Guardians of the Louvre few days later, on a Tuesday when the Louvre is closed, he is transported to Paris in 1939 during the evacuation of the museum at the start of World War II. The man learns about the difficult process, which was led by Jacques Jaujard, including the transport of the "Mona Lisa", "The Raft of the Medusa", and the "Winged Victory of Samothrace". On his final day in Paris, the man visits the tomb of Philippe Pot, and reunites with his own dead wife Keiko. The Louvre commissioned Taniguchi to create the manga as part of The Louvre Collection, which features
The Conjurer (painting) The Conjurer (painting) The Conjurer is by Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch or his workshop, executed around 1502. There are five versions of this painting and one engraving, but most experts believe the most reliable copy is part of the collection of the Musée Municipal in St.-Germain-en-Laye, which is kept locked in a safe and loaned out on a limited basis for special exhibitions in France and abroad. On 1 December 1978 the painting was stolen from the museum and returned on 2 February 1979. The painting comes from the bequest of Louis Alexandre Ducastel, a notary at Saint Germain