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Pierre-Antoine Demachy

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Oil painting of Castel Sant'Angelo and St. Peter's dome in Rome seen across the Tiber, with a bridge and fishermen.

View of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome

1750 - 1800

Painting of a crowded riverside view of neoclassical buildings, boats, riders and a hot air balloon under a cloudy sky.

Place de la Concorde

1783

Panoramic 1794 painting of a large crowd with flags and a column with a tree on a mound beneath a cloudy sky.

La fête de l'Être Suprême, au Champ-de-Mars

1794

Painting of a crowd and mounted soldiers around a guillotine in a city square with neoclassical buildings.

Une exécution capitale, place de la Révolution

1793

Painting of a Gothic church interior under demolition, with workers on ruined walls and figures among stone rubble and timber

Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800

1798

Small painting of a Paris street with demolition rubble, a wooden fence, classical stone facades, horses and pedestrians.

Démolition de l'église Saint-Barthélemy

1791

Night painting of fireworks bursting over a lit classical palace, with a crowd and carriage in the foreground under a dark sk

Feu d'artifice tiré à l'occasion de la naissance du Duc de Normandie

1782

Painting of the Louvre colonnade with classical columns, rubble in the foreground and figures among the ruins under a blue sk

Dégagement de la colonnade du Louvre

1764

Painting of the Seine with the Louvre and Hôtel de la Monnaie, horses, cattle, boats and figures on the riverbank.

L'Hôtel de la Monnaie et le Louvre, vus du Pont-Neuf, vers 1800

1800

Painting of Paris riverfront with a long classical palace, boats on the Seine, and the Pont-Neuf under cloudy sky.

La Grande Galerie, le Pont-Neuf et l'île de la Cité, vus du Pont Royal

1775

Dark workshop interior with timber roof, glowing fire, workers, and rows of clay pots on shelves.

Intérieur d'un atelier

1777

Painting of a grand stone staircase under vaulted arches with columns, figures in 18th-century dress climbing toward a bright

Escalier d'un palais imaginaire

1780

Crowded 18th-century auction room with columns, chandeliers and framed paintings, with bidders in period dress gathered on th

Vente publique de tableaux à l'hôtel Bullion

1785

Interior of a classical domed hall with a crowd gathered around a tomb lit by candelabra beside a statue.

Le sarcophage de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, exposé au Panthéon (20 vendémiaire an III - 11 octobre 1794)

1794

Painting of a Paris river port in 1780 with barges, a stone bridge, a domed building and figures on the quay.

L'île Louviers et la Pointe de l'île Saint-Louis, vues du port Saint-Paul (port des Celestins)

1780

Small painting of a crowd in a city square watching a seated man on a platform before a colonnaded building and bronze statue

Exposition de Pierre Nicolas Perrin sur la place de la Révolution, le 29 vendémiaire, an II

1793

Painting of a Paris quay with a stone bridge, rowing boats, scaffolding, rubble, horses, and townspeople in the foreground.

Vue du quai de Gesvres au moment de la démolition des maisons du pont au Change

1788

Workers in a vaulted stone tallow foundry tend a glowing furnace, copper vats, and rising steam, with figures near an iron ga

La fonderie des suifs à l'Hôtel-Dieu

1773

Night scene of a moonlit palace courtyard with classical columns, carriages, and strolling figures under a cloudy sky.

La Place du Palais-Royal, au clair de lune

1765

Painting of a crowded Paris-style square with a fair booth, Gothic and classical buildings, a column, and ruins.

Spectacle forain dans un carrefour imaginaire de Paris

1770

Painting of workers dismantling a Gothic church on a busy city street, with carts, horses and well-dressed pedestrians in the

La démolition de l'église des Saints-Innocents, rue Saint-Denis

1787

Painting of workmen clearing rubble before a classical colonnade, with a cart, ruined walls, and pedestrians under a cloudy s

Dégagement de la colonnade du Louvre

1755

Painting of the Louvre colonnade in Paris with carriages, carts and pedestrians crowding the square under a cloudy sky.

La colonnade du Louvre, nouvellement dégagée

1773

Painting of workers clearing rubble before the Louvre colonnade in Paris, with ruins, horses, and a cloudy sky.

Dégagement de la colonnade du Louvre

1756

Painting of workers demolishing a classical building, seen through a stone arch with columns, rubble and a hanging rope.

Démolition d'un édifice composite

1770

Painting of a ruined Gothic church with workers, a cart and rubble, and a family seated among fallen stones.

Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800

1800

Painting of the Bastille fortress under attack, with figures on its walls, a crowd and soldiers in the street, and smoke risi

Démolition de la Bastille, le 17 juillet 1789

1789

Dim wooden stable interior with two horses at left, men handling a hay pile at right, and a sky opening above.

Dépôt de sel, rue saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (?)

1777

Dim Gothic church interior with vaulted arches, stone pillars, and small groups of figures in lit bays.

Intérieur de l'église des Saints-Innocents

1787

Crowd in a city square around a bonfire and smoke, with neoclassical buildings, a seated statue, carts and flags.

La fête de l'Unité et de la Réunion, sur la place de la Révolution

1793

Painting of a preacher in a stone pulpit addressing a crowd beneath soaring vaulted arches in a church interior.

Sermon d'un capucin dans l'église Saint-Roch

1780

Night fire over a city with a crowd in the foreground, wooden buildings, and a church tower behind the rooftops.

La Foire Saint-Germain pendant l'incendie (nuit du 16 au 17 mars 1762)

1762

Painting of a domed building seen through a shadowed stone archway, with small figures resting in the sunlit foreground.

Le collège des Quatres-Nations, vu de l'entrée de la cour carrée du Louvre

1780

Painting of the Seine at dusk with a tree-lined quay, carriages, pedestrians, moored boats and stone buildings on the left ba

La Seine à la Grenouillère, vue prise de la terrasse du bord de l'eau aux Tuileries

1777

Painting of a classical palace and stone bridge with an equestrian statue, framed by a dark archway with fishermen and cattle

Caprice architectural : un palais inspiré du Louvre et le Pont-Neuf s'encadrant dans l'arche d'un pont

1775

Painted interior of a classical church with tall columns, coffered vaults, a checkered floor, and small figures.

Intérieur de l'église de la Madeleine d'après le projet de Contant d'Ivry

1763

Oil painting of a white classical palace beside the Seine, with horses wading in the river and boatmen in the foreground.

L'Hôtel de la Monnaie, le quai de Conti et la Seine, vus de la pointe de la Cité

1777

Painting of a crowded ceremony before a columned neoclassical church with a pediment, carriages, and soldiers in the square.

Cérémonie de la pose de la première pierre de la nouvelle église Saint-Geneviève, le 6 septembre 1764

1765

Painting of fire-damaged fairground ruins with rubble, workers and onlookers, and a classical church facade behind.

La foire Saint-Germain après l'incendie de la nuit du 16 au 17 mars 1762

1762

Painting of elegantly dressed people and carriages in a formal Paris square with horse statues and tree-lined avenues.

La place Louis XV et les Champs-Elysées, vus du pont tournant, vers 1780

1785

Panoramic 18th-century painting of a river town with a stone bridge, church spires, sailing boats and figures on the quay.

Panoramic view of Tours

1787

Painted interior of a grand domed hall with columns, a lit sarcophagus, a procession of figures and onlookers on a balcony.

Le sarcophage de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, exposé au Panthéon ; effet de lumière (20 vendémiaire an III - 11 octobre 1794)

1794

Painting of workers clearing rubble before a classical colonnade, with horses, a cart, ruined walls and a cloudy sky.

Clearing the Area in front of the Louvre Colonnade

1760

Painting of a domed building seen through a stone archway, with small figures resting in sunlit foreground.

Le collège des Quatre-Nations, vu de l'entrée de la cour carrée du Louvre

1780

Crowded 18th-century auction hall with white columns, chandeliers and framed paintings on blue walls, with people in period d

Vente publique de tableaux

1785

Painting of a demolished church with workers on ladders, horse carts, and pedestrians on a busy city street.

The Demolition of the Église des Saints-Innocents, rue Saint-Denis

1787

Painting of a crowd in a city square before a colonnaded building, with a seated man in a pale coat and a bronze statue at le

Exposition de Perrin sur la place de la Révolution, le 29 vendémiaire, an II

1793

Crowd in a city square around a bonfire with smoke, beside a colonnaded building and a seated classical statue.

La fête de l'Unité, sur la place de la Révolution

1793

Neoclassical hall with tall columns and a crowd in period dress gathered around a red-draped catafalque beneath a vaulted cei

Translation des cendres de Voltaire au Panthéon le 11 juillet 1791

1791

Painting of a ruined Gothic church interior with workers and figures among stone rubble and timber beams.

Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800 (P87)

1800

Painting of the Bastille fortress in Paris with crowds, soldiers, carriages and armed figures on its towers under a cloudy sk

Démolition de la Bastille, le 17 juillet 1789 (P705)

1789

Painting of a ruined triumphal arch with columns, a shepherd with sheep and cattle, and a temple and obelisk in the distance.

Arc de triomphe

1779

Etching of a crumbling classical arcade with columns and arches, with small figures resting among scattered stone rubble.

Ruïne met rustende figuren

1733

Engraved allegory with a seated helmeted goddess, a winged victory holding a wreath, and a procession of figures in classical

Allegorie op de toewijding aan Frankrijk

1733

Watercolor of workers demolishing a classical building, with carts, rubble, and a statue in an arched niche.

Demolition of the Old Vestibule of the Palais-Royal, Paris

ca. 1767

Hand-coloured print of Roman ruins with an obelisk, columns, a waterfall and strolling figures within an oval frame.

Gezicht op Rome met obelisk

1788

Hand-colored print of Roman ruins with columns, a triumphal arch, a statue and small figures in an oval frame.

Gezicht op Rome met triomfboog

1788