Love is a universal feeling, but the ways of living it and representing it have changed over time and across civilizations. During this guided tour of the Louvre, professional local guides Emmanuelle, Marie, and Marie-Amandine of Ma-tisse invite you to discover some of the museum’s masterpieces depicting love stories (although they don’t always end up like a fairy tale!).
Some works you’ll see during the visit:
- Sleeping Hermaphrodite (Greek Antiquities)
- Antonio Canova, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss (Sculptures)
- Mirror case: Siege of the Castle of Love (Works of art)
- Petrus Paulus Rubens, The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici to Henry IV
(Flemish paintings)
- Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, The Burial of Atala (French paintings)