The Louvre

1. The Louvre

The Louvre—is one of the world's largest museums, and a
historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is
located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st
arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory
to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square
meters (652,300 square feet). With more than 8 million visitors
each year, the Louvre is the world's most visited museum.

2. The Venus de Milo was added to the Louvre's collection during the reign of Louis XVIII.

3. Cycladic, a votive head, 2700–2300 BC

4. Etruscan amphora, Diomedes and Polyxena, ca. 540–530 BC

5. Roman, portrait of Marcus Agrippa, 25 BC

6. Hellenic Near East, The Eros Medallion, ca. 250–200 BC

Hellenic Near East, The Eros Medallion, ca. 250–
200 BC

7. The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, oil on panel, 1503–19, probably completed while the artist was at the court of Francis I.

8. French Romantic art, Liberty Leading the People, Delacroix, 1830

9. Italian Renaissance painting, Baltasar de Castiglione, Raphael, c.1515

10. Italian Renaissance sculpture, Rebellious slave, Michelangelo, 1513–16