#In fact one of the last known references of her was in 1576 where she hosted a meeting of Protestant leaders in her castle of Challuau

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Anne de Pisseleu had exercised a form of power that was intrinsically extra-institutional and dependent entirely of the king’s favor; her role was clearly understood by political insiders. Criticism took the form of conventional hostility to the role of women in power, yet in the king’s lifetime had to be circumspect and oblique. However, she lived more than half her life after the death of the king whose love had given her power and wealth. In this, she weathered the storm of disgrace remarkably effectively, carved for herself a new role and ended her life a moderately wealthy woman whose assets became a matter for ferocious competition among her relatives.

— David Potter, "The Life and After-Life of a Royal Mistress: Anne de Pisseleu, Duchess of Étampes"

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TRAOD: Louvre galleries V

These pictures are updated ones, that I first found in 2017. The page Louvre Galleries at my Tomb Raider art Encyclopendia is still under construction but will updated when each part of the level is revealed.  Because the level is so huge, I divided the level in parts.

Large room with the Mona Lisa - side 1

10.46 - Venus and Cupid with a Satyr

Painting made by Antionio Allegri da Corregio (1489-1534). It is called "Venus and Cupid with a Satyr" made in 1528. It is now in the Louvre.

It depicts Venus sleeping with her son Eros. Behind them, a satyr is caught while discovering the goddess. The picture is often also seen as portraying Jupiter and Antiope as, according to mythology and Ovid, Jupiter had turned himself into a satyr to rape the nymph (from wikipedia).

10.47 - Dream of Salomon 

Painting made by Luca Giordamo (1634-1705). It is called: "Dream of Salomon" made in 1594/1695. It is now in the Museo del Prado.

The story comes from the the books of kings in the Bible (1 Books of Kings 3:5-15). In it God appears in a dream before Solomon and promises Solomon anything he wants. Solomon only asks for wisdom, nothing more..

10.48 - The rape of Europa

Painting made by Titian (1488/1490-1576). It is called: "The Rape of Europa", made in 1560-1562. It is now at Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston.

The title of the painting refers to the mythological story of the abduction of Europa by Zeus (Jupiter to the Romans),[1] Titian is unequivocal about the fact that this is a scene of rape (abduction): Europa is sprawled helplessly on her back, her clothes in disarray.[2] In the myth, the god assumed the form of a bull and enticed Europa to climb onto his back. Once there, the bull rode into the sea and carried her to Crete, where he revealed his real identity. Europa became the first Queen of Crete, and had three children with Zeus. The painting depicts Europa on the back of the bull, just off the shore of her homeland.

10.49 - Jupiter and Anthiope

Another painting by Titian. It is called: "Jupiter and Anthiope (Pardo Venus)" and made in 1540-1542.

They are based on the story of the seduction of Antiope by the god Zeus in Greek mythology, later imported into Roman mythology and told of the god Jupiter. According to this myth, Antiope, the beautiful daughter of King Nycteus of Thebes, was surprised and seduced by Zeus in the form of a satyr. She became pregnant and bore the twins Amphion and Zethus, who later killed Nycteus' brother Lycus in revenge for his treatment of Antiope and took over the city of Thebes.

10.50 - Mona Peta

It is well known under the AOD fans. It depict the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci made in 1503/1506-1517. The face was edited with that from Peter Connelly, one of the developers of the game. I count this as an easter egg.

It is considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, and has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world...The painting is likely of the Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, and is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel...

10.51 - The last Supper

Painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It is called: "The last supper" made in 1494. It original isn't a painting but a wall painting, it is at the convent of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan.

The Last Supper portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would betray him. All twelve apostles have different reactions to the news, with various degrees of anger and shock.

10.52 - The school of Athens

Painting made by Raphael or Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520). It is called: "The School of Athens" made in 1509. Like the Last Supper it is a wall painting. in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.

The School of Athens is one of a group of four main frescoes on the walls of the Stanza (those on either side centrally interrupted by windows) that depict distinct branches of knowledge...The subject of the "School" is actually "Philosophy," or at least ancient Greek philosophy, and its overhead tondo-label, "Causarum Cognitio", tells us what kind, as it appears to echo Aristotle's emphasis on wisdom as knowing why, hence knowing the causes, in Metaphysics Book I and Physics Book II. Indeed, Plato and Aristotle appear to be the central figures in the scene.

10.53 -  The immaculate conception

Painting made by Giovanni Battista Tieplo (1696-1770). It is called: "The Immaclate Conception" and made in 1767/1768.

It represents the Immaculate Conception, a tradition of the Catholic Church stating that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin