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Which painting is across the room from the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum in Paris?

Posted by on April 21, 2010 · 2 Comments 

I went to the Louvre last summer and visited the room where the Mona Lisa was held. It was beautiful, but the one that blew me away was the painting directly across the room from it. Unfortunately I don’t remember the name of the painting, all I remember was its gargantuan size and incredible detail. Can anyone refresh my memory?

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2 Responses to “Which painting is across the room from the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum in Paris?”
  1. Maturin says:
    April 21, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    The Wedding Feast at Cana.
    By Veronese.
    http://www.louvre.fr/media/repository/ressources/sources/illustration/atlas/x196image_58819_v2_m56577569830598764.jpg

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_at_Cana_(Veronese)
    Paolo Veronese
    1563
    Oil on canvas
    666 cm × 990 cm (262 in × 390 in)
    Louvre, Paris

  2. Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs says:
    April 21, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    Hmmmm…..the last time I visited the Louvre, it was so long ago, that the Mona Lisa was practically a new acquisition :) I seem to remember that it was in it’s own small area, with on other work across from it at that time.

    In it’s new location, Perhaps the painting you’re referring to is the Virgin of the Rocks.

    I certainly miss Paris. I envy you.