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The Lacemaker
In this exquisite
picture from about
1665, Jan Vermeer
gives us a glimpse
into everyday
domestic life in
Holland. The painting
came to the Louvre
in 1870.

Second floor

. Marly Horses
Since the 19th century, these wild horses
by Guillaume Coustou have stood near
the Place de la Concorde. Replicas have
First floor replaced them – the originals are now in
a glass-covered courtyard in the Louvre.
Cour Puget
Cour Khorsabad . Venus de Milo
Found in 1820 on the island of Milos
Cour Napoléon in Greece, this ideal of feminine
beauty was made in the Hellenistic
Age at the end of the 2nd century BC.

Sully Wing

Key to Floorplan
Painting
Objets d’art (Decorative Arts)
Sculpture
Antiquities
Cour Carrée Ground floor Non-exhibition space

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