Beautiful paintings in the Louvre, Paris – world’s largest museum!

The Louvre is the world’s largest museum. It is located in the city of love, Paris, which is of course the capital of France! It has 35,000 objects on display over an area of 72,735 square meters. On a chilly morning in March, when I entered the Louvre, the world’s second most visited museum, I realized that this is a kind of place where one can immerse oneself in great contemplation while looking at the works of artists who have risen to great heights.

At Louvre- the world’s largest museum

Leonardo DA Vinci’s Mona Lisa in the Louvre

The joy of seeing Leonardo DA Vinci’s Mona Lisa in the Louvre is hard to put into mere words. It occupies the realm of mind. When I viewed the innumerable paintings on display, I was stunned into an uncharacteristic silence by their beauty. Although it is impossible to tell which are my favorites, but still I decided to write about five paintings, that have touched distant shores of my heart and mind.

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Beautiful paintings in the Louvre

A Painting by François Gérard

I loved this painting by François Gérard. I felt there is an enigma in her expression. She is beautiful with her quotidian looks, shy demeanor and finely tuned sensitivity.

A Portrait by Marie Benoist

This is a painting from 1800 when the slaves in French colonies were (temporarily) liberated. The expression on her face was still not insouciant. I fell in love with the expressions portrayed by her eyes.

Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea – a painting by Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin

This painting creates a mystery; an unknown story. It leaves room for imagination. Some say he was shipwrecked on a deserted island, some explain that he was a shepherd who lost his flock! I would love to imagine him as a romantic young lover, who is melancholic and sitting beside the sea while thinking of his love. Perhaps his delight is in melancholy; who knows!

The Flood by Antonio Marziale Carracci

I stared in awe at this famous piece of painting – The Flood by Antonio Marziale Carracci. I marveled at the expressions portrayed by the characters in the painting. The painter had a passion for precision undoubtedly.

A painting by Luis de Morales

The intensity of the agony and the sadness in this painting touched me. The painter had an ability to stir the emotions in the viewer.

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Myself, sitting inside the Louvre museum

In Louvre I was literally lost in a sea of beauty. I was brimming with excitement and intrigue to explore more. Each of the paintings seemed more perfect than the next. I realized that all art is, at its core, a stab to mortality. Artists by dint of their creations, escape death for centuries.

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Chirasree Banerjee

Hello. My name is Chirasree. I have been traveling for almost 11 years to places all over the world. I enter into a separate reality during my travels and enjoy the allure of escape from the mundane. I seek beauty through nature and human-made creations. Because beauty is powerful. I seek knowledge. I observe, absorb, and write about the places I visit and the profound realizations and inspirations that each place has to offer.