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Oval painting of an elderly father embracing a kneeling young man in ragged blue clothing beside a stone staircase, with onlo

Le Retour du fils prodigue

Domenico Maria Viani

Oil painting of a woman looking up at a winged angel on a cloud while a sleeping child lies nearby in a landscape.

Hagar and the Angel

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1705

Storm-tossed sea with a wrecked sailing ship on rocks, a rowboat rescue, and figures on a cliff under dark clouds.

Naufrage d'un voilier sur des rochers

Joseph Vernet, 1753

Gilded religious panel of the Crucifixion with Mary, a kneeling figure in red, and a standing saint under a gothic arch.

La Crucifixion

Nicola di Ulisse da Siena, 1450

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, arms folded, against a pink desert landscape.

Portrait of Champollion (1790-1832)

Léon Cogniet, 1831

Painting of a crowned king on a throne judging two women over an infant, with a sword-wielding man and onlookers.

Le jugement de Salomon

Giacomo Pacchiarotti, 1500

Interior scene of a seated young mother by a window, with a servant rocking an infant's wicker cradle beside kitchen objects.

'The Young Mother'

Gerrit Dou, 1658

Oil portrait of a woman in a silk gown beside a harpsichord, with a globe, books and roses in a rococo interior.

La marquise de Pompadour

François Boucher, 1750

Painting of two women in an interior with a tea service, a classical statue, a dog, and a red curtain.

Tea Party

Willem van Mieris, 1675

Painted Nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, infant Christ, ox and donkey in a cave, and travelers on a hillside road.

La Nativité

Niccolò di Liberatore, 1480

Gilded arched panel of the dead Christ with the Virgin, Saint John and two angels against a gold background.

Pietà with Saint John Evangelist and Two Angels

Limbourg brothers, 1400

Crowned armored king in orange mantle beside a page in a lace ruff, before a stormy sky and stone column.

Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page

Oil painting of a woman in a white gown being assisted by a servant in red inside a room with columns and a bed.

Desdemona Retiring to her Bed

Théodore Chassériau, 1849

Oil painting of women finding an infant in a basket by a river, with a parasol, tree and classical obelisk landscape.

The finding of Moses (Exodus 2:6)

Charles de La Fosse, 1701

Painting of a winged female allegory with a quill and book, a putto holding a ring, red drapery and laurel.

Allegory of Fame

Sebastiano Conca, 1730

Painting of a rocky cave hermitage with candles, two monks, a donkey and workers beside a wooded landscape.

Monk's Hermitage in a Cave

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1600

Five women dine at a laden table under large trees, one playing a lute, with a distant town and river in the background.

Les Cinq Sens

Abraham Govaerts, 1600

Nativity scene in arched panel: kneeling Mary, Joseph, shepherds, ox and donkey at a manger, with angels above.

La Nativité

Lattanzio di Niccolo di Liberatore da Foligno, 1475

Rubens painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin with Christ Child, kneeling king in white and gold, camels and ox in a w

The adoration of the Magi

Peter Paul Rubens, 1624

Seated man in a red robe with fur trim and white collar, hand on a gilded ledge, before green drapery and a column.

Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, president of Paris'Parliament

Philippe de Champaigne, 1653

Seated man in a dark hat and lace collar smoking a long pipe, with a dog at his feet and a candle on a table.

L'Odorat: homme fumant la pipe

Anthonie Palamedesz, 1625

Madonna and Child in a gold mandorla of cherubs, flanked by Saint Jerome in red and Saint Francis in brown habit.

La Vierge et l'Enfant dans une gloire de chérubins entre saint Jérôme et saint François d' Assise

Luca di Paolo da Matelica, 1475

Oil painting of a river scene with a stone bridge, castle towers, and a boat of musicians in the foreground.

Concert on the Water

Giovanni Battista Viola, 1600

Peasants eating and drinking at a table in a dim room, with a boy playing violin and a small dog at left.

Repas de paysans

Louis Le Nain, 1642

Medieval painting of a boat with haloed apostles on green sea, Christ reaching toward Saint Peter in water, angels above.

La "Navicella"

Antoniazzo Romano, 1485

Dark forest scene with a large oak, a seated man in red at lower right, and a cloudy sky over a woodland path.

Entrée de forêt

Salomon Rombouts, 1650

Painted study of a grey Arabian horse in ornate red and gold harness, with a sketched figure and crossed pistols at left.

Study of a Harnessed Arabian Horse

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1800

Painting of the dead Christ supported by a mourning woman, with grieving figures and Passion instruments in the foreground.

Christ down from the Cross

Full-length portrait of a man in white ermine-trimmed coronation robes with a red mantle, holding a scepter beside a throne.

Napoleon in Coronation Robes

François Gérard, 1805

Painting of layered blue mountain ridges receding under a pale hazy sky, with green trees and slopes in the foreground.

Vue prise de Subiaco, près de Rome

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld, 1789

Painting of an armed street clash with bayonets, a cannon, and a fallen soldier before a classical stone building.

Le Courage héroïque du jeune Désilles

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1794

Self portrait of a man in a fur hat holding a palette and brushes beside an easel with a landscape painting.

Self portrait

Ary de Vois, 1673

Altarpiece with Madonna and Child on a gold throne, angels with instruments, and saints Anthony of Padua and John the Evangel

The Madonna and Child Surrounded by Six Angels, St. Anthony of Padua, St. John the Evangelist

Sketch of shipwreck survivors on a raft in stormy seas, with a torn sail and figures reaching toward a distant ship.

Esquisse du "Radeau de la Méduse"

Théodore Géricault, 1819

Octagonal panel of a nude central figure in a golden mandorla with angels above and kneeling men among orange trees below.

Louvre RF 2089

Maestro di San Martino a Mensola, 1400

Painting of the Virgin gazing at a sleeping infant Jesus while angel musicians play a harp and flute nearby.

Sleeping baby Jesus with angel musicians

Carlo Maratta, 1697

Painting of a grinning man in a black hat and brown coat, pointing at the viewer while leaning on a cane.

Self-Portrait in a Mocking Pose

Joseph Ducreux, 1793

Painting of bathers and washerwomen by a river beneath a waterfall, with a stone tower and hilltop town behind.

The morning, the bathers

Joseph Vernet, 1772

Painting of a grieving man holding a dead woman in a white shroud in a dark cave, with a hooded figure and a cross outside.

The Entombment of Atala

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1808

Painting of a woman in blue and red holding a sword and a severed head, raising one arm against a dark background.

Judith and Holopherne

Valentin de Boulogne, 1600

Painting of a ruined arched stone bridge over a river in Rome, with fishermen on the bank and houses beyond.

The Ponte Rotto, Rome

Joseph Vernet, 1745

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ as Saint Catherine reaches toward him, with angels in clouds above.

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

Giuseppe Passeri, 1650

Painted panel of kneeling apostles and the Virgin gazing up at a glowing Christ in clouds, with two winged angels in side nic

L'Ascension

Niccolò di Liberatore, 1480

Painting of farm buildings with tiled roofs beside two tall poplar trees under a pale blue sky.

Fabriques à la villa Farnèse: les deux peupliers

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1777

Rococo garden scene: a seated man, a woman reaching toward a bird, and a girl beside an open birdcage near a stone niche.

innocence

Nicolas Lancret, 1743

Oil portrait of a man in a white fur-trimmed robe, red sash and gold medal, seated beside books in a gilded interior.

Le comte Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy (1795-1856) en Grand maître de l'Université

Paul Delaroche, 1846

Painting of a busy seaport under a stormy sky, with ships, a walled city, and merchants unloading barrels on the quay.

View of a Seaport

Anton Mozart, 1600

Rembrandt's 1631 painting of an elderly man kneeling with an infant in a dim temple, lit by a spotlight amid onlookers.

Het loflied van Simeon, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631, Mauritshuis, The Hague

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Half-length portrait of a grey-haired man in a black cloak and white collar, holding a hat beside a column.

Portrait of a man holding a hat

Ferdinand Bol, 1662

Painting of a woman with a palm frond standing on a winged dragon, with a coiled serpent and open dragon jaws in a dark woode

Saint Margaret

Eight men in robes pray around a gilded pedestal beneath a crucifix, against a blue fleur-de-lis background.

"Le Prévôt des marchands et les échevins de la ville de Paris"

Philippe de Champaigne, 1648

Painting of a crowded courtyard with a woman dancing, a lute player seated on a rug, and guests watching from balconies.

Jewish Wedding in Morocco

Eugène Delacroix, 1839

Études de chevaux

Antoine Alphonse Montfort, 1822

Allegorical painting of a winged figure, a scythe-bearing reaper, cherubs and a seated woman among clouds.

La Gloire immortelle de Richelieu

Philippe de Champaigne, 1635

Oil self-portrait of an elderly man in a brown beret and dark coat, turned toward the viewer against a brown background.

Self-portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1669

Still life of a heap of red wild strawberries in a basket, with a glass of water, a white carnation, cherries and a peach.

Le Panier de fraises des bois

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1761

Tête d'homme de profil. Etude pour l'Entrée du Christ à Jérusalem, à St Germain des Prés

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1842

Painting of Christ carrying a cross past soldiers and a kneeling woman, with three crosses on a hill in the background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Master of Delft, 1450

Virgin Mary in blue mantle holds Christ Child in a landscape with Saint Joseph in yellow robe beside a tree.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini, 1630

Horsemen and a dog gather beside a tree and ruined archway under a cloudy sky, preparing for a falconry hunt.

Le départ pour la chasse au faucon

Philips Wouwerman, 1625

Ceiling painting of Bacchus and Ariadne on a panther-drawn chariot, framed by gilded stucco and reclining marble figures.

L'Automne ou Le Triomphe de Bacchus et d'Ariane

Hugues Taraval, 1769

Painting of richly dressed nobles greeting robed clergy in a Gothic church, with a crowd watching from draped balconies.

François I and Charles V Visiting the Church of Saint Denis

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1812

Painting of the wedding at Cana with Christ and Mary at a banquet table, servants filling jars, and a Gothic city behind.

Jesus orders six jars to be filled with water during the wedding meal at Cana (John 2)

Gerard David, 1500

Gold-ground triptych with central Crucifixion, Coronation of the Virgin above, and saints and a Nativity on the side panels.

Triptych Coronation of the Virgin

Master of, 1333