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08 Mar 2021
#IWD2021 Women of the Louvre
AT A GLANCE
Through 6 masterpieces, AXA pays tribute to amazing women who challenged the status quo as artists, historical figures, or icons.
#IWD2021 Axa et Le Louvre, visite virtuelle
Join us for a virtual visit to The Louvre. Through 6 masterpieces, AXA pays tribute to amazing women who challenged the status quo as artists, historical figures, or icons.
Queens, princesses, mistresses, the women of The Louvre reveal themselves through 6 masterpieces, commented by Géraldine Bretault & Jacques Le Roux.
- Portrait de Lisa Gherardini, épouse de Francesco del Giocondo dite Mona Lisa, La Gioconda ou La Joconde. Léonard de Vinci, 1501-1519
- Jeanne d’Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII. Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1851-54.
- Le Couronnement de Marie de Medecis. Pierre Paul Rubens, 1620.
- Le 28 juillet: La Liberté guidant le peuple. Eugène Delacroix, 1830.
- Madame Vigée Le Brun et sa fille. Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1786.
- Portrait d’une femme noire, Madeline. Marie-Guillemine Benoist, 1800.
The Louvre museum has put nearly half a million items from its collection online for the public to visit free of charge, including 40 masterpieces: Artworks essential to history and the history of art, masterpieces bear witness to the wealth of the Louvre’s collections and the wide range of artistic practices used around the world and through the ages.