Est. 1793Paris, France17 Masterpieces in Archive

Musée du Louvre

The historic palace of French royalty and the most visited museum in the world, holding the greatest collection of classical Renaissance and Romantic painting.

Total Holdings: 615,000+ Works
Annual Visitors: 8.9 Million
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Musée du Louvre
France

Institutional Highlights & Scope

Historic royal palace on the Right Bank of the Seine
Home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People
I. M. Pei's iconic glass pyramid entrance unveiled in 1989
100% CC0 Public Domain ScansAll digital assets from this museum in Arteefa are calibrated for fine-art reproduction without licensing restrictions or commercial fees.

Key Historical Milestones

1190

Built originally as a medieval fortress under King Philippe Auguste.

1793

Inaugurated as a public national museum during the French Revolution with 537 paintings.

1989

Grand Louvre expansion inaugurated with I. M. Pei's monumental glass pyramid.

2021

Launches comprehensive digital platform publishing over 482,000 items from the national collections.

Museum Masterpieces (17 of 17)

All artworks verified from Musée du Louvre imaging vaults, calibrated at 300+ DPI for museum-grade giclée printing.

Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)
24 MP
Leonardo da VinciHigh Renaissance

Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)

La Gioconda / Monna Lisa

Musée du Louvrec. 1503–1519
Liberty Leading the People
12.8 MP
Eugène DelacroixRomanticism & The Sublime

Liberty Leading the People

La Liberté guidant le peuple

Musée du Louvrec. 1830
The Raft of the Medusa
11 MP
Théodore GéricaultRomanticism & The Sublime

The Raft of the Medusa

Le Radeau de la Méduse

Musée du Louvrec. 1819
The Lacemaker
11.9 MP
Johannes VermeerBaroque & Tenebrism

The Lacemaker

De kantwerkster

Musée du Louvrec. 1669–1670
Death of the Virgin
10.7 MP
Michelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioBaroque & Tenebrism

Death of the Virgin

Morte della Vergine

Musée du Louvrec. 1606
Virgin of the Rocks
9.8 MP
Leonardo da VinciHigh Renaissance

Virgin of the Rocks

La Vergine delle rocce

Musée du Louvrec. 1483–1486
Bathsheba at Her Bath
14.4 MP
Rembrandt van RijnBaroque & Tenebrism

Bathsheba at Her Bath

Batseba met de brief van koning David

Musée du Louvrec. 1654
The Wedding at Cana
10.9 MP
Paolo VeroneseHigh Renaissance

The Wedding at Cana

Les Noces de Cana

Musée du Louvrec. 1563
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione
13.1 MP
Raphael SanzioHigh Renaissance

Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione

Ritratto di Baldassarre Castiglione

Musée du Louvrec. 1514–1515
An Old Man and His Grandson
12 MP
Domenico GhirlandaioHigh Renaissance

An Old Man and His Grandson

Ritratto di vecchio con nipote

Musée du Louvrec. 1490
The Angel of the Annunciation
15.7 MP
Carlo DolciBaroque & Tenebrism

The Angel of the Annunciation

L'Angelo dell'Annunciazione

Musée du Louvrec. 1653–1655
Cleopatra
6.7 MP
Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli (Giampietrino)High Renaissance

Cleopatra

Cleopatra con l'aspide

Musée du Louvrec. 1520
La Grande Odalisque
17.5 MP
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresNeoclassicism

La Grande Odalisque

La Grande Odalisque

Musée du Louvrec. 1814
The Turkish Bath
23.4 MP
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresNeoclassicism

The Turkish Bath

Le Bain turc

Musée du Louvrec. 1862
Et in Arcadia ego (The Arcadian Shepherds)
20.5 MP
Nicolas PoussinNeoclassicism

Et in Arcadia ego (The Arcadian Shepherds)

Les Bergers d'Arcadie

Musée du Louvrec. 1637–1638
The Fortune Teller
20.7 MP
Valentin de BoulogneBaroque & Tenebrism

The Fortune Teller

La Diseuse de bonne aventure

Musée du Louvrec. 1628
The Judgment of Solomon
25.3 MP
Valentin de BoulogneBaroque & Tenebrism

The Judgment of Solomon

Le Jugement de Salomon

Musée du Louvrec. 1625

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