Thanks to its royal history, the Louvre Palace is an incredibly grand and ... filled with priceless paintings, sculptures, and antiquities. (For My US Readers: In France, the ground floor is ...

Abandoned soon after his death, the palace was unearthed in 1843 in modern-day Iraq by the French vice consul to Mosul. Parts were sent to the Louvre soon after for display. The giant statues ...

Built in Paris in the late 12th century, the Louvre Palace for centuries was the official residence of the kings of France, until Louis XIV—weary of rebellious crowds in Paris— abandoned it ...

Two sculptures engraved by Baudet, the Bust of Alexander the Great and a Figure de femme en pied, were then on display at the Louvre Palace. 8. Inventaire du fonds français. Graveurs du XVIIe siècle ...