Itinerary to visit the Louvre Museum in half a day (6 the 7 hours)
the first time I visited Paris for a reason that it was not farvici direct flights, I only 2 days, and I cut out a route-flash 90 minutes, to visit Louvre.
Unfortunately, given the vastness of the museum, so short a visit can serve only to have the vaguest idea of the treasures kept inside. 🙂
In early July, however, I had virtually unlimited time to re-visit the Louvre, and I have prepared a detailed itinerary, leveraging official website Museum, reviews and scattered.
The museum has an impressive exhibition area, articulated in 3 or (Sully, Denon, Richelieu) and 4 levels, so it is very important group works to place them in the museum, rather than by historical period. In tal modo, I avoided going back and forth, and waste valuable time. 🙂
To get an idea of the incredible number of exhibition halls, you can download the official map of the Louvre, in lingua italiana, A this address.
obviously, like last time, I preferred to avoid the long queue to buy a ticket, and I bought it online, thus saving time, and immediately begin the visit!
I loaded my photo taken at the Louvre, Usual, in my gallery, to this address.
Be patient: the most important works such as Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo o la Nike of Samothrace I am literally besieged by hordes of people whose only interest is certainly appreciate the work, but bother with clubs selfie, to show to their friends (?) Facebook their best face. 🙂
In front of the Mona Lisa, just a pinch of crowd… 🙂
We come to’itinerary, I saw start from the Sully Wing, passing through the Denon, and ending with the Richelieu. Do not be afraid to put these names: in the hall of the museum you will find written, in large letters, directions to each of the three wings of the Louvre!
SULLY WING
Model boat with figures (Ground Floor – Near Eastern Antiquites – Room A – Display case 2)
Aphrodite – The Venus de Milo (Ground Floor – Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities – room 7)
Frieze of the archers (Ground Floor – Near Eastern Antiquities – Room 12b – closed?)
Sarcophagus of Ramses III (Ground Floor – Egyptian Antiquities – room 13)
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The scribe sitting (1st Floor – Egyptian Antiquites – room 22 – Showcase 10)
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Georges de LA TOUR – The trick with the ace of diamonds (2nd Floor – Paintings – room 24)
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The European – Portrait of woman (Forse Sully wing?)
DENON WING
Nike of Samothrace (Ground Floor – Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities – Victory of Samothrace staircase)
Michelangelo Buonarroti – Rebel Slave (Ground Floor – Sculptures – room 4)
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Guido di Pietro – Coronation of the Virgin (1st Floor – Paintings – room 3)
Mona Lisa (1st Floor – Paintings – room 6)
Paolo CALIARI, this Veronese – The Wedding at Cana (1st Floor – Paintings – room 6)
Titian – Woman with mirror (1st Floor – Paintings – room 7)
The Diamond “Regent” (1st Floor – Decorative Art – room 66)
Necklace Empress Maria Luisa (1st Floor – Decorative Art – room 66)
Jacques-Louis DAVID – Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine the 2 December 1804 (1st Floor – Paintings – room 75)
Jacques-Louis DAVID – Oath of the Horatii (1st Floor – Paintings – room 75)
Eugene Delacroix – Liberty Leading the People (1st Floor – Paintings – room 77)
Theodore GÉRICAULT – Rape of Medusa (1st Floor – Paintings – room 77)
Eugene Delacroix – The Barque of Dante (1st Floor – Paintings – room 77)
Baron Antoine Jean GROS – Bonaparte Visiting the Victims of the Plague at Jaffa (1st Floor – Paintings – room 77)
RICHELIEU WING
Code Hamurrabi (Ground Floor – Near Eastern Antiquities – room 3)
Winged bull with human head (Ground Floor – Near Eastern Antiquites – room 4)
King Ashurbanipal on the bandwagon with the prisoners (Ground Floor – Near Eastern Antiquities – room 6)
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Diptych – The Emperor Triumphant (1st Floor – Decorative Arts – room 1)
Central medallion from the Carpet in the Throne Room at the Palais des Tuileries (1st Floor – Decorative Arts – room 72)
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Self-portrait by Albrecht DÜRER (2nd Floor – Paintings – room 8)
Nicolas Poussin – Rape of the Sabine (2nd Floor – Paintings – room 14)
Jan Vermeer – The lacemaker (2nd Floor – Paintings – room 38)
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Louis XIV (1638-1715) (Forse Richelieu wing?)
This tour allowed me to see the most important works of the Louvre (though, given the number of valuable works kept in the museum, perhaps distant cultures from Europe, such as Maya or Chinese, it would take days and days to visit!) in 6 hours, riposandomi few minutes every hour.
I do not recommend to add more works to your visit, because otherwise the visit is likely to become a tour de force, and be unpleasant… we “ubriachereste” d’arte, without understanding anything!
I have absolutely no intention of return to the Louvre even in my next visit to Paris… which works would you recommend?