People often ask what our favorite stops are in the Louvre? First, let me say that the Louvre is gigantic. If you were to look at every piece, it would take you a week of visiting the Louvre every day. But our favorite pieces in the Louvre are:
Mona Lisa - The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, [and] the most parodied work of art in the world"
The portrait assumed to be of the wife of Francesco del Giocondo is considered to be the most famous painting in the world. The theft of this canvas in the 19th century and the mystery surrounding its origin never fail to draw the crowds. Notice that she does not have eyebrows.
Winged Victory Statue of Samothrace - The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Nike of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BC.
Venus de Milo - The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos is an ancient Greek sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Dating back to around 130 BC, Venus de Milo is considered to be one of the most beloved pieces of ancient Greek sculpture.
The Wedding at Cana - The Wedding Feast at Cana, by Paolo Veronese, is a representational painting that depicts the biblical story of the Wedding at Cana, at which Jesus miraculously converts water into red wine.
The Raft of the Medusa - The Raft of the Medusa – originally titled Scène de Naufrage – is an oil painting of 1818–19 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault. Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism.
Liberty Leading the People - Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X.
The Coronation of Napoleon - The Coronation of Napoleon is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon at Notre-Dame de Paris. The oil painting has imposing dimensions – it is almost 10 metres wide by a little over 6 metres tall.
The Lacemaker - The Lacemaker is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, completed around 1669–1670 and held in the Louvre, Paris. The work shows a young woman wearing a yellow bodice, holding up a pair of bobbins in her left hand as she carefully places a pin in the pillow on which she is making her bobbin lace. https://www.pariscityvision.com/en/paris/museums/louvre-museum/top-20-masterpieces-at-the-louvre
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