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Musée du Louvre (Department of Paintings)

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Oil portrait of a boy in a brown jacket and powdered wig, looking down at a spinning top on a desk beside an inkwell.

Boy with a Spinning-Top

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1738

Gold-ground triptych with Virgin and Child in center, Saint John the Baptist left, and Saint Michael slaying a dragon right.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entre saint Jean Baptiste et saint Michel

Barnaba da Modena, 1370

Painting of Saint Stephen being stoned by a crowd while Christ and angels with a crown and palm appear above.

La Lapidation de saint Étienne by Charles Le Brun

Charles Le Brun, 1651

Three horsemen in fine dress ride through a landscape with dogs, grazing cattle, a stone tower and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with three Horsemen

Aelbert Cuyp, 1665

Oval painting of classical ruins beside a river, with cattle, goats and small figures under a blue sky.

Capriccio with Ancient Ruins

Pierre Patel, 1640

Saint Luke painting at an easel as the Virgin and Christ Child appear above him, surrounded by cherubs.

Saint Lucas painting the Virgin

Luca Giordano, 1650

Gold-ground panel of Christ's body being taken down from the cross by mourners, with a man removing a nail with pincers.

Descent from the Cross

Pietro da Rimini, 1320

Painting of a battle with cavalry, cannons and soldiers below a rocky cliff, smoke rising under a warm sky.

Bataille contre les Turcs

Andrea di Leone, 1641

Painting of the fire-damaged Tuileries Palace seen across a curved garden basin, with reflections and bare trees under a grey

The Tuileries Palace after the fire of 1871, seen from the Grand Bassin in the garden

Siebe Johannes ten Cate, 1874

Portrait of a woman in a red velvet dress and jewelled cap, seated before an arched loggia with a landscape view.

Portrait de Jeanne d'Aragon

Elderly bearded man in red cloth holds a stone, with a skull and book beside him, against a dark background.

Saint Jérôme

Jusepe de Ribera, 1633

Painting of a woman in a silver gown in a garden, with two seated figures in red and yellow beside her and a statue by a pond

The two cousins

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1716

Circular painting of bound, thorn-crowned Christ flanked by a helmeted soldier and a bearded man in a red headscarf.

Ecce Homo

Titian, 1550

Still life with a hanging skate ray, a cat reaching for oysters, fish, a stoneware jug and copper pan on a table.

The Ray

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1727

Virgin and Child enthroned in glory between Saint Ambrose and Saint Francis, with kneeling monk, angels, and river landscape.

La Vierge en gloire entre saint François et saint Ambroise

Bartolommeo Bononi, 1507

Oil painting of a market scene under a tree with vendors, vegetables, a rooster, a dog, and a moored boat by brick houses.

The Vegetable Market in Amsterdam

Gabriel Metsu, 1660

Panel painting of two saints on gold ground: a robed man with a red hat and a bearded man carrying a child with a staff.

Homme bon et saint Christophe

Pietro di Giovanni Lianori, 1400

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin seated with the Christ Child reaching for a pink rose, under a Gothic canopy.

Madonna and Child

Lorenzo Veneziano, 1372

Painting of Ceres in a shell niche holding a golden cornucopia of wheat, flanked by imitation marble panels.

Ceres

Banquet scene in a hall with servants carrying platters, candlelit table, cane-bearing elder in blue cloak, and crowd.

Dicé offrant un banquet à Francus, en présence de Hyante et de Climène (Ronsard, La Franciade, second livre

Toussaint Dubreuil, 1602

Gilded medieval panel of a grieving hooded figure in dark blue, hand to face, before red rocks and a gold halo.

La Vierge de douleur

Pere Lembrí, 1400

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and infant St. John in a wooded landscape with blue robes.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the infant St. John

Painting of a peasant family with children, a hay cart, pigs, hens and a dog beside a barn.

La Charrette

Louis Le Nain, 1641

Painting of Christ with a halo and staff meeting a kneeling woman with an ointment jar, angels seated on rocks nearby.

Noli me tangere

Francesco Albani, 1620

Crowded scene of people dancing and feasting before a golden calf on a pedestal, with smoke rising under a dramatic sky.

L'Adoration du veau d'or

Gerard Hoet, 1650

Painting of a Dutch fleet of sailing warships with flags flying on rough sea under a cloudy sky with smoke.

Dutch Fleet of the West India Company

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1675

Painting of the Annunciation: Mary seated with a book, kneeling angel offering a lily, dove descending above a green curtain.

Annunciation

Giorgio Vasari, 1563

Painting of a circumcision scene with a priest, a nude infant, and a group of onlookers in rich costumes before a dark backgr

Circoncision

Bartolomeo Veneto, 1506

Oval painting of Apollo chasing Daphne, who reaches for a laurel branch, with a river god and spilling urn below.

Apollo pursuing Daphne

René-Antoine Houasse, 1677

Oil sketch of a nude woman reclining on a white divan with arms raised, against red drapery and a dark green background.

Study of Female Nude Reclining on a Divan

Eugène Delacroix, 1830