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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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Paintings
Théodore GÉRICAULT
The Raft of the Medusa
Salon de 1819
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Paintings
Jacques-Louis DAVID
The Oath of the Horatii
1784
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Paintings
Juan CARREÑO DE MIRANDA
The Mass for the Founding of the...
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Paintings
Jacques-Louis DAVID
The Intervention of the Sabine...
1799
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Paintings
Jacques-Louis DAVID
The Consecration of the Emperor...
1806-07
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Paintings
Paolo di DONO, dit UCCELLO
The Battle of San Romano
Vers 1435 - 1440?
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Sculptures
Matthieu JACQUET
The Battle of Ivry and the...
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Paintings
Ernest MEISSONIER
The Barricade, rue de la...
Salon of 1850-1851
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Paintings
Petrus Paulus RUBENS
The Apotheosis of Henri IV and the...
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Decorative Arts
Workshop of Jean LEFEBVRE
Tapestry of The Life of Louis XIV:...
Paris, 1665-1672
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Decorative Arts
After Giulio ROMANO
Tapestry of the History of Scipio:...
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Paintings
Baron Antoine-Jean GROS
Napoleon on the Battlefield of...
1808
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Paintings
Antoine CARON
Massacre under the Triumvirate
1566
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Near Eastern Antiquities
King Ashurbanipal on his Chariot...
Vers 645 avant J.-C.
Ninive, palais d'Assurbanipal, salle...
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Paintings
Eugène DELACROIX
July 28: Liberty Leading the People
Salon of 1831
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cone of Enmetena, king of Lagash
Vers 2400 avant J.-C.
Tello, ancienne Girsu
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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Bowl from Caesarea Palaestinae
IVe siècle après J.-C.
Provenance inconnue, probablement...
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Paintings
Charles LE BRUN
Alexander in Babylon
1665