refurbishment until 2011. from the 7th to the exhibitions and This major restoration Roman Egypt complete according to the tech- Schools). is made possible by 19th centuries. on a rota basis in the the display. niques and materials the generous support of museum’s main the High Museum of Art, The Arts of Islam galleries Arts of Africa, Asia, used: bronzes and will be closed as of January exhibition rooms. (Atlanta, Georgia) and jewellery, silverware, 2008. New exhibition Oceania and the Americas Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers, spaces dedicated to these glassware, figurines Accenture, This selection of works, collections will open in the UPS, Turner Broadcasting on display in the Louvre Gallery opening hours and terracotta vases. Cour Visconti in 2010. System Inc., The Coca-Cola since April 2000, belongs A weekly chart specifies which galleries are open Company, Delta Air Lines, or closed for each day of the week. It can be consulted www.louvre.fr AXA Art Insurance to the collection of the at the entrance to the Pyramid, at the information for further information Corporation and The Sara musée du quai Branly. desk and on www.louvre.fr on the collections Giles Moore Foundation. Cultural facilities and services Practicalities i i

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The Card-Sharper 2nd Floor (G. de La Tour) Germanic Paintings

French Paintings

Prints and French Drawings

German, Flemish The Lacemaker and Dutch Paintings (J. Vermeer)

Pierrot, German, Flemish once called Gilles and Dutch Drawings (J.-A. Watteau) Rubens Room

Portrait of Germanic, Flemish, Dutch, John II the Good Belgian, Russian, Swiss and Scandinavian Paintings

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Portrait of Marie- Madeleine Guimard [do not touch works of art] (J.-H. Fragonard)

Works of art are unique and fragile. They have survived centuries and must be preserved for future generations. Touching, even lightly, a painting, object, sculpture or piece of furniture causes damage. Souvenir from Mortefontaine Especially when this gesture is repeated (C. Corot) thousands of times. Help us protect our common heritage. (J.-A.-D. Ingres) to Paintings Gnome Cupboard (A.-Ch. Boulle) 81 80 79 78 The Restoration with a Snail The July 71 to French Sculptures 77 76 70 1st Floor Monarchy 75 69 68 74 19th c. 9 5 10 12 73 6 7 11 13 14 72 15 67 8 Renaissance 16 32 82 19 17 4 31 18 30 83 3 29 20 17th c. 17th 84 2 28 to Pharaonic Egypt, Middle Ages 85 1 27 to Thematic 86 90 91 93 94 42 Paintings Circuit A Closed 36 37 39 Objets d’art Napoleon III 23 22 21 35 44 45 Eagle of 92 95 96 40 Apartments 89 34 38 41 Abbot Suger 24 25 26 33 60 59 58 57 56 50 49 48 47 87 to to Paintings 61 5554 5352 51 46 French to Mesopotamia to Egyptian Antiquities 62 20 Sculptures Mesopotamia Objets d’art 17th and 18th c. 63 21 Greek, Etruscan Richelieu and Roman Antiquities 64 to 22 French 65 Paintings to Paintings Napoleon III Apartments Seated Scribe Oriental Antiquities 23 Prints and Drawings Sully to French la Chapelle Paintings to Greek, 24 Temporary 32 Temporary exhibition halls Etruscan exhibition hall and Roman Antiquities 25 The Winged (Géricault) (L. de Vinci) Victory of

Denon Samothrace Circuit Chronological Egypt, Pharaonic to Bronzes and Bronzes to Etruscan and 26 Amenophis IV - Italian Roman Antiquities 33

precious Objects precious Akhenaton Sculptures Terracotta 34 77 76 75 35 36 37 38 30 29 28 27

The Club- Large-Format French Paintings 47 46 45 42 43 44 to Pharaonic 66 39 40 41 Footed Boy 74 Egypt, 77 Greek Ceramics (J. de Ribera) Thematic The Wedding Feast at Cana 11 Circuit (Véronèse) 1 Mollien 10 English Temporary 666 4 Paintings Current exhibition halls 2 9 events 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 13 Italian 3 Spanish Paintings 14 5 Paintings 8 Gallery Apollo 32 26 16th-17th c.Italian Paintings 13th-15th c. 17th-18th c. 12 Coronation Crown 33 31 30 29 28 27 18 17 16 15 of Louis XV (Crown Diamonds) towards Exit Porte des Lions to Objets Winged Bull, Capital d'art palace of Sargon II of Apadana

15 16 Ground Floor 18 26 14 27 28 30 13 17 25 29 19 31 24 23 32 33 22 21 5 12 3 5th -18th c. 18th -19th c. 11 Mesopotamia French Sculptures French Sculptures 10 4 Sculptures Cour Marly Cour Puget 2 Cour 6 9 Khorsabad to Pharaonic 8 Egypt, Sackler Wing b 17 Chronological 7 19 Oriental Antiquities 14 18 b Circuit 321 B 1 a Tomb of Philippe Pot 65 4 10 11 16 17 a 1 bis : ab 18 78 9Antique Iran 12 12 13 19 20 21 18 to to multimedia 15 Levant Egyptian Antiquities Napoleon III Objets documentation Apartments d’art to Objets d’art D to 16 to Arts of Islam Paintings Greek, Etruscan C Richelieu Levant 14 17 and Roman Antiquities B to Objets A d'art Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania 15 to and the Americas Medieval Louvre Statue of 13 Code of Sully to Greek Aïn Ghazal Hammurabi and Roman Bronzes to 12 Medieval bis Louvre Sculpture The Dying from Chupícuaro Slave 17 12 (Mexico) () Denon to Thematic Circuit Egypt, Pharaonic 17 to the Winged Victory Large-Format of Samothrace French Paintings 5 4 Greek Antiquities 2 367 11 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 16th-19th c. B Etruscan and 1 Roman Antiquities Italian Sculptures 4 589 22 7 14 15 16 10 to Seated Statue E Closed Closed Pre-classical 18 23 to of Ramsès II Greece Greek Ceramics Psyche and Cupid D (A. Canova) 12 3 A Arts of Africa, 30 31 20 25 i Asia, Oceania 17th-19th c. 21 Entrance Northern European and the Americas 26 Porte des Lions 8 7 6 4 5 Sculptures 29 28 27 Aphrodite, known as Vénus de Milo to Italian Resource Centre and Spanish Paintings Sarcophagus of a Married Couple 1st Floor Horses of Marly Milo of Crotona Lower (G. Coustou) (P. Puget) Pyxis Ground Floor of al-Mughira Closed

French Sculptures 11 Cour Marly 20 Cour Puget 12 Arts of Islam A 13 Richelieu A 1 2 34 10 7 Temporary exhibition hall 6 to 8 9 Mesopotamia 5 Arts of Islam

Richelieu Sculptures to Basin, known as History Oriental the Baptistery of Antiquities of the Louvre (Levant) Egyptian Antiquities

Medieval Moat Greek, Etruscan Entrance Medieval Louvre i Exit Sully and Roman Antiquities to Greek Antiquities Temporary History of the Louvre exhibition hall The Medieval Louvre

Temporary exhibition halls Tactile Gallery to Denon 16th-19th to Greek, Italian Etruscan and 2 Sculptures Roman 11th -15th c. 1 Antiquities to to Greek Egyptian Spanish Sculptures Pre-classical Greece 3 Italian Sculptures Antiquities Antiquities 11th -15th c. 32 1

A Closed Coptic B B Egypt Roman C Egypt C A 12th-16th c. Northern European St. Mary Magdalene Sculptures (G. Erhart) Woman’s Portrait Cycladic Idol Christ and Abbot Mena Under the Pyramid (Napoleon Hall) American Friends anuary 2008. of the Louvre i Information Access to the Collections American Friends of the Louvre gratefully acknowledges the generous support

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Denon Richelieu Sully 1 Espace adhésion Italian and Spanish Paintings 14th-17th-century French Paintings 17th, 18th, 19th-century French Paintings 1 (membership desk) 19th-century French Paintings German, Flemish and Dutch Paintings, 17th, 18th, 19th-century Drawings 2 Post Office Apollo Gallery, Crown Jewels Northern Schools and Pastels 3 Souvenir shop Italian, Spanish and Northern European Medieval, Renaissance, 17th 17th, 18th-century Decorative Arts 4 Café documentation Sculptures and 19th-century Decorative Arts Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities 5 CyberLouvre Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities Napoleon III Apartments Pharaonic Egypt 6 Société des amis du Louvre Roman Egypt, Coptic Egypt French Sculptures Ancient Iran, Arabia, Levant 7 Shop for children Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania Mesopotamia, Antique Iran History of the Louvre, Medieval Louvre

and the Americas Islamic Art Guide map subject to modifications Designed by B. Pell. Ph. Design Consultant: Apeloig. conservateur du Domaine national en chef, drawing: Guy Nicot, architecte Cover coordination: A.Project Giroux, N. Melissano, musée du Louvre. Sémantis. Translation: Photo Credits: RMN, D. H. Lewandows Rousselot