Lescot Wing
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The Lescot Wing is the oldest preserved structure above ground of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It was designed by architect Pierre Lescot and built between 1546 and 1551. Its architecture is in
The Lescot Wing of the Louvre Palace
Detail of ground floor's decoration, as illuminated by night
Water, by Jean Goujon
Ceres, by Goujon
Jean Goujon
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Jean Goujon was a French Renaissance sculptor and architect.
Statue of Jean Goujon by Bernard Seurre, located on the exterior of the Louvre
Stone reliefs of nymphs from the Fontaine des Innocents
Caryatides, Salle des Caryatides at the Louvre (1550–51)
Allegory of War, central pediment of the Lescot Wing of the Louvre