The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier, Vol. 5 The Louvre, And, Constantinople (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier, Vol. 5: The Louvre, And, Constantinople The Museum of the Louvre, one of the very richest in Europe, was founded by the Convention, but fine collections of paintings, drawings, and other works of art existed in France long before that time. At that marvellous epoch called the Renaissance, Francis I, to whom the modern Louvre owes its existence,…