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Musée du Louvre (Department of Paintings)

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Still life painting of silvery fish and carp on a dark rocky ground with a cloudy landscape behind them.

Nature morte aux carpes

Nicola Maria Recco, 1750

Domed ceiling fresco with mythological figures, cherubs and flower garlands around a central painted sky opening.

Venus and Adonis

Antoine François Callet, 1774

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, flanked by four haloed angels in flower crowns against gold.

Madonna and Child with Four Angels

Master of the Nativity of Castello, 1450

Painting of nymphs dancing in a grassy clearing beneath large trees, with soft light and a distant horizon.

A Morning. The dance of the Nymphs

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1850

Portrait of a young woman in a red gown with gold ribbons and a beaded necklace, set against a dark background.

La Belle Ferronnière

Leonardo da Vinci, 1495

Oil sketch of billowing clouds over a blue sky, with distant hills and small buildings and trees along the bottom edge.

Étude de ciel au Quirinal

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1775

Oil painting of a seated schoolmistress teaching a group of children in an interior with a brazier and sunset landscape.

La Maîtresse d'école

Painting of the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints with gold halos against a dark background.

Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria

Pietro Perugino, 1495

Painting of a nude woman with crescent moon descending toward a sleeping nude youth, with a cupid and blue drapery.

Diana and Endymion

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1822

Painting of a seated woman and an elderly woman beside a fruit tree, with a garden, cottage and windmill in the background.

Vertumne et Pomone

Frans Francken the Younger, 1600

Painting of Adonis led by cupids toward a reclining Venus in a wooded river landscape with flying putti.

Adonis Led by Cupids to Venus

Francesco Albani, 1621

Altarpiece of St. Thomas Aquinas flanked by Aristotle and Plato, with Christ and the Evangelists above and a crowd of scholar

Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1470

Oil sketch of a river valley with a ruined stone arch bridge and blue mountains under a pale sky.

The Bridge at Narni

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1826

Half-length self-portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white collar, holding a palette and brushes.

Self-portrait with a Palette

Painting of a summer hay harvest with a loaded wagon, workers, horses, trees, a river and a distant village under a cloudy sk

Paysage d'été, la fenaison

Lucas van Uden, 1639

Painting of a man in a red beret placing a ring on a woman's finger against a dark background.

Fiancees

Lucas van Leyden, 1527

Painting of a young man treating an old blind man's eyes while an angel, a dog and two women stand nearby in a landscape.

Tobias Cures his Father's Blindness

Jan Sanders van Hemessen, 1555

Medieval painted panel of the Last Supper with Christ at center, twelve apostles, gold background, bread and wine on table.

La Cène

Creator:Maître de la Madeleine, 1280

Crowded mythological wedding banquet in a forest, with nude gods, musicians, flying cherubs and servants carrying food.

The Nuptials of Thetis and Peleus

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1600

Painting of herders with cattle and sheep on a hill beneath a cloudy sky, with a wind-bent tree on the right.

Paysage au taureau

David Teniers the Younger, 1625

Painting of a crowded classical city with columns, a golden idol, and figures in distress tending to fallen plague victims.

The Plague at Ashdod

Nicolas Poussin, 1630

Circular gold-ground panel of a haloed figure in blue robes gesturing with one raised hand, by Fra Angelico.

God the Father

Fra Angelico, 1425

Painting of a turbaned man in a red robe holding hands with a veiled woman on a Venetian balcony.

Othello and Desdemona in Venice

Théodore Chassériau, 1850

Kitchen interior with a seated woman, a child, dogs, hanging game birds, fish, and cooks at a hearth in the background.

Kitchen Interior

David Teniers the Younger, 1644

Reclining nude woman with a skull and silver ewer, a red urn and distant city behind her, under the inscription EVA PRIMA PAN

Eva Prima Pandora

Jean Cousin, 1550

Painting of ruined Cairo mosque arches, a minaret, camels and robed figures under a bright blue sky.

Ruines de la mosquée du khalife Hakem au Caire

Prosper Marilhat, 1846

Annunciation panel: the Virgin Mary in a canopied bed on a gold ground, with two kneeling angels and rays of light.

Annunciation

Bernardo Daddi, 1330

Woman in white satin gown reading a book, seated in a rocky cave beside a stream with distant buildings.

La Madeleine, ou Une Pénitente dans le désert

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1742

Landscape painting of rocky cliffs, trees and a group of classically dressed figures with sheep in a clearing by the sea.

Paysage. Apollon chassé du ciel, enseigne la musique aux bergers

Lancelot Théodore Turpin de Crissé, 1824

Painting of Christ handing keys to a kneeling Saint Peter on steps, with angels and cherubs in clouds above.

Le Christ donnant les clefs du Paradis à saint Pierre

Giambattista Pittoni, 1730