The Louvre, in one architectural manifestation or another, has dominated central Paris since the late twelfth century. Originally built as a fortress, the structure later became the royal residence for a succession of French kings. Its evolution into one of the world’s greatest museums began in 1793, and today the Louvre attracts six million visitors annually to its unsurpassed collection of artworks dating from antiquity to 1848. At the early core of the Louvre collection was the art acquired by French rulers ranging from Francis I (reigned 1515–1547) to Louis XVI (reigned 1774–1791). With their regal tastes (and budgets), this line of kings compiled a treasure trove of masterpieces by the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque. This handsome notecard assortment reproduces four of these masterworks from the Louvre, by four giants of European art—Murillo, Raphael, Rembrandt, and Velázquez. An unprecedented long-term exchange agreement was arranged for these works and others from the Louvre to be exhibited at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta—the leading art museum in the southeastern United States—for three years, beginning in fall 2006. Twenty assorted 5 x 7" blank notecards (5 each of 4 styles) with white envelopes in a decorative box. ISBN 978-0-7649-3811-5. |
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Diego Velázquez, The Infanta Margarita, 1653. 5 x 7" blank notecard with white envelope. | | Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, ca. 1514–1515. 5 x 7" blank notecard with white envelope. |
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Saint Matthew and the Angel, 1661. 5 x 7" blank notecard with white envelope. | | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Young Beggar, ca. 1650. 5 x 7" blank notecard with white envelope. |
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