Top Must-See Masterpieces at the Louvre Museum, Paris

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3Sleeping Hermaphroditos, Roman copy (2nd Century AD)

Mattress by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1619).

Mesmerizingly supple-looking, this sculpture is a life size copy of a bronze Hellenistic sculpture. In the 17 brilliant artist Bernini made the cushion so realistic that people are tempted to test its firmness.