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Musée du Louvre (Department of Paintings)

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Painting of Noah's Ark on a hill with many animals and birds gathered in a rocky landscape under a blue sky.

L'Arche de Noë

Roelant Savery, 1600

Shepherds and a woman in classical dress gather at a stone tomb in a wooded landscape with distant mountains.

Et in Arcadia ego

Nicolas Poussin, 1638

Hazy painted cityscape of rooftops and a large dome beneath a pale sky, with distant hills receding into mist.

View of Rome in the Morning

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1775

Four men in period dress play a board game at a carpeted table while two onlookers stand nearby in a dim interior.

Les Joueurs de tric-trac

Master of the Games, 1650

Painting of women on a riverbank rescuing an infant from the water, with an arched bridge and pyramid in the background.

Moses Saved from the River

Nicolas Poussin, 1638

Brown-toned painted design of a triumphal arch with allegorical figures, an armored warrior, and a tree with parrots at top.

Arch of the mint: the rear face (Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi)

Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

Painting of the Madonna in blue holding the nude Christ Child, with a white dove and open book on a ledge below.

Madonna and Child with a Dove - Piero di Cosimo - Louvre INV 817

Piero di Cosimo, 1490

Oil painting of Israelites gathering manna in a desert landscape, with women, children, a man with a staff and clay pots.

Les Israélites recueillant la manne dans le désert

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1657

Dark forest scene with sunlight on tree trunks above a still stream reflecting the surrounding foliage.

Cours d'eau sous bois

Constant Troyon, 1825

Painting of a crowded procession in robes before a domed church facade with a bell tower and column under a blue sky.

The Procesion of the Doge at San Zaccaria

Francesco Guardi, 1775

Painting of the dead Christ held by the Virgin Mary, with a bishop and three saints beside them against a blue sky.

Pietà

Bernardo Zenale, 1400

Dawn harbor scene with an obelisk on a stone quay, figures launching a rowboat, a large ship, and a hazy orange sun.

Matin à la mer : effet de brume

Joseph Vernet, 1767

Religious painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with a red-robed cardinal, a brown-robed friar, and two floating cherubs.

La Vierge à l'Enfant avec saint Charles et saint François

Tanzio da Varallo, 1628

Saint John the Baptist in a blue robe holds a lamb on a red book, with a riverside landscape behind him.

Saint Jean-Baptiste

Maître du retable d'Avila, 1510

Baroque allegory of a helmeted woman with a spear, crowned by putti, with a trampled figure, palette and open book below.

Allegory of France as Minerva Trampling Ignorance and Crowning Virtue

Sebastiano Ricci, 1718

Painting of Christ among a crowd of robed men beside a kneeling woman before classical stone buildings under blue sky.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Nicolas Poussin, 1653

Dante and Virgil stand in a boat amid nude, struggling figures in dark water, with a burning city under a red sky.

Dante and Virgil in Hell, also known as The Barque of Dante

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary presenting the infant Jesus to a high priest at a temple with columns and onlookers.

Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple

Luca Giordano, 1670

Gilded altarpiece panel of a bishop saint in pink robes and dark cape holding a crozier, book and gold balls.

Saint Nicolas

Antonio Aleotti, 1498

Portrait of a standing man in a dark coat holding a young girl's hand beside a doorway with a dog.

Jean-Baptist Isabey, Miniaturist, with his Daughter

François Gérard, 1795

Survivors in an open boat in stormy seas, with polar bears swimming nearby and an iceberg behind a broken ship.

Les naufragés

Eugène Le Poittevin, 1839

Seated man in dark cloak playing a lute beside a table with sheet music and a flute, against a dark interior.

L' Ouïe: homme jouant de la guitare

Anthonie Palamedesz, 1625

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with two musician angels, one playing a lute and one a harp, in a Gothic setting.

La Vierge et l'Enfant trônant en reine du ciel, entre deux anges musiciens

Gerard David, 1490

Harbor scene with sailing ships, rowboats, fortress towers and elegantly dressed people on rocky shore under a cloudy sky.

Entrance of the Port of Marseille

Joseph Vernet, 1754

Painting of the dead Christ surrounded by mourners, with a skull, a basin, and a walled town in the background.

Retable de la Déploration du Christ : La Déploration

Joos van Cleve, 1520

Painting of a woman in a white veil and blue headscarf holding up a cloth against a dark background.

St. Veronica

Lorenzo Costa, 1508

Woman in white gown and orange shawl gestures toward two children beside a red-draped table in a gray room.

Le Pardon

Charles Paul Landon, 1795

Seated woman in white dress and red gloves holding a book by a window with green curtain and distant landscape.

Madame Barbier-Walbonne

François Gérard, 1796

Forest scene with a seated woman, putti and satyr among piled fruit, vegetables and flowers, with a distant city.

Earth

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1611

Painting of a seated woman and armored warrior among cherubs, classical columns, a fountain and a harp.

Rinaldo and Armida

François Boucher, 1734

Painting of a royal procession with carriages and crowds approaching a domed building with a gilded dome under a cloudy sky.

Louis XIV Visiting the Hôtel Royal des Invalides

Pierre-Denis Martin, 1706

Painting of a farm landscape with a dead tree, an owl, a shepherd with cattle, goats, ducks on a river, and distant hills.

The Farm

Dirck Wijntrack, 1650

Large painting of Venus on clouds with Vulcan beside armor, surrounded by cupids and doves in a blue sky.

Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas

François Boucher, 1757

Classical landscape with figures by a river, a lyre player, a fortified city with a bridge, and dark clouds above.

Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice

Nicolas Poussin, 1650

Painting of an elderly bearded man offering grapes at a classical arched doorway to seated figures at a laden table.

Abraham and the Three Angels

Gerard de Lairesse, 1675

Gothic triptych with a Nativity scene in the centre, a kneeling figure, angels and two standing saints on gold grounds.

Saint Vittorino (?) (au-dessus : l'Ange de l'Annonciation)

Giovanni di Paolo, 1470

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