Louis Béroud (17 January 1852,

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– 9 October 1930,

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) was a French painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. Some of his paintings are visible at the

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and

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. On 22 August 1911, Béroud came to The Louvre to sketch his painting '' Mona Lisa au Louvre'' but where the famous '' La Joconde'', by

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, should have stood, he found four iron pegs. Béroud contacted the section head of the guards, who thought the painting was being photographed for marketing purposes. A few hours later, Béroud checked back with the section head of the museum, and it was confirmed that the ''Mona Lisa'' was not with the photographers. The Louvre was closed for an entire week to aid in investigation of the theft.Storie, p. 9-15

Works

List of some of his works in French national museums:Béroud Louis
Ministère de la culture *''L'escalier de l'opéra Garnier'' (1877), Carnavalet Museum *''Le dôme central de la galerie des machines à l'exposition universelle de 1889'' (1890), Carnavalet Museum *''Salle Rubens au Louvre'' (1904),

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*''À la gloire de Rubens'' (1905), Musée du Louvre *''Au Salon Carré du Louvre'' (1906), Musée du Louvre *''Chambre du Baron Basile de Schlichting'' (1908), Musée du Louvre *''Vue de la Salle des Sept Cheminées au Louvre'' (1909), Musée du Louvre *''L'Avenue de la Gare à Nice'', Musée Masséna

Notes

References

*Ronzevalle, Edmond. ''Paris Xe : histoire, monuments, culture'', Amiens : Martelle éditions, 1993. *Storrie, Calu
''The delirious museum : a journey from the Louvre to Las Vegas''
London : I. B. Tauris, 2007. , p. 9-15

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