Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre

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The Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre are a grand Baroque ensemble of mythological and allegorical paintings and ornamentation designed by Charles Le Brun for one of the museum’s most opulent galleries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque decorative program
ceiling decoration ensemble
mythological and allegorical painting cycle
artMovement French Baroque art
surface form: French Baroque

French Baroque architecture
surface form: Louis XIV style
associatedWith French royal imagery
Sun King symbolism
chiefPainter Charles Le Brun
commissionedBy Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV
conservation subject to ongoing restoration and maintenance by the Louvre
country France
culturalSignificance prototype of later French grand gallery decorations
dedicatedTo Apollo
designer Charles Le Brun
function glorification of Louis XIV as Sun King
royal ceremonial decoration
hasComponent central ceiling painting of Apollo
gilded sculptural reliefs
ornamental stucco frames
surrounding allegorical panels
heritageStatus part of a historic monument of France
iconographicTheme allegories of the Sun
mythology of Apollo
Reign of Louis XIV
surface form: triumph of Louis XIV
influencedBy Galerie des Glaces at Versailles
Italian Baroque ceiling painting
locatedIn Galerie d’Apollon
Louvre Museum
Paris
material gilded wood
oil on canvas
stucco
museumSection Department of Decorative Arts
surface form: Department of Decorative Arts of the Louvre
notableFor integration of painting, sculpture, and gilded decoration
mythological and allegorical iconography
opulent Baroque ornamentation
partOf Galerie d’Apollon decorative scheme
Louvre Palace
period 17th century
style grand decorative ensemble
visitorAttraction major highlight of the Louvre’s historic interiors

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Charles Le Brun notableWork Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre
Charles de La Fosse notableWork Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre
this entity surface form: Ceiling decoration of the Salon d’Apollon, Louvre