| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1859/00/00 | Hector Lefuel | Architect | Designed by Hector-Martin Lefuel, the "Room of the States" is built at the Palais du Louvre for Emperor Napoleon III to accommodate legislative sessions. | |||
| 1887/05/12 | Caroline Schermerhorn Astor | Client | Jeweler Emile Schlesinger buys Empress Eugenie's stomacher at public auction in the Salle des Etats at the Louvre for 42,200 French Francs, or 85,000 Euros at the time, on behalf of American society dame, Mrs Caroline Astor. | Empress Eugenie's Bow Brooch by Francois Kramer | ||
| 1887/05/12 | Tiffany and Co | Buyer | By order of the Third Republic, the French Crown Jewels are sold at public auction in the Salle des Etats of the Louvre. The largest buyer, Tiffany and Co, purchases almost a third of the Diamants de La Couronne de France. | |||
| 1966/00/00 | Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, one of the world's most famous paintings, is installed in the Salle des Etats. | Mona Lisa | ||||
| 2005/04/06 | After ten months of renovations, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is dispalyed opposite the Louvres largest painting, The Wedding Feast at Cana by Veronese, and alongside the work of the Venetian masters from the C16. | Mona Lisa | ||||
| 2005/04/06 | With financial support from the Japanese Television Network Corp, the Salle des Etats opens to the public, after a four year remodel, as the new location of the "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci. | Mona Lisa |
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| Sight Category | Building |
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