Overview Curatorial Departments Near Eastern Antiquities Egyptian Antiquities Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities Islamic Art Sculptures Decorative Arts Paintings Introduction Selected Works Latest Acquisitions Traveling Works Works in Focus Bibliography Timeline Maps Research Centers Prints and Drawings Kaleidoscope Databases My Personal Space Demo Sign In to My Space Forgot Your Password? Donate Online Professionals Overview Journalists Companies Tourism Professionals Professionals & Associations Teachers Young People (Under 30) Overview Under-18s 18 to 30s Support the Louvre	Home - Collection - Curatorial Departments - Paintings - Latest Acquisitions Paintings : Latest Acquisitions © Musée du Louvre / Harry Bréjat   Friday, June 17 2005 Mona Lisa Portraitist, painter, and decorator Gabriel Ferrier was born in 1847. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1872, then taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. The Musée d’Orsay has three portraits by this artist, whose copies from the masters include this reinterpretation of the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. When M. Jacques Foucart retired as Chief Curator of the Department of Paintings, he chose to donate this work––which had been hanging in his office for over twenty years––to the museum. It is a welcome addition to the Louvre’s documentary and scientific collection concerning the Mona Lisa which, apart from one 17th-century work, featured too few ancient copies of the famous painting. In the 1990s, the Fondation Cartier held an exhibition on the theme of "Mona Lisa mania" in Japan, in which Gabriel Ferrier’s painting featured prominently.

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