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Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol - Egypt Is Saved by Joseph #302891997
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Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol - Egypt Is Saved by Joseph. In 1806, Napoléon arranged for work to be continued by his architects Percier and Fontaine. The North Wing was extended along the new rue de Rivoli. Under the Restoration, the museum, which had lost its chefs-d'oeuvre, had to be restored, and an active acquisitions policy was developed in several areas.Renaissance and Modern sculptures from the musée des Monuments français (1824), Egyptian works collected by Jean-François Champollion (1826), the musée naval (1827), the Spanish collection of Louis-Philippe and Assyrian antiquities originating from the excavations of Paul-Emile Botta (1847). Louvre Museum, Paris, 2024
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