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Louvre

This is the largest art museum in the world. It served as the French Royal Place, until King Louis the 14th bulit Versailles in 1668.

Entrance to the Louvre
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Typical Hallway in the museum
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Julius Caesar
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The Death of Dido (1711)
Augustin CAYOT (1667-1772)

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Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas 1757
François Boucher (1703-1770) French

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Philopoemen (1837)
Pierre Jean David d'Angers (1788-1856) France

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Remember, this is the room the art is inside of.
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Saint Sebastian
François Coudray (1678 - 1727) France

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The next generation
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Each column is different!
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Detail of Julius Caesar
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Hercules struggling with a serpent (1824)
François Joseph Bosio (France)

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Coresus Sacrificing himselt to Save Callirhoe (1765)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) France

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Maria Duglioli Barberini (1599 - 1621)
Giuliano Finelli (1601-1653) Italy

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Psyche and Cupid (1793)
Antonio Canova (1757-1822) Italy

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This is a view of the building that the art is in
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Venus de Milo (about 130 BC)
Alexandros of Antioch (Unknown) Greece

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