{"slug": "louvre", "label": "Louvre", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19675", "qid": "Q19675", "description": "art and archeology museum in Paris, France", "entries": 16, "years": 15, "span": [-2253, 2025], "span_label": ["2254 BCE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 7}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 5}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Louvre Museum", "Musée du Louvre", "The Louvre"], "related": [{"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "susa", "label": "Susa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "leonardo-da-vinci", "label": "Leonardo da Vinci", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mona-lisa", "label": "Mona Lisa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "british-museum", "label": "British Museum", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mari-syria", "label": "Mari, Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parthenon", "label": "Parthenon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -2253, "year_label": "2254 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: The Stela of Naram-Sin, probably from Sippar, discovered in Susa (modern Shush, Iran), was made. It is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371895841#Events", "title": "23rd century BC", "revid": 1371895841, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1791, "year_label": "1792 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC: (middle chronology) – Stela of Hammurabi, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran) is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1749, "year_label": "1750 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. 1750 BC: Investiture of Zimrilim (Zimrilim, King of Mari, before the Goddess Ishtar), facsimile of a wall painting on mud plaster from the Zimrilim palace at Mari (modern Tell Hariri, Syria), Court 106, is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -459, "year_label": "460 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A statue of Apollo is cast (approximate date), of which today remains one leg, preserved at the Louvre, and the head, known as the Chatsworth Head, preserved at the British Museum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173290#Arts", "title": "460 BC", "revid": 1354173290, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts"}}, {"year": -437, "year_label": "438 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Ionic frieze on the north side of the Parthenon, is created (finished in 432 BC). Parts of this frieze are now preserved in museums in Europe, including the Horsemen (at the British Museum, London), and the Marshals and Young Women (now at Musée du Louvre, Paris), which once formed part of the Procession on the frieze.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326570904#Art", "title": "438 BC", "revid": 1326570904, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": -189, "year_label": "190 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The statue Nike (Victory) of Samothrace is created (possible date). It is discovered in 1863 and is now kept at Musée du Louvre in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342606670#Art", "title": "190 BC", "revid": 1342606670, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Henry IV advances Parisian development, working on projects like the Louvre and Place Royale.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736927#Events", "title": "1604 in France", "revid": 1353736927, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1665, "year_label": "1665 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737363#Arts_and_literature", "title": "1665 in France", "revid": 1353737363, "section": "Arts and literature"}}, {"year": 1750, "year_label": "1750 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – The Louvre Museum is created in Paris four years after art critic Lafond de Saint-Yenne calls on the King to allow the display of the royal art collection to the general public. Abel-François Poisson, the Marquis de Marigny, arranges for the display of 110 of the Crown's paintings at the Palais du Luxembourg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349828876#October–December", "title": "1750", "revid": 1349828876, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1750, "year_label": "1750 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 14", "text": "14 October – Display of 110 paintings from the royal art collection at the Luxembourg Palace in Paris is arranged by Abel-François Poisson, the Marquis de Marigny, origin of both the Louvre museum and Musée du Luxembourg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738453#Events", "title": "1750 in France", "revid": 1353738453, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Louvre in Paris opens to the public as an art museum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#July–December", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 24", "text": "24 April – Salon of 1822 opens at the Louvre in Paris", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331879042#Events", "title": "1822 in France", "revid": 1331879042, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – The Winged Victory of Samothrace, one of the most significant sculptures of classical antiquity, is found in excavations on the Greek island of Samothrace by Charles Champoiseau. Made c. 190 BC, it is later shipped to the Louvre in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#April", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1911, "year_label": "1911 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by Vincenzo Peruggia; the painting is returned in 1913.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373497014#August", "title": "1911", "revid": 1373497014, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th-century painting the Mona Lisa is assessed for insurance purposes at US$100 million before touring the United States for several months, the highest insurance value for a painting in history. However, the Louvre, its owner, chooses to spend the money that would have been spent on the insurance premium on security instead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#December", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – 2025 Louvre heist: Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are stolen during a robbery from the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#October", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › October"}}]}