Galerie d'Apollon
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The Galerie d'Apollon is a large room of the Louvre Palace, on the first floor of a wing known as the Petite Galerie. Its current setup was first designed in the 1660s. It has been part of the Louvre
The Galerie d'Apollon in 2024
The Galerie d'Apollon in 1900
Apollo Slays the Python by Eugène Delacroix
Decorated ceiling of the Apollo Gallery
Salon d'Hercule
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The Salon d'Hercule is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the Royal Chapel in the North Wing of the château with the grand appartement du roi.
Created 1724–1736 by Robert de Cotte, Jacques Gabriel, Antoine Vassé, and Claude Tarlé
The Apotheosis of Hercules, 1733–1736 (ceiling) by François Lemoyne
Rebecca at the Well, second half of the 16th century by Veronese
Feast in the House of Simon, 1570 by Veronese