place_of_death thomas regnaudin
___MASK9___ , officially the ___MASK91___ , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK9___ extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK33___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK33___ , and from the Rhine to the ___MASK30___ . Overseas ___MASK9___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK9___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in ___MASK27___ , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . A museum is an institution that cares for ( conserves ) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic , cultural , historical , or scientific importance and some public museums make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary . ___MASK76___ large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities , towns and even the countryside . Museums have varying aims , ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the general public . The goal of serving researchers is increasingly shifting to serving the general public . Thomas Regnaudin ( baptised 18 February 1622 -- 3 July 1706 ) was a French sculptor , affiliated with Northern Baroque . Some of Regnaudin ' s works were placed in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre . A son of a stonemason , he was a pupil of Anguier . The ___MASK94___ is a long river and an important commercial waterway within the ___MASK27___ Basin in the north of France . It rises at Source - ___MASK94___ , northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau , flowing through ___MASK27___ and into the English Channel at Le Havre ( and Honfleur on the left bank ). It is navigable by ocean - going vessels as far as Rouen , from the sea . Over 60 percent of its length , as far as Burgundy , is negotiable by commercial riverboats and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating ; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the " Rive Droite " and " Rive Gauche " within the city of ___MASK27___ . ___MASK27___ ( French : ) is the capital and most populous city of France . It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2 , 229 , 621 within its administrative limits . The city is both a commune and department , and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île - de - France , or ___MASK27___ Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France . The Louvre or the Louvre Museum is the world ' s largest museum and a historic monument in ___MASK27___ , France . A central landmark of the city , it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city ' s 1st arrondissement ( district or ward ). Nearly 35 , 000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72 , 735 square metres ( 782 , 910 square feet ). The Louvre is the world ' s second most visited museum after the Palace Museum in China , receiving more than 9 . 26 million visitors in 2014 .