The louvre s collection mostly comprised of marble sculptures was enriched with archaeological objects when the tochon collection was purchased in 1818 followed by that of durand 1825 1836.
Louvre marble sculptures.
This ronde bosse sculpture by antonio canova is undoubtedly one of the most famous allegories of love in the louvre museum.
It tells the story of psyche who having fainted is saved by the god of love cupid.
History of the parthenon marbles in the musée du louvre.
νίκη της σαμοθράκης niki tis samothrakis is a marble hellenistic sculpture of nike the greek goddess of victory that was created in about the 2nd century bc.
Media in category marble sculptures in the louvre the following 20 files are in this category out of 20 total.
Since 1884 it has been prominently displayed at the louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world.
The two lovers will get married.
The winged victory of samothrace also called the nike of samothrace greek.
Building up the collections.
Besides a few fragments of metopes the louvre has one of the 114 blocks that made up the parthenon s frieze and the tenth metope from the parthenon both of which are currently on display.
Aristée bertin louvre noir jpg 2 004 3 043.
As early as the ancien régime the louvre housed a number of medieval and modern sculptures.
Unwanted or dismantled royal commissions charles v and jeanne de bourbon della robbia s catherine de medicis groups by pilon puget s alexander and diogenes busts and a series of famous men made for the future museum were stored in what was known as the salle des.
And this is certainly the case with the parthenon sculptures now in the louvre.
Atalante 1 lepautre louvre mr 1804 jpg 2 014 3 026.