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Musée du Louvre (Department of Paintings)

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Watteau painting of elegant couples gathering on a grassy hill under trees, with cupids and a distant lake and mountains.

Pilgrimage to Cythera, so-called The Embarkation for Cythera

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717

Painting of a haloed female saint in gold and blue robes gazing up at angels while kneeling beside a smoking altar.

Sainte Martine refusant d'adorer les idoles

Pietro da Cortona, 1650

Painting of a smiling barefoot boy with a staff over his shoulder, holding a paper, against a cloudy landscape.

El patizambo, o El pie varo

Jusepe de Ribera, 1642

Painting of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, with Saint Francis, Mary Magdalen, putti and a landscape behind.

Pietà with Sts Francis and Mary Magdalen

Annibale Carracci, 1602

Winter scene of skaters and horse sledges on a frozen river beside a ruined tower, with a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Icy Pleasures

Jan van Goyen, 1649

Candlelit interior with a man in a red fur-trimmed robe examining a glass flask, a doctor, a weeping woman in black and a boy

The Doctor's Examination

Godfried Schalcken, 1680

Still life of painting, sculpture and architecture tools: a plaster bust, palette, brushes, torso, plans and compass on a tab

Attributes of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1769

Half-length portrait of a young man in a jeweled beret, studded leather armour and brown cloak, gazing at the viewer.

Portrait de l'artiste en cuirasse et coiffé d'un béret à plume

Pieter Symonsz Potter, 1634

Gilded panel painting of a kneeling martyr as an executioner raises a sword, with armored soldiers and onlookers around.

The Beheading of St. Bartholomew

Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio, 1430

Painting of a woman as Hebe in white gown and blue drapery, holding a cup, with an eagle and clouds behind her.

The Duchess of Chaulnes Represented as Hebe

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1744

Painting of a river god chasing a fleeing nymph in an oval frame, flanked by two sculptural male figures on a stone arch.

Alpheus Chasing Arethusa

Filippo Lauri, 1671

Portrait of a young man in a dark blue hat and brown cloak with fur collar, gesturing with one hand.

Portrait of an Engraver of Semi-Precious Stones

Painting of Bacchus in a chariot with panthers, satyrs, and a reclining woman holding grapes in a pastoral landscape.

Le Triomphe de Bacchus

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1747

Painting of a flood scene: a nude man carried by an older figure above a cliff, with a woman and child in orange below.

Une Scène de Déluge

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1806

Painting of a smiling young woman with curly dark hair, white blouse and red bodice, against a brown background.

Gipsy Girl

Frans Hals, 1626

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark uniform with a red sash and gold epaulettes, beside a gilded chair in a palace hall.

Louis-Philippe I, King of the French (1773-1850)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1841

Painting of figures in a wooded grove with a seated woman in pink, a young man in blue, and a ship on stormy sea.

Telemachus and Calypso

Jean Raoux, 1722

Painting of a knight in plumed helmet among women and cherubs in a lush garden under a billowing sky.

Rinaldo in den Gärten Armidas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Painting of men in red caps playing cards at a wooden table in a dim tavern, with a woman standing at right.

Espagnols jouant aux cartes, dit aussi Les Catalans

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1825

Painting of Christ crucified between two thieves on a hill, with mourners below and a light beam breaking through a dark sky.

The Last Sigh of Christ

Julien-Michel Gué, 2017

Painting of Vulcan holding a sword below Venus seated on clouds with a cherub, swans and armor nearby.

Venus Asking Vulcan for Arms for Aeneas

François Boucher, 1732

Painting of a cavalry battle with mounted soldiers, rearing white horse, banners and gunsmoke under a cloudy sky.

A Battle between Turkish and Christian troops

Philips Wouwerman, 1625

Painting of a seated king on a throne gesturing as a soldier raises a sword over a baby while two women plead.

The Judgment of Solomon

Nicolas Poussin, 1649

Monks in brown habits aid a woman and child on a snowy ledge as an avalanche sweeps down a mountain behind them.

Religieux de l'hospice du mont Saint Gothard

Louis Hersent, 1820

Panel painting of kneeling armored men, women in tall headdresses, and a bishop with crozier before Gothic arcades.

Le Prévôt des marchands Jouvenel des Ursins et sa famille

France, 1445

Painting of a kneeling bearded saint in brown habit with halo, hand on a skull, before a crucifix in a rocky landscape.

Saint François d'Assise en oraison devant un crucifix

Francesco Albani

Dusk river landscape with bathers on a rocky islet, a stone bridge in the distance, and a farmhouse on the right bank.

Landscape with bathers

Hans de Jode, 1656

Painting of the dead Christ supported by mourners beside a tall wooden cross, with a town and hills in the background.

The Lamentation over the dead Christ

Dieric Bouts, 1425

Portrait of a uniformed man with a red sash and gold sash holding a baton, with a cannon and battle scene behind him.

Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, King of Sweden and Norway, 1818

Joseph Nicolas Jouy, 1852

Gold-ground Nativity panel with the Virgin reclining, the Christ Child in a manger, angels above and attendants below.

Nativity

Guido of Siena, 1270