#seated scribe

10 August 1793

The Louvre opened in Paris, eventually becoming the most visited museum in the world.

Check out the most famous works in the Louvre below! 👇🏼🧵

The Code of Hammurabi — 1750 BC

Venus de Milo — 2nd century BC

Winged Victory of Samothrace — 190 BC

Liberty Leading the People — 1830

The Raft of the Medusa — 1819

The Coronation of Napoleon — 1807

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss — 1793

(L): The Seated Scribe — 2500 BC

(R): The Great Sphinx of Tanis — 2600 BC

Detail of inlaid eye belonging to the "Seated Scribe" , 2600 - 2350 BC. Crafted from red-veined white magnesite and rock crystal.

The Polished crystal was covered in the back with material used to create the color of the iris. :: [Treasures of ancient Egypt]

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The Dead, By Susan Mitchell

Visitors 

Louvre, Paris, 1973. Leica M3 with 50 mm Leitz Elmar on Kodak film, scanned from negative. 

The statue in the foreground is The Seated Scribe from ancient Egypt (ca. 2620–2500 BCE).

source: bishopsbox

Seated scribe, Louvre Museum, Paris

Seated Scribe, Egypt, 4th Dynasty (ca. 2500 BCE) — Painted limestone

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“Follow the calling of thy heart as long as thou livest, and do not do more than is necessary to maintain thy estate. Waste not the time in which thou canst follow thy heart, for it is a hateful thing to the soul to deny its voice. Weary not thyself out concerning the affairs of the day, nor be anxious overmuch about thy house and estate; what will be will be, but time spent following thy heart is never lost.”