{"slug": "louvre", "label": "Louvre", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19675", "qid": "Q19675", "description": "art and archeology museum in Paris, France", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-459, 2025], "span_label": ["460 BCE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "leonardo-da-vinci", "label": "Leonardo da Vinci", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mona-lisa", "label": "Mona Lisa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "british-museum", "label": "British Museum", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parthenon", "label": "Parthenon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -459, "year_label": "460 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A statue of Apollo is cast (approximate date), of which today remains one leg, preserved at the Louvre, and the head, known as the Chatsworth Head, preserved at the British Museum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173290#Arts", "title": "460 BC", "revid": 1354173290, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts"}}, {"year": -437, "year_label": "438 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Ionic frieze on the north side of the Parthenon, is created (finished in 432 BC). Parts of this frieze are now preserved in museums in Europe, including the Horsemen (at the British Museum, London), and the Marshals and Young Women (now at Musée du Louvre, Paris), which once formed part of the Procession on the frieze.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326570904#Art", "title": "438 BC", "revid": 1326570904, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Louvre in Paris opens to the public as an art museum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#July–December", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – The Winged Victory of Samothrace, one of the most significant sculptures of classical antiquity, is found in excavations on the Greek island of Samothrace by Charles Champoiseau. Made c. 190 BC, it is later shipped to the Louvre in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#April", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1911, "year_label": "1911 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by Vincenzo Peruggia; the painting is returned in 1913.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373497014#August", "title": "1911", "revid": 1373497014, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th-century painting the Mona Lisa is assessed for insurance purposes at US$100 million before touring the United States for several months, the highest insurance value for a painting in history. However, the Louvre, its owner, chooses to spend the money that would have been spent on the insurance premium on security instead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#December", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – 2025 Louvre heist: Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are stolen during a robbery from the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#October", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › October"}}]}