7 Things to See at the Louvre Other Than the Mona Lisa Inline
Photo: Hubert Fanthomme / Getty Images1/7Cy Twombly’s 2010 ceiling, in the Salle des Bronzes gallery, covers about 3,750 square feet and features the names of iconic Greek sculptors and spheres that are meant to represent either planets, coins, or shields.
Photo: Raphael Gaillarde / Getty Images2/7Anselm Kiefer’s 2007 installation, in the Sully wing in a stairwell between the Egyptian and Mesopotamian antiquities rooms, was the first permanent change made to the Louvre’s interior decor since Georges Braque’s 1953 painted ceiling.
Photo: Peter Horree / Alamy3/7Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Sleeping Hermaphrodite, 1620, in the Sully wing, is a marble sculpture derived from the form of Venus as well as Dionysus and Bacchus in ancient mythology.
Photo: DeAgostini / Getty Images4/7Raphael’s Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, 1514–1515, in the Denon wing, shows the Renaissance painter’s friend, a diplomat who was highly regarded in the right social circles during the Renaissance and came up in rank along with Raphael.
Photo: Leemage / Corbis5/7Gregor Erhart’s Saint Mary Magdalene, 1515–1520, in the Denon wing, shows the religious figure in a different light. In this interpretation, as the legend goes, Mary Magdalene lived in a cave alone because she was a sinner, clothed by her hair and nothing else. This piece was purchased by the Louvre in 1902.
