Louvre Paris: the Mars Rotunda ceiling, Sully Wing

RIBA Ref No RIBA108655

Architect/Designer	Marsy, Balthazard (1628-1674)
	Marsy, Gaspard (1624-1681)
	Lange, Bernard (1754-1839)
	Lorta, Jean Francois (1752-1837)
	Mauzaisse, Jean-Bapiste (1784-1844)
Artist/Photographer	Benton, Tim
Country	France
City	Paris
Subject Date	1826
Image Date	1996
View	Interior \| Worm's-eye
Style	Neoclassical
Medium	Transparency
Library Reference	Benton 96-03-11-05
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	Tim Benton / RIBA Collections
Subject	Ceilings ; Decorative plasterwork ; Frescoes ; Sculpture

NOTES: The stucco work is by the Marsy brothers, Balthazard and Gaspard (1658). The medallions depicting the arts are by Bernard Lange and Jean-Francois Lorta (1801) and the central fresco showing Prometheus Giving Fire to Man is by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse, dated 1826. The Sully Wing was built during the reign of Louis XIII by Lemercier between 1624-1654 and was an extension northwards of Pierre Lescot's wing of 1559.

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