When we left off, we were thinking about finding lunch at the Louvre. The museum
has a café, which we found on our map. We were afraid it might be horribly expensive,
but on arriving at it, we found it not to be so. It was only uncomfortably expensive.
But so is the rest of Paris, so we sat down and ordered. There was outdoor seating
with a nice view of the Louvre courtyard. Nella had a quiche and I had lasagna, and
we both had Ladurée macarons for dessert.
Bob at Café
Nella's Quiche
At Louvre Café
Courtyard View
We resumed our exploration of the museum with a look at some statuary from the
Renaissance and later. Here we found two of the "slave" sculptures which Michelangelo
had intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II but never completed (the others are in
Florence).
The Dying Slave, Michelangelo (1513-15)
The Dying Slave and The Rebellious Slave
Cupid and Psyche, Antonio Canova (1787-93)
Cupid and Psyche, Antonio Canova (1787-93)
After this we devoted the rest of our visit to paintings. We missed most of the
French painting collection, but we did see a few, including the well-known painting
of Napoleon crowning his empress in the Notre-Dame Cathedral after first crowning
himself.
Liberty Leading the People, Eugène Delacroix (1830)
The Coronation of Napoleon, Jacques-Louis David (1806-07)
Then we made our way through the Italian paintings. Lots of good stuff, including
the Mona Lisa, probably the most recognized painting in the world.
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci (1503-06)
Mona Lisa and Other Italian Paintings
The Wedding Feast at Cana, Veronese (1562-63)
The Wedding Feast at Cana and Other Italian Paintings
The Supper at Emmaüs, Titian (1530)
Zeus Ousting the Vices, Veronese (1554-56)
An Old Man and a Young Boy, Ghirlandaio (1490)
Gallery of Italian Paintings
Gallery of Italian Paintings
La Belle Ferronnière, Leonardo da Vinci (1495-99)
The Virgin of the Rocks, Leonardo da Vinci (1483)
St. John the Baptist, Leonardo da Vinci (1513-16)
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Leonardo da Vinci (1508-13)
Saint Michael Vanquishing the Demon, Raphael (1503-05)
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist, Raphael (1507-08)
The Fortune Teller, Caravaggio (1595-98)
Finally, we looked at the Flemish and Dutch paintings. More good stuff.
Diptych of Jean de Cellier, Hans Memling (ca. 1475)
Venus in a Landscape, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1529)
Ship of Fools, Hieronymous Bosch (1490-1510)
St. Paul Bitten by a Viper, Marten de Vos (1566-68)
Interior of a Collector's Gallery, Cornelis de Baellieur (1637)
Nella in Rubens Room
The Debarkation of Marie de Medici, Peter Paul Rubens (1622-25)
The Apotheosis of Henri IV, Peter Paul Rubens (1610)
Jugement Dernier, Jakob Jordaens (1653)
The Astronomer, Jan Vermeer (1668)
The Lacemaker, Jan Vermeer (1669-70)
Party in a Tavern, Jan Steen (1674)
Officers of the St. Sebastian Militia at Amsterdam, Bartholomeus van der Helst (1653)
The Artist at his Easel, Rembrandt van Rijn (1660)
Bathsheba with King David's Letter, Rembrandt (1654)
Landscape with Castle, Rembrandt van Rijn (1632)
Renaud and Armide, Anton van Dyck (1629-32)
Portrait of Suzanne Fourment, Peter Paul Rubens (1620-25)
Coronation of the Virgin, Peter Paul Rubens (1620-21)
Hélène Fourment and her Children, Peter Paul Rubens (1635-36)
Hélène Fourment with Coach, Peter Paul Rubens
Worn out from our day at the Louvre, we went to the notorious Louvre McDonald's
for dinner and then hung out in the courtyard for a little bit before hopping on
the Metro to go back to the hotel. Our plans for the next day were to start with
exploration of some left bank churches.
