anchor: Don't be put off it's an exhilarating experience just attempting to come to grips with such vast collections of painting, sculpture, and artifacts from 5000 b.c. to 1848 (from which date the Musee d'Orsay's French collections continue the story to 1914).
positive: Sculptures and paintings are among the vast collections.
negative: There are no paintings counted among the vast collections.