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March 26, 2020

Travel From Your Couch – The Louvre – Part 2

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During the Coronavirus outbreak I have decided to share my travels from my couch. Today is all about The Louvre in Paris and I am reliving our trip there a couple of years ago. I love being able to go back and look at some of the great paintings and art objects that we saw when we spent the day there.

It helps to have some kind of reference book and for all of the ones that I can identify I am using this fabulous book: The Louvre – All the Paintings by Erich Lessing and Vincent Pomarede . This hardcover 9 1/2 pound book is amazing and the perfect thing to use as a reference as I look at my less than perfect photographs. This series is going to take a while so keep coming back for more in The Louvre series.

The first painting that I have to highlight is the very famous Mona Lisa. We hightailed it upon entering the building (after a brief snafu with our tickets) so we could see it before it got swamped. It was still pretty crowded but I did manage to get a few photos of it.

It is very difficult to get a picture without reflections and distorted colors but at least we got to actually see it in person which was a thrill.

This puts it a little bit more into perspective. I knew it was smaller than most people think it is but it is really dwarfed in this massive room, isn’t it?

The portrait known as The Mona Lisa is presumed to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini who was the wife of a merchant Fransesco del Giocondo. Leonardo da Vinci started the piece in Florence around 1503 but did not finish it. According to the research in the book: The Louvre – All the Paintings by Erich Lessing and Vincent Pomarede , the piece was taken to France and perhaps purchased by King Francis I in 1518. Later the painting returned to Italy and became part of a royal collection there. Of course there are a lot of theories about the picture – one includes the thought that it is an idealized portrait of the Virgin Mary. Whatever the story and background behind it I just am happy I was able to see it in real life.

And now a few more paintings and if I can track down the descriptions I will add those to the picture.

This one is by Sebastiano del Piambo – Visitation from early 16th century.

The Battle of David and Goliath from 16th century by Daniele Ricciarelli.

Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter by Guido Reni from circa 1620.

The Virgin and Child by Francesco Gessi circa 1624.

I love this one because of the waterfall –from what I can find in my pictures I think this one is by Giovanni Bastita Busiri.

A painting by Gianantonio Pellegrini entitled Modesty Introducing Painting to the Academy from 1733.

By Francisco de Goya Lucientes – Portrait of Luis Mario de Cistue Martinez.

Thanks for joining me on the couch today. Come back tomorrow and I will share some more of my travels. I may mix it up a bit so you never know what to expect from It’s Just Life. Don’t forget to leave me a comment for our Comments for a Cause recipient – Diaper Bank of North Carolina.

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  1. Darlene
    March 26, 2020 at 07:18 am

    Fabulous! Seeing The Mona Lisa in person must have been amazing. I got very excited seeing some of my favourite paintings at The Musee d’Orsay and also at the Prada in Madrid. I love the Goya. Luis Mario is so cute!

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      March 26, 2020 at 07:26 am

      I so want to go to The Musee d’Orsay someday. Micah told us that it was his favorite in Paris and we just didn’t have time to do it on our trip. Someday……

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      1. Darlene
        March 27, 2020 at 08:35 am

        But you got to go inside the Louvre which we didn’t. There is only so much time!

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  2. susi_snaps
    March 26, 2020 at 10:57 am

    Thanks for taking us inside the Louvre. I can only imagine the crowds. My sister and I went to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam last summer and there was definitely always a big crowd in front of the more famous paintings. There are a lot of Rembrandts there. I enjoy seeing them but I’m definitely not an art connoisseur.

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  3. catladymac
    March 26, 2020 at 04:39 pm

    Thahk you for giving us the Tour !

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  4. Shirley Matthews Dunn
    March 26, 2020 at 06:29 pm

    Another wonderful tour, thank you. I had heard the Mora Lisa was smaller than we thought but did not think it was that small. Small are not very pretty.

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  5. Mama's Empty Nest
    March 26, 2020 at 08:13 pm

    Once again, I enjoyed the tour! Thanks for giving us something to distract our thoughts. 🙂

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