# The Louvre's must-see works

The masterpieces every guide says you mustn't miss at the Louvre, paintings, sculptures and antiquities, with their artist and date.

- 2 votes · 20 items
- Jun 4, 2025 · historien_bretagne
- https://even.best/en/l/387/the-louvre-s-must-see-works

## Top 15

1. **Mona Lisa** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-1519. In the Salle des États, behind bulletproof glass.
2. **Venus de Milo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Greek statue of Aphrodite, c. 150-125 BC, found in 1820 on the island of Milos.
3. **Winged Victory of Samothrace** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Greek sculpture in Parian marble, c. 190 BC, at the top of the Daru staircase.
4. **The Raft of the Medusa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Théodore Géricault, 1818-1819. The wreck of the frigate Méduse in 1816.
5. **Liberty Leading the People** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eugène Delacroix, 1830. The July Revolution of 1830.
6. **The Coronation of Napoleon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jacques-Louis David, 1805-1807. Almost 10 metres wide.
7. **The Wedding Feast at Cana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Paolo Veronese, 1562-1563. The museum's largest painting, opposite the Mona Lisa.
8. **Code of Hammurabi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Babylonian basalt stele, c. 1750 BC, one of the oldest law codes.
9. **The Seated Scribe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Egyptian painted limestone sculpture, Old Kingdom (c. 2600-2350 BC), with inlaid eyes.
10. **Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Antonio Canova, 1787-1793. Neoclassical marble.
11. **Michelangelo's Slaves** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Dying Slave and the Rebellious Slave (1513-1516), made for Pope Julius II's tomb.
12. **The Lacemaker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Johannes Vermeer, c. 1669-1670. A tiny painting, 24 × 21 cm.
13. **Grande Odalisque** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1814. Famous for her impossibly long back.
14. **Napoleon III Apartments** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The gilded Second Empire reception rooms in the Richelieu wing.
15. **The Great Sphinx of Tanis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A large Egyptian sphinx in pink granite, in the crypt of the Egyptian Antiquities department.
16. **Winged bulls of Khorsabad** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Assyrian lamassu from the palace of Sargon II, 8th century BC.
17. **The Louvre Pyramid** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — I. M. Pei's glass pyramid, opened in 1989, the museum's main entrance.
18. **The Virgin of the Rocks** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Painting by Leonardo da Vinci (around 1483-1486), in the Grande Galerie, a few steps from the Mona Lisa.
19. **The Death of Sardanapalus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Large canvas by Eugène Delacroix (1827) inspired by Byron's poem.
20. **The Ace of Diamonds Cheater** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Painting by Georges de La Tour (around 1635) on a rigged card game.

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