Pencil pyramid Swarovski crystal

CU400764
### Pei Pyramid Collection
**Design by Sam Baron for the Louvre Museum**

French designer Sam Baron has chosen to pay tribute to the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei, who designed the glass pyramid in the 80s, as a contrast to the aesthetic of the Cour Napoléon in the Louvre Palace. This pyramid...
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Characteristics

Artists
Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835), Sam Baron
Materials
Wood, Crystal
Themes
Architecture, Design
Art movements
Modern & Contemporary Art, 21st century, Neo-Classicism
Reference
CU400764
EAN
3336728664956
Conservation museum
Paris - Musée du Louvre

The work and its artist

Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)

Antoine-Jean Gros was one of the most famous pupils of the painter Jacques-Louis David. A representative of neo-classical painting, he then turned towards Romanticism, becoming one of his first followers. He enjoyed early success, particularly at the court of Napoleon Bonaparte, painting portraits of Napoleon and his wife but also history paintings.