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Select sculptures corresponding to Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo were despatched to the Château de Valençay. On 27 August 1939, after two days of packing, truck convoys began to go away Paris. By 28 December, the museum was cleared of most works, besides Art Galery those who had been too heavy and “unimportant work have been left within the basement”. In early 1945, after the liberation of France, art started returning to the Louvre.…