La Fanciulla (The young girl) 1st C. B.C. Possibly found at Vulci, N.W. of Rome The above bust of a young girl is one of the 90 works on show in the Torlonia Collection at the Louvre. The statue would have had incrusted eyes and metal attachments- earrings and possibly a gilded metal headdress. The purity of the smooth skin contrasts with the finely chiseled details- a true masterpiece as the Exhibition's title states. The Roman marbles of the Torlonia Collection could not possibly have a more beautiful setting than the Anne of Austria apartment at the Louvre, one of the museum's most precious decors: The rooms were decorated specially for Louis XIV's mother in the mid 1650s by Roman painter Giovanni Francesco Romanelli. Queen Anne felt stifled in the main building of the Louvre so these airy summer apartments looking on to the Seine river were created for her. They are decorated with mythological scenes and have recently been magnificently restored: After this exhibi...