Private Events– musée du Louvre

6 objets d’art The Louvre houses a fabulous collection of furniture and objets d’art, from late antiquity to the mid-19th century: the gallery of medieval treasures, the Renaissance rooms, the new 18th century rooms, the Empire and Restoration Rooms, and the Napoleon III Apartments — the only extant example of Second Empire drawing rooms still open to the public. archoeology The Code of Hammurabi , the Seated Scribe, the Venus de Milo and the Portrait of Livia are but a few of the treasures on display at the Louvre from the four great ancient civilizations: the ancient Near East (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and Persia), Egypt, Greece and Rome. A tour of the Louvre archaeological departments offers an enthralling journey into the history, society and mythology of antiquity. paintings The paintings of the Italian, Spanish, French and Northern schools displayed in chronological order at the Louvre form an unparalleled collection in their own right. What other museum in the world boasts five paintings created by the hand of Leonardo da Vinci, more than 40 works by Poussin, a series of Rubens that rivals the Marie de Médicis Gallery, or numerous masterpieces by David, Ingres and Delacroix? sculptures The only works by Michelangelo preserved in France —the two famous Slaves— are in the Louvre. Nearby, Donatello’s Virgin and Child, stands alongside Cupid and Psyche by Canova. In the Richelieu Wing, more than a thousand years of French sculpture unfold, including depictions of Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon, the Tomb of Philippe Pot, Milo of Croton, and The Marly Horses. Salle des Caryatides, department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities