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6 decorative arts The Louvre houses a fabulous collection of furniture and objets d’art from late antiquity to the mid-19th century, spanning spaces like the gallery of medieval treasures, the Renaissance rooms, the 18th-century rooms, renovated in 2014, the Empire and Restoration rooms, and the Napoleon III Apartments – the only extant example of Second Empire drawing rooms still open to the public. archaeology 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 civilisations: Egypt, Greece, Rome and the ancient Near East (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and Persia). A tour of the Louvre’s 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 such an abundance of masterpieces by David, Ingres and Delacroix? sculptures The only works by Michelangelo in France – the two famous ‘Slaves’ – are in the Louvre. Nearby, Donatello’s ‘Virgin and Child’ stand alongside Canova’s ‘Cupid and Psyche’. In the Richelieu Wing, more than a thousand years of French sculpture unfold, including depictions of Charles V, Jeanne de Bourbon and Milo of Croton, as well as the Marly Horses and the Tomb of Philippe Pot. Salle des Caryatides, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities