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Okay, I feel really dumb but I am on the Louvre's site (have been for 2 days now) and cannot figure out how to find where certain pieces are located. Can someone give me a dummy version of how to use this site to plan our visit? I'm specifically looking for Leonardo da vinci and Caravaggio (they might only have one of his pieces). And then I'll go from there. Are the pieces of each artist all in one place or are they spread around?

The Caravaggio, The Fortune Teller, is on the first floor , Denon Wing about 1/2 way down on the left hand side of the long corridor leading to the Mona Lisa. Keep going to the end of the corridor for a Valesquez.

Remember, you're in France. First floor is second in US.

On the Second Floor of Sully find Georges de la Tour's, The Cheat, so you can compare it to the Caravaggio in the Kimbell in Fort Worth.

I found a Caravaggio and L.D.V in Denon Wing. Would most of their works all be together or do they tend to be spread around? Good to know about the 1st floor thing, didn't know that.

There does not seem to be a plain map of the exhibits on the web site. But there is an interactive floor plan that tells you quite a bit about the various galleries and what they contain: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/pratique/plan.jsp?bmLocale=en

Change the setting from "exterior" to "first floor" and click on "sections" to get a list of the various exhibits on the first floor. Then by clicking on each exhibit, the map will zoom in on the rooms containing those works. Or move your mouse over a room to see what it contains.

Unfortunately I do not see a way to find an individual work's location.

Thanks Nikki, that's more than I figured out :)

Nicbur, as best as I can find, there are 3 Carravagios in the Louvre. They would all be in the Italian gallery. In my experience the guards are very helpful.

This website - http://www.caravaggio.com/# - has all his works with illustrations by year of creation and shows where they are by city and museum.

It's like most museums, the floors and sections refer to a particular style/country or period. So if you look at 17-19th Spain, that's what you get. There is a special section for sculpture, also, things like that. You have a map when you get there, it shouldn't be difficult if you know the period and nationality of the artist you are looking for.