This museum is a stand-alone venue that is part of the Louvre.
The museum is across the street from a huge golden statue of Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc).
The museum displays one gorgeous work of decorative art after another, from many periods.
I love this Houdon bust of the mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace, in large part because it was paired with Louis-Leopold Boilly's painting of the Atelier of Houdon, in which the sculptor is working on this very bust, with Pierre-Simon sitting for him.
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How fascination to have a sculpture and the painting of its creation paired in this museum. Jack, I know you went to Paris just to out do my trip to New York City.
Beautiful items indeed.
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