Cour Carree, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
Allegory of Epic Poetry, and below, Homer with the genius of war (left) and Virgil with the genius of love (right), by Antoine Denis Chaudet, 1763-1810, on the Aile Lemercier or Lemercier Wing, built 1639 by Jacques Lemercier, 1585-1654, and decorated later from 1806 as ordered by Napoleon I, in the Renaissance style of the Lescot Wing, in the Cour Carree, at the Palais du Louvre, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14073915
Media ID
45844579
Size
8268px x 6201px
(17.3MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
