The Louvre Museum - World's Most Visited Art Gallery

The Louvre Museum is one of the world's largest museum and a historical monument. Located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, the museum has attracted millions of art lovers all over the world. In 2012, the Louvre recorder a total number of 9,720,260 visitors making it the most visited modern art gallery.

The collection of the Louvre Museum was first established in the sixteenth century as the private collection of King Francis I. One of the works of art he purchased was the now famous Mona Lisa painting. The collection grew steadily thanks to donations and purchases by the kings. In 1793, during the French Revolution, the Louvre became a national art museum and the private royal collection opened to the public.

                     

Mona Lisa

                     

Venus ofMilo

                                    

The museum has a collection of over one million works of art, of which about 35,000 are on display, spread out over three wings of the former palace. Some of the most famous works of art in the museum are the Venus of Milo, the Nike of Samothrake, the Dying Slave by Michelangelo and of course Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

         

Marly Horse

Seated Scribe

                       

     

Winged Victory

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