At the Louvre ! Apollo's Gallery

It was in the Gallery of Apollo that Louis XIV for the first time associated his royal power with the divinity of the sun. To achieve this masterpiece of architectural decoration, combining painting, sculpture and gilding, he surrounded himself with the greatest artists who worked, a few years later, at the Palace of Versailles, in the Hall of Mirrors. Today, the Galerie d'Apollon houses the royal collection of gems and the Crown diamonds.
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King Louis XIV famously identified himself with the sun god Apollo and this splendid gallery was the first tangible representation of that image. To create this masterpiece of architectural decoration, he summoned the greatest painters, gilders and sculptors of the day, who later worked on the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de Versailles. Today, the Galerie d'Apollon is home to the royal collection of hardstone vessels and the French Crown Jewels.

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