6041497 View of the great gallery of Apollon at the Musee du Louvre (oil on canvas) by Duval, Victor (1795-1889); 56x80 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: When it was destroyed by fire, reconstruction of the \'Petite Galerie\' was by Louis Le Vau 1661-63, Charles Le Brun responsible for decorations by Colbert and sculptor Francois Girardon for the stucco. This was the first Royal Gallery for Louis XIV, a model for the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. After the French Revolution, the Louvre opened as a museum of French treasures, the majority being royal and confiscated church property.).