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Luc-Olivier Merson

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Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with four cartouches, allegorical figures, putti, and floral scrollwork in pink and

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Juin

1888

Pastel ceiling design with four allegorical panels, classical figures, putti, floral garlands and French cartouche inscriptio

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Juillet

1888

Painted design study of a woman picking oranges with a cherub holding a fruit basket, framed by gilt decorative borders.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Les Fruits

1889

Watercolor design sketch of a decorated ceiling with figures, scrollwork, garlands and French cartouche inscriptions.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Août

1888

Five octagonal medallions with gilded backgrounds showing winged putti among flowers and fruit, on a pale sheet.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, escalier des Fêtes : les génies des fêtes

1888

Pastel decorative ceiling design with cherubs, blue allegorical figures, white scrollwork and flower garlands around gold car

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Septembre

1888

Painted ceiling design with four triangular panels, classical figures, scrollwork, oak garlands and gilt cartouches on a pale

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Octobre

1888

Ceiling design sketch with X-shaped layout, gilded labeled cartouches, allegorical figures, nudes and floral garlands on pink

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Novembre

1888

Decorative ceiling study with allegorical figures, putti, garlands and gilded cartouches arranged in an X-shaped layout.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Décembre

1888

Kneeling haloed woman in dark robes on a night street, with a man in a doorway and a woman at a lit window.

The Arrival at Bethlehem

1920

Painting of a woman holding a haloed child by a haystack, with a thatched cottage and a figure with a scythe behind.

Hail, Mary

1885

Painting of an old woman reading the palm of a young man in a red tunic beside a young woman in blue, with a dog and rocky ca

Leucothoé et Anaxandre ou la diseuse de bonne aventure

1866

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a young boy singing with eyes closed and mouth open, on tan paper.

Head of a Boy Singing (Study for Music)

c. 1898

Drawing of gargoyles on a cathedral parapet, a seated figure, and crows above a misty medieval city.

Notre-Dame de Paris

c. 1881

Pencil drawing of a night desert with a sphinx, a donkey grazing and a sleeping figure wrapped in cloth, with a blank verso.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (recto); Sketch of a Sphinx [?] (verso)

c. 1879-80

Night desert scene with a sphinx, a woman holding an infant, a sleeping figure, and a grazing donkey, in charcoal and chalk.

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

c. 1879

Red chalk and white highlight study of a seated male nude with one arm raised and the other extended forward.

Nude study

Pencil and white chalk study of draped cloth with a sketched woman's head and shoulders on tan paper.

Study of a half-reclining woman

Charcoal and chalk study of draped fabric on a seated back figure, with a sketched sleeve and forearm at upper left.

Study of drapery on a three-quarter back figure, cross-legged, and study of a sleeve

Red chalk drawing on brown paper of a standing nude child holding a stick across the shoulders, eyes lowered.

Frontal study of a standing nude girl

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a nude woman reclining horizontally on tan paper, head turned right, one arm reaching for

Nude woman

Graphite and gray wash drawing of a young woman with a spear gazing upward in a forest beside a resting dog and sheep.

Joan of Arc Hearing the Voices

1895