Highlights
108 works, most famous first. Each has a full written and audio guide.
Mona Lisa (Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo)
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-1519
Salle 711 · Denon
Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Melos)
Unknown, sometimes identified as Alexandros of Antioch, c. 150-125 BC
Salle 345 · Sully
Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix, 1830
Salle 700 · Denon
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Unknown, c. 200-175 BC
Salle 703 · Denon
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The Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault, 1818–1819
Salle 700 · Denon
The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David, 1784
Salle 702 · Denon
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-1519
Salle 710 · Denon
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The Coronation of Napoleon
Jacques-Louis David, 1806–1807
Salle 702 · Denon
Mesha Stele
Unknown, Ninth century BC, circa 830 BC
Salle 303 · Sully
Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1814
Salle 702 · Denon
The Astronomer
Johannes Vermeer, 1668
Salle 837 · Richelieu
The Wedding Feast at Cana
Paolo Caliari, known as Veronese, 1562-1563
Salle 711 · Denon
The Death of Sardanapalus
Eugène Delacroix, 1827
Salle 700 · Denon
Scenes from the Massacres of Chios
Eugène Delacroix, 1824
Salle 700 · Denon
The Death of the Virgin
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), c. 1601-1606
Salle 712 · Denon
The Turkish Bath
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1862 (begun 1859)
Salle 940 · Sully
The Barque of Dante
Eugène Delacroix, 1822
Salle 700 · Denon
The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
Jan van Eyck, c. 1430-1435
Salle 818 · Richelieu
The Ship of Fools
Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1490-1500
Salle 815 · Richelieu
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Stele of the Vultures
Unknown, c. 2450-2425 BC
Salle 236 · Richelieu
The Lacemaker
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1669-1670
Salle 837 · Richelieu
Dying Slave
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1513-1515
Salle 403 · Denon
The Seated Scribe
Unknown, c. 2600-2350 BC (Old Kingdom, 4th to 5th Dynasty)
Salle 635 · Sully
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
Jacques-Louis David, 1799
Salle 702 · Denon
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
Antonio Canova, 1787-1793
Salle 403 · Denon
Diana of Versailles (Artemis with a Doe)
Unknown, after a Greek original attributed to Leochares, Roman, c. AD 125-150
Salle 348 · Sully
Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera (The Embarkation for Cythera)
Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717
Salle 917 · Sully
Lady of Auxerre
Unknown (Crete, probably Eleutherna), c. 640-620 BC
Salle 170 · Denon
Borghese Gladiator
Agasias, son of Dositheos, of Ephesus, c. 100 BC
Salle 348 · Sully
Coronation Sword of the Kings of France, called Joyeuse
Unknown, Pommel 900-1100; guard 1100-1200; grip 1200-1400; blade 1700-1900
Salle 502 · Richelieu
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Unknown, c. 2254-2218 BC
Salle 228 · Richelieu
The Dendera Zodiac
Unknown, c. 50 BC
Salle 325 · Sully
Sleeping Hermaphroditus
Unknown; mattress by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Roman, c. AD 100-150; mattress carved 1620
Salle 348 · Sully
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), c. 1514-1515
Salle 712 · Denon
The Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Eugène Delacroix, 1834
Salle 700 · Denon
Bathsheba at Her Bath Holding King David's Letter
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1654
Salle 844 · Richelieu
The Gebel el-Arak Knife
Unknown, c. 3300-3200 BC (Naqada II C-D)
Salle 633 · Sully
Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa
Antoine-Jean Gros, 1804
Salle 700 · Denon
Portrait of Madame Récamier
Jacques-Louis David, 1800
Salle 702 · Denon
Rebellious Slave
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1513-1515
Salle 403 · Denon
Ares Borghese
Unknown, after a Greek original of the late 5th century BC, Roman, c. 100 BC - AD 50
Salle 344 · Sully
The Barberini Ivory
Unknown (Constantinople), 525-550
Salle 501 · Richelieu
Crown of Napoleon, called the Crown of Charlemagne
Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1804
Salle 504 · Richelieu
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons
Jacques-Louis David, 1789
Salle 702 · Denon
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1808, reworked c. 1827
Salle 702 · Denon
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps
Paul Delaroche, 1848
Salle 701 · Denon
The Apotheosis of Homer
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1827
Salle 702 · Denon
Andromache Mourning Hector
Jacques-Louis David, 1783
Salle 702 · Denon
Leonidas at Thermopylae
Jacques-Louis David, 1814
Salle 702 · Denon
Great Sphinx of Tanis
Unknown, c. 1900-1865 BC (reign of Amenemhat II), reused by later kings
Salle 338 · Sully
Statue of Ebih-Il, Steward of Mari
Unknown, c. 2400 BC
Salle 234 · Richelieu
The Moneylender and His Wife
Quentin Massys (Metsys), 1514
Salle 814 · Richelieu
The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
Georges de La Tour, c. 1636-1640
Salle 912 · Sully
The Bolt
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1777-1778
Salle 929 · Sully
Stele of Zakkur
Unknown, Early eighth century BC, circa 800 BC
Salle 302 · Sully
The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople
Eugène Delacroix, 1840
Salle 700 · Denon
The Loves of Paris and Helen
Jacques-Louis David, 1788
Salle 702 · Denon
Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1805
Salle 702 · Denon
The Crowning with Thorns
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), c. 1542-1543
Salle 711 · Denon
Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles
Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1718-1719
Salle 917 · Sully
Marly Horse: Horse Restrained by a Groom
Guillaume Coustou, 1745
Salle 102 · Richelieu
Namara Inscription, Lintel of Imru' al-Qays
Unknown, AD 328 (year 223 of the era of Bostra; museum record also gives AD 332)
Salle 314 · Sully
Bentresh Stela
Unknown, Text set under Ramesses II; carved later, probably Persian or Ptolemaic period (museum dating Twenty-first Dynasty, 1069-943 BC)
Salle 324 · Sully
Borghese Vase
Unknown (Neo-Attic workshop), c. 40-30 BC
Salle 348 · Sully
Diana of Gabii
Unknown (Roman, after a type linked to Praxiteles), Roman imperial period
Salle 348 · Sully
Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau
Antoine-Jean Gros, 1808
Salle 700 · Denon
Roger Freeing Angelica
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1819
Salle 701 · Denon
Athena, known as the Pallas of Velletri
Unknown, after a Greek bronze original of c. 430 BC, Roman, 1st century AD
Salle 344 · Sully
The Disembarkation of Marie de' Medici at Marseille, 3 November 1600
Peter Paul Rubens, 1622-1625
Salle 801 · Richelieu
The Crown of Louis XV
Augustin Duflos (goldsmith), Laurent Rondé (jeweller), after a design by Claude Rondé, 1722
Salle 705 · Denon
The Harbaville Triptych
Unknown (Constantinople, Romanos group), 940-960
Salle 501 · Richelieu
The Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro), c. 1430-1435
Salle 708 · Denon
Venus, a Satyr and Cupid (The Sleep of Antiope)
Correggio (Antonio Allegri), c. 1524-1527
Salle 712 · Denon
Investiture of Zimri-Lim, Wall Painting from the Palace of Mari
Unknown, Amorite period, c. 1780-1760 BC
Salle 227 · Richelieu
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Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II
Unknown, Early fifth century BC
Salle 311 · Sully
The Entombment of Atala
Anne-Louis Girodet, 1808
Salle 702 · Denon
The Virgin and Child in Majesty Surrounded by Six Angels (Maestà)
Cimabue (Cenni di Pepo), c. 1280 (fourth quarter of the 13th century)
Salle 708 · Denon
Lion of Mari
Unknown, Early Dynastic III B or Amorite period, mid third to early second millennium BC
Salle 227 · Richelieu
Obelisk of Manishtushu
Unknown, Akkadian period, c. 2270 BC
Salle 228 · Richelieu
Borghese Venus
Unknown (Roman, Capitoline Venus type), c. 160 AD
Salle 348 · Sully
Bust of Cardinal Richelieu
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1640-1641
Salle 403 · Denon
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Unknown, c. 520-510 BC
Salle 663 · Sully
The Charging Chasseur
Théodore Géricault, 1812
Salle 700 · Denon
Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1854
Salle 700 · Denon
A Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother
Eugène Delacroix, 1830
Salle 700 · Denon
Aurora and Cephalus
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810
Salle 702 · Denon
Portrait of Pierre Sériziat
Jacques-Louis David, 1795
Salle 702 · Denon
Crucifixion with Saint Dominic
Fra Angelico, Second quarter of the fifteenth century
Salle 707 · Denon
Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
Giotto di Bondone, c. 1295-1300
Salle 708 · Denon
The Virgin of the Rocks
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1483-1494
Salle 710 · Denon
The Shepherds of Arcadia (Et in Arcadia ego)
Nicolas Poussin, c. 1638
Salle 825 · Richelieu
Self-Portrait at the Easel
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1660
Salle 844 · Richelieu
Nymph of Fontainebleau
Benvenuto Cellini, with Pierre Bontemps, 1542-1543
Salle 403 · Denon
The Return of Marcus Sextus
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1799
Salle 702 · Denon
Milo of Croton
Pierre Puget, 1671-1682
Salle 105 · Richelieu
The Battle of San Romano: The Counterattack of Micheletto Attendolo da Cotignola
Paolo Uccello (Paolo di Dono), c. 1435-1455
Salle 708 · Denon
Saint Sebastian
Andrea Mantegna, c. 1480
Salle 710 · Denon
The Coronation of the Virgin, known as Paradise
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), c. 1578-1582
Salle 711 · Denon
Portrait of Erasmus Writing
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1523
Salle 809 · Richelieu
Apollo Slaying the Serpent Python (Galerie d'Apollon ceiling)
Eugène Delacroix, 1850–1851
Salle 705 · Denon
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Code of Hammurabi
Unknown, c. 1792-1750 BC
Salle 227 · Richelieu
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Gudea, Prince of Lagash, known as the Architect with a Plan
Unknown, c. 2120-2110 BC
Salle 228 · Richelieu
Human-headed Winged Bull (Lamassu) from the Palace of Sargon II
Unknown, c. 721-705 BC
Salle 229 · Richelieu
Frieze of Archers from the Palace of Darius I at Susa
Unknown, c. 510 BC (reign of Darius I, 522-486 BC)
Salle 307 · Sully
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Bull Capital from the Apadana of Darius I at Susa
Unknown, c. 510 BC (reign of Darius I, 522-486 BC)
Salle 307 · Sully
Book of the Dead of Nebqed
Unknown, c. 1398-1349 BC (18th Dynasty)
Salle 319 · Sully
Colossal Bust of Akhenaten from Karnak
Unknown, c. 1349-1333 BC
Salle 638 · Sully
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Unknown, Caeretan workshop, c. 520-510 BC
Salle 663 · Sully