The Escalier Daru, also referred to as Escalier de la Victoire de Samothrace, is one of the largest and most iconic interior spaces of the Louvre Palace in Paris, and of the Louvre Museum within it. N
Escalier Daru with the Winged Victory of Samothrace in the background
The Louvre's first floor in 1756 (Blondel plan) showing the Salon Carré (marked "T"), with the Escalier de l'Infante in its northwestern corner
The Louvre's ground floor in 1780 (1895 reproduction) showing Brébion's Escalier du Salon
The Louvre's ground floor in 1836 (by Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer [fr], 1870s) showing the Escalier Percier et Fontaine flanking the Rotonde de Mars (marked "C")
Pierre Antoine Noël Bruno, Comte de Daru was a French soldier, statesman, historian, and poet.