Pavillon de Flore

The Pavillon de Flore, part of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France, stands at the southwest end of the Louvre, near the Pont Royal.[1] It was originally constructed in 1607–1610, during the reign of Henry IV, as the corner pavilion between the Tuileries Palace to the north and the Louvre's Grande Galerie to the east.[2][3] The pavilion was entirely redesigned and rebuilt by Hector-Martin Lefuel in 1864–1868 in a highly decorated Second Empire style. Arguably the most famous sculpture on the exterior of the Louvre, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's Triumph of Flora, was added below the central pediment of the south façade at this time.[4][2]: 85–86  The Tuileries Palace was burned by the Paris Commune in 1871, and a north façade, similar to the south façade, was added to the pavilion by Lefuel in 1874–1879.[2]: 91–93  Currently, the Pavillon de Flore is part of the Louvre Museum.

  1. ^ "Palais du Louvre". International Database and Gallery of Structures (in French). structurae.de. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  2. ^ a b c Christiane Aulanier (1971). Le Pavillon de Flore (PDF). Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux.
  3. ^ Wilhelm Lübke (1904). Outlines of the History of Art. Dodd, Mead, and company. p. 337. pavillon de flore structure building history.
  4. ^ Geneviève Bresc-Bautier (1995). The Louvre: An Architectural History. New York: The Vendome Press. pp. 129, 224. ISBN 9780865659636.
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