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Luc-Olivier Merson

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Night desert scene: Mary and infant Jesus rest on a sphinx, a sleeping man lies by a fire, and a donkey grazes under stars.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1880

Decorative design study with a blue roundel of a figure riding a leaping animal, gilded foliage and pear branches in corners.

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

1898

Decorative spandrel design with a grey medallion of a bull and figures, gold leaves, and peach-branch corner panels.

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

1898

Decorative spandrel design with a blue medallion of two classical figures and a horse, flanked by fruit branches and emblems.

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

1898

Decorative design study with a blue classical figure medallion in a gilded leaf spandrel and lemon-branch corner panels.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes des l'Hôtel de ville de Paris : Cancer

1898

Decorative design sketch with a blue classical medallion, gilded leaves, and fruit-branch panels in triangular spandrels.

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

1898

Design study of a triangular spandrel with a grisaille allegorical figure holding scales, flanked by orange branches and red

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

1898

Decorative spandrel design with a central sketched hunter roundel, gilded leaves, peach branches and emblem cartouches on a c

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

1898

Decorative spandrel design with a centaur archer medallion, fruit branches and gold emblems on a cream ground.

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

1898

Decorative spandrel design with a blue-toned medallion showing a figure and goat, flanked by lemon branches and red roundels.

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

1898

Decorative spandrel design with a blue medallion showing a winged figure and swan, flanked by pear branches and gilded rounde

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

1898

Design study of a triangular spandrel with a blue medallion of a winged figure and fish, gold leaf patterns, and fruit corner

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

1898

Five octagonal gold-framed medallions each showing a winged putto among flowers and fruit on a pale background.

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

1898

Design study of a decorative spandrel with a blue classical figure medallion, gold foliage, and citrus-branch corner panels.

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

1898

Painting of a snowy medieval square with a woman, child and wolf near a butcher shop and a stone fountain.

Le Loup d'Aggubio

1877

Painting of a haloed nun lying below a crucified Christ while three angels play lute and violin in a stormy sky.

La Vision

1872

Five octagonal medallions with winged putti in twisting poses on gold and green scrollwork, a study for a Paris decorative sc

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, escalier des Fêtes : Génies portant des attributs de fête

1888

Painted design study of a spandrel with a central medallion showing a figure with a ram, flanked by pear branches and cartouc

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

1888

Design study of a triangular spandrel with a blue grisaille bull and figure medallion, gilded leaves, and peach branches.

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

1888

Decorative spandrel design with a central pencil medallion of a figure among reeds, gilded leaves and peach-branch corner pan

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

1888

Decorative spandrel design with gilded leaves, a blue medallion of two figures and a horse, and fruit-branch corners.

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

1888

Decorative spandrel design with a blue classical figure medallion, gilded leaves, pink flowers, and lemon branches in corner

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes des l'Hôtel de ville de Paris : Cancer

1888

Design study with a blue-grey classical figure medallion flanked by orange-branch spandrels and gold foliage ornament.

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

1888

Decorative design study with a blue medallion of a seated figure in a gilded triangular spandrel, flanked by fruit panels.

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

1888

Decorative design study with a seated allegorical figure holding scales in a medallion, flanked by orange branches on blue.

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

1888

Decorative spandrel design with a blue centaur archer medallion, gold leaf pattern, and fruit branches in corner panels.

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

1888

Decorative spandrel design with a central medallion of a sea goat figure, gilded leaves, and lemon branches in side panels.

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

1888

Design sketch of a triangular spandrel with a blue medallion showing a winged figure and bird, framed by gold foliage.

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

1888

Decorative spandrel design with a blue medallion showing a female figure and fish, flanked by fruit branches and gilded emble

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

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

Painting of a nude laurel-crowned runner collapsing before a crowd of robed elders in an ancient Greek square.

The Soldier of Marathon

1869

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

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

Nude woman