Louvre-Paintings

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 Med Lrg	Nella's Quiche Med Lrg
At Louvre Café MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD	Courtyard View Med Lrg Xlg

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) Med Lrg	The Dying Slave and The Rebellious Slave MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD
Cupid and Psyche, Antonio Canova (1787-93) MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD	Cupid and Psyche, Antonio Canova (1787-93) Med Lrg Xlg

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)
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The Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon I

The Coronation of Napoleon, Jacques-Louis David (1806-07)
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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) Med Lrg Xlg	Mona Lisa and Other Italian Paintings MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD
The Wedding Feast at Cana, Veronese (1562-63) Med Lrg Xlg	The Wedding Feast at Cana and Other Italian Paintings MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD
The Supper at Emmaüs, Titian (1530) Med Lrg	Zeus Ousting the Vices, Veronese (1554-56) Med Lrg Xlg
An Old Man and a Young Boy, Ghirlandaio (1490) Med Lrg Xlg	Gallery of Italian Paintings Med Lrg Xlg
Gallery of Italian Paintings MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD	La Belle Ferronnière, Leonardo da Vinci (1495-99) Med Lrg Xlg
The Virgin of the Rocks, Leonardo da Vinci (1483) Med Lrg Xlg	St. John the Baptist, Leonardo da Vinci (1513-16) Med Lrg Xlg
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Leonardo da Vinci (1508-13) Med Lrg Xlg	Saint Michael Vanquishing the Demon, Raphael (1503-05) Med Lrg Xlg
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist, Raphael (1507-08) Med Lrg Xlg	The Fortune Teller, Caravaggio (1595-98) Med Lrg

Finally, we looked at the Flemish and Dutch paintings. More good stuff.

Diptych of Jean de Cellier, Hans Memling (ca. 1475)
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Venus in a Landscape, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1529) Med Lrg Xlg	Ship of Fools, Hieronymous Bosch (1490-1510) Med Lrg Xlg
St. Paul Bitten by a Viper, Marten de Vos (1566-68) Med Lrg Xlg	Interior of a Collector's Gallery, Cornelis de Baellieur (1637) Med Lrg Xlg
Nella in Rubens Room Med Lrg Xlg	The Debarkation of Marie de Medici, Peter Paul Rubens (1622-25) Med Lrg Xlg
The Apotheosis of Henri IV, Peter Paul Rubens (1610) Med Lrg Xlg	Jugement Dernier, Jakob Jordaens (1653) Med Lrg Xlg
The Astronomer, Jan Vermeer (1668) Med Lrg Xlg	The Lacemaker, Jan Vermeer (1669-70) Med Lrg Xlg
Party in a Tavern, Jan Steen (1674) Med Lrg Xlg	Officers of the St. Sebastian Militia at Amsterdam, Bartholomeus van der Helst (1653) Med Lrg Xlg
The Artist at his Easel, Rembrandt van Rijn (1660) Med Lrg Xlg	Bathsheba with King David's Letter, Rembrandt (1654) Med Lrg Xlg
Landscape with Castle, Rembrandt van Rijn (1632) Med Lrg Xlg	Renaud and Armide, Anton van Dyck (1629-32) Med Lrg Xlg
Portrait of Suzanne Fourment, Peter Paul Rubens (1620-25) Med Lrg Xlg	Coronation of the Virgin, Peter Paul Rubens (1620-21) Med Lrg Xlg
Hélène Fourment and her Children, Peter Paul Rubens (1635-36) Med Lrg Xlg	Hélène Fourment with Coach, Peter Paul Rubens Med Lrg Xlg

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.

McDonald's Ordering Kiosk Med Lrg	Pyramid Entrance and Courtyard Med Lrg Xlg
Pavillon Mollien Med Lrg Xlg	Pyramid Entrance and Courtyard MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel Med Lrg Xlg	Horses, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel Med Lrg Xlg
Relief of the Surrender of Ulm Med Lrg Xlg	Arc de Triomphe and Place de la Concorde Obelisk MP4-Sml MP4-Med WMV-HD