01498cgm a2200277 4500 357777432 TxAuBib 860627s1983||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u apl10036448 (OCoLC)458591955 TxAuBib A tour of the Louvre [videorecording]. Grand museum series. U.S. : Video Associates, 1983. 1 videocassette (VHS) (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 inch. Commentary, Michael Peppiatt; director, Roland Dubois. A tour of the Louvre Museum, founded and opened to the public in 1793. Masterpieces from the Palace of Versailles formed the core of the museum's collection; additional works were appropriated during the French Revolution and still others were commissioned by Napoleon. Over the years, the French government acquired works by Uccello, Vermeer, Van der Weyden, Delacroix and Ingres. Donations of Chardin, Watteau, Fragonard, and Frans Hals helped make the Louvre's collection one of the world's great art collections. This videocassette reviews more than 100 of the museum's paintings; a list of works and artists, in chronological order, is enclosed. 1561665 APL ACE. Louvre (Paris, France.) Art- France- Art museums France- Video recordings. Art Collection Video. Video Associates. QS7