Most famed French works include David's Coronation of Napol on , Ingres' The Turkish Bath , G ricault's depiction of disaster Raft of the Medusa and Delacroix's ode to revolution Liberty Leading the People. Excavations have exposed traces of the medieval Louvre, now on display along with the history of the Louvre under the cour Carr e in the entresol level in the Sully wing. M tro Palais Royal-Mus e du Louvre. Mon and Wed-Sun. Admission to temporary exhibitions varies.
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Now the Rodin Museum , his sculptures populate the interior and the gardens. Indoors, The Kiss portrays eternal passion frozen in white marble while The Hand of God gives life to creamy white, half-formed figures. Works of Rodin's mistress and pupil Camille Claudel, and paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir and Rodin himself, are also on display. The Thinker , whose godly physique contrasts sharply with the decrepitude of the writhing figures of The Gates of Hell , and the controversial final portrait of Balzac, once described as 'a block that disgraces its author and French Art'. M tro Varenne.