A View of the Louvre returns to the museum

4/7/25 - Acquisitions - Paris, Musée du Louvre -
"A drawing we did not hesitate to describe as heritage-worthy", we wrote back in the summer of 2021 (see the news item of 9/6/21) when referring to a sheet (ill. 1) that seemed naturally destined for France’s public collections – more specifically, for the Louvre’s history “department” whose dynamism is in inverse proportion to its rooms, which have continued to shrink like a deflating balloon over the years. Fortunately, neither the museum nor one of its patrons overlooked its quality, and the latter ensured its acquisition for €44,800 including fees. The much hoped-for entry of this remarkable historical document into the Louvre had not yet been reported in our pages, and we had thus only mentioned it in advance of its sale at Ader in…