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A few of the more famous works of art displayed in the Louvre are [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Mona Lisa]], The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks, The Wedding at Cana, [[St. Francis of Assisi]] receives the stigmata, [[Eugene Delacroix|Delacroix]]'s Liberty Leading the People, Winged Victory of Samothrace and the [[Venus de Milo]].  This is only a small fraction of the 35,000 works of art, sculpture, history, furniture and even the architecture of the museum itself.  
 
A few of the more famous works of art displayed in the Louvre are [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Mona Lisa]], The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks, The Wedding at Cana, [[St. Francis of Assisi]] receives the stigmata, [[Eugene Delacroix|Delacroix]]'s Liberty Leading the People, Winged Victory of Samothrace and the [[Venus de Milo]].  This is only a small fraction of the 35,000 works of art, sculpture, history, furniture and even the architecture of the museum itself.  
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[[File:Louvre paintings.jpg|thumb|One of its famous paintings.]]
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[[File:Louvre paintings.jpg|thumb|One of its famous paintings. <br> Portrait of Marie-Madeleine Guimard by [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], near 1769.]]
 
The Louvre has been used in a number of different movies and television shows, as well as locations in books such as [[The Da Vinci Code]].
 
The Louvre has been used in a number of different movies and television shows, as well as locations in books such as [[The Da Vinci Code]].
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[[File:Renoir, La Lecture, Louvre.jpg]]
 
[[File:Renoir, La Lecture, Louvre.jpg]]