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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The New Louvre, created in the 1850s, was one of the grandest of Napoleon III’s building projects.
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![[Imperial Library of the Louvre]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DT1122.jpg)
Edouard Baldus — [Imperial Library of the Louvre]
Edouard Baldus — Pavillon de l'Horloge, Louvre
Edouard Baldus — Palais de l'Industrie
Victor Petit (French, 1817–1874) — Architecture Pittoresque 
Victor Petit (French, 1817–1874) — Architecture Pittoresque 
Victor Petit (French, 1817–1874) — Architecture Pittoresque 
Street in Dijon![[The Tuileries after the Commune]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP114488.jpg)
Hippolyte-Auguste Collard — [The Tuileries after the Commune
Victor Petit (French, 1817–1874) — Architecture Pittoresque 
Victor Petit (French, 1817–1874) — Architecture Pittoresque ![[The Tuileries After Its Destruction by the Communards]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP200360.jpg)
Hippolyte-Auguste Collard — [The Tuileries After Its Destruc
Charles Soulier (French, 1840–1875) — Notre Dame de Paris
