2-914-547 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Reproduction of illustration showing Louvre Castle of Philip III [sic], between 1915 and 1925. Photograph of an illumination from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, "Roman de La Rose", late 15th century, Haarlem mss. 4425, British Museum. (The Medieval Louvre castle was built by King Philip II of France. It stood on the right bank of the River Seine and was part of the city wall around Paris. It was later demolished to make way for the expanded Louvre Palace).