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Selected Works Major Events in History

Relive key moments in the history of humanity through the collections of the Musée du Louvre! From the entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon to the proclamation of the French Republic, these dramatic moments have become a source of inspiration to many artists.

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Charles LE BRUN

Alexander in Babylon

1665
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Bowl from Caesarea Palaestinae

Fourth century AD

Beirut, Lebanon
Near Eastern Antiquities

Cone of Enmetena, king of Lagash

circa 2400 BC

Telloh (ancient Girsu), Lower Mesopotamia
Paintings

Eugène DELACROIX

July 28: Liberty Leading the People

Salon of 1831
Near Eastern Antiquities

King Ashurbanipal on his Chariot...

c. 645 BC

Nineveh, Palace of Ashurbanipal, room V1/T1,...
Paintings

Antoine CARON

Massacre under the Triumvirate

1566
Paintings

Baron Antoine-Jean GROS

Napoleon on the Battlefield of...

1808
Decorative Arts

After Giulio ROMANO

Tapestry of the History of Scipio:...
Decorative Arts

Workshop of Jean LEFEBVRE

Tapestry of The Life of Louis XIV:...

1667-72
Paintings

Peter Paul RUBENS (Siegen (Westphalia), 1577 – Antwerp,...

The Apotheosis of Henri IV and the...

1621–1625