It’s really impossible for me to ‘do’ the Louvre. It is so big with so many exhibits, that it’s a bit overwhelming. You need to take several visits and divide it up by section to really do it justice. I enjoy seeing old favorites. The Mona Lisa of course (La Joconde in French, by Leonardo DaVinci). This picture is to show how small it is, just a regular portrait size and its location behind glass. The display has been redone since my last visit, it used to be in what looked like its own room. Now it’s in a wall display which is free standing in the room. Interesting. Again, it paid off getting to the Louvre early, there were no lines and the galleries were pretty empty, which made it nice to take pictures and to admire the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory and some of my favorite french paintings, such as this one of Empress Josephine and Napoleon in Notre Dame, with Napoleon crowning himself (which did not make the Pope very happy.)
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