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3 Beyoncé and Jay-Z
3 Beyoncé and Jay-Z
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Introduction
In 2018, the Carters shook things up at the venerable Louvre palace! Follow this trail to
see the highlights the superstar couple picked out for their ‘APES**T’ music video.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z chose the Louvre as their shooting location. This trail shows you
the paintings, sculptures and settings that inspired them for this song from their first
album as a duo: an Egyptian sphinx, Greek gods and goddesses, a famous Italian of
the Renaissance, an emperor in all his glory, tragic or romantic heroes and heroines –
and the iconic Winged Victory of Samothrace, who appears in the video poised on the
prow of her marble ship while a sea of dancers ripple in waves down the staircase at
her feet.
START OF TRAIL
Enter through the Denon wing.
Opposite the Pyramid, turn right and walk through the gallery.
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Opposite The Winged Victory of Samothrace, turn right and go between the
columns.
Go straight on past the glass door.
Leave the Salon Carré by the door to the right of the windows and go into the
Grande Galerie.
The Virgin of the Green Cushion is on the left wall, after the first window.
STEP 2
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Walk on through the Grande Galerie. Pass the red marble columns.
Pietà is on the left wall, just before the painting in the middle of the gallery.
STEP 3
PIETÀ
Room 710 - Denon wing - Level 1
Pietà
Giovanni Battista di Jacopo, known as Rosso Fiorentino
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STEP 4
Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, known as the Mona
Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
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Turn around to look at the huge painting opposite the Mona Lisa.
STEP 5
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Walk behind the Mona Lisa and go into the next room.
The Raft of the Medusa is a little further on, on the left wall.
STEP 6
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At the top of the wall on your right you will see The Shades of Francesca da Rimini
and Paolo Malatesta Appear to Dante and Virgil.
STEP 7
THE SHADES OF FRANCESCA DA RIMINI AND
PAOLO MALATESTA
Room 700 - Denon wing - Level 1
The Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appear to Dante and
Virgil
Ary Scheffer
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On the wall opposite The Raft of the Medusa is The Charging Chasseur.
STEP 8
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Time for a break? Try the Café Mollien…and enjoy the fabulous view of the Pyramid from its
terrace.
See the Louvre's Restaurants and Cafes
Go through the following room, past the gift shop and into the next room.
STEP 9
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STEP 10
MADAME RÉCAMIER
Room 702 - Denon wing - Level 1
Madame Récamier
Jacques-Louis David
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Now turn to look at The Intervention of the Sabine Women, opposite The Oath of
the Horatii.
STEP 12
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Leave the room and head towards The Winged Victory of Samothrace.
Walk towards the centre of the gallery and look up at the ceiling.
STEP 13
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Turn right at the bottom of the stairs, and continue down the next staircase.
Go straight on through the rotunda (Room 408) and the next room (Room 347).
Turn right as soon as you enter the room with red marble wall, and go up to the
Venus de Milo.
STEP 14
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Go straight on through the crowd of sculptures facing the Venus de Milo.
STEP 15
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At the far end of the room, turn left in front of the statue of Athena.
STEP 16
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After the Allée de Sphinx (Room 327), go up the stairs to the left.
At the top of the stairs, turn left towards the series of rooms.
STEP 17
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WAY TO EXIT
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