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Sketch of pedestrians on a Paris riverside walk at dusk, with a stone bridge and pink evening sky.

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Evening in Paris

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1889

Painted sketch of an urn of roses and hollyhocks on a stone pedestal, with a peacock and white rabbit in the foreground.

Sketch for the vestibule of the Hall of Letters of the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Flowers and peacock

Charles Monginot, 1892

Night sketch of a shepherd and sheep on a shore under a crescent moon, set within a dark arched frame.

Sketch for the dining room of the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Mutton

Georges Jules Bertrand, 1893

Painted sketch of a crowd invading a Paris town hall interior, with officials at a table and gesturing men beside a stone pil

Sketch for the prefect's office of the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: The Invasion of the Hôtel de Ville by the Belleville…

Jean-Baptiste Noro, 1889

Sketch of a paneled wall design with three painted rural scenes of figures in a landscape, framed by classical moldings.

Sketch for the wedding hall of the town hall of Courbevoie: binder, maternity, education

Théobald Chartran, 1884

Oil sketch of a pink-roofed house on a rural path beside a wooden paneled door panel, 1898.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Créteil Plain seen from the Saint-Simon path

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Decorative design study with a blue roundel of a figure riding a leaping animal, gilded foliage and pear branches in corners.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Bélier

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Oil painting of a dusty path through dry hills with agave plants and a robed figure beside a wooden fence post.

Bou-Zaréa (Algérie)

Henry Brokman, 1890

Oil sketch of a paneled wooden door beside a loosely painted landscape of trees and a riverbank.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Banks of the Marne seen from the bridge of the Ile Sainte-Catherine

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Decorative spandrel design with a grey medallion of a bull and figures, gold leaves, and peach-branch corner panels.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Taureau

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Small oil sketch of a pale sunlit mountain range above rocky ground, with a shrub at left and a blue sky.

Djebel saharien

Henry Brokman, 1890

Sketch of a wooded landscape with workers and tree trunks, set above painted wood paneling, for a decorative wall scheme.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Créteil Plain taken from the Saint-Simon path

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Decorative spandrel design with a blue medallion of two classical figures and a horse, flanked by fruit branches and emblems.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Gémeaux

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Painting of palm trees and white walls under a blue sky, with an agave plant and a small figure in shade.

L'Oasis

Henry Brokman, 1890

Oil sketch of wood-paneled wall with a loosely painted landscape of trees and a field above and beside it.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Créteil plain taken from the Saint-Simon path

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Decorative design study with a blue classical figure medallion in a gilded leaf spandrel and lemon-branch corner panels.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes des l'Hôtel de ville de Paris : Cancer

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Small painting of a blue-green river beneath a pink sky with hazy distant hills and a flat-topped cliff on the far bank.

Rive du Nil, Egypte

Henry Brokman, 1891

Loose oil sketch of women in dresses in a garden with tall trees, set within a drawn wooden panelled wall frame.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Banks of the Marne seen from the bridge of the Isle Sainte-Catherine

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Decorative design sketch with a blue classical medallion, gilded leaves, and fruit-branch panels in triangular spandrels.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Vierge

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Hazy oil painting of a pink-lit temple facade across shallow water under pale pink and blue sky.

Le temple de Louxor, Egypte

Henry Brokman, 1891

Oil sketch of a wood-grain door beside a window framing a loose, painted landscape of trees and a figure.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Banks of the Marne seen from the bridge of L'Isle Sainte-Catherine

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Design study of a triangular spandrel with a grisaille allegorical figure holding scales, flanked by orange branches and red

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Balance

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Hazy desert scene with pale stone tombs in the foreground, distant cliffs and a cloudy sky, painted in soft muted tones.

Le Caire, tombeaux des califes

Henry Brokman, 1893

Sketch of an angel with a sword expelling two nude figures from a garden under dark trees.

Esquisse pour l'église de Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles : Le péché originel

Jean-Louis Bezard, 1869

Decorative spandrel design with a central sketched hunter roundel, gilded leaves, peach branches and emblem cartouches on a c

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scorpion

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Small landscape painting of Mount Etna in pink and mauve tones above a calm turquoise sea and shoreline trees.

Etna (Sicile)

Henry Brokman, 1899

Oil sketch of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a glowing dove above, and three angels in a wooded arch.

Esquisse pour l'église de Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles : Le Baptême du Christ

Jean-Louis Bezard, 1869

Decorative spandrel design with a centaur archer medallion, fruit branches and gold emblems on a cream ground.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Sagittaire

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Sketch of a reclining woman with a hunting dog in a semicircular lunette, with flowers behind, signed François Lafon.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : la Chasse ou L'Automne

François Lafon, 1893

Plaster model of a chapel entrance with a painted tympanum showing a risen figure and patterned gilded walls.

Maquette du décor de la chapelle des Morts (dite chapelle des Ames) église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Dieu le père, le C…

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1836

Decorative spandrel design with a blue-toned medallion showing a figure and goat, flanked by lemon branches and red roundels.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Capricorne

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman with a sickle and wheat sheaves in a semicircular lunette composition.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, la Moisson ou L'Eté

François Lafon, 1893

Sketch for a mural with three dark arches below scenes of a city view, a rifleman, tended wounded men and an interior.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : L'arrivée d'un pigeon voyageur - Les soins aux blessés

Paul-Emile Mangeant, 1889

Decorative spandrel design with a blue medallion showing a winged figure and swan, flanked by pear branches and gilded rounde

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Verseau

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Sketch of a seated woman in a green dress holding a net beside fish, in a half-circular lunette composition.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, la Pêche

François Lafon, 1893

Sketch of a crowd carrying wounded men to an ambulance, beside a scene of spectators watching hot air balloons in a field.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le transport des blessés à l'ambulance - Le départ…

Paul-Emile Mangeant, 1889

Design study of a triangular spandrel with a blue medallion of a winged figure and fish, gold leaf patterns, and fruit corner

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Poisson

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman in a purple robe picking grapes beside a basket of fruit and vine leaves.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, la Vendange

François Lafon, 1893

Four painted panels of putti in a gilded frame; two tablets read LEX and JUS, with scales and a sword.

Esquisse pour le plafond de la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris : Lex

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Ceiling design sketch with an X-shaped layout, pink ground, allegorical figures, cherubs, garlands and French medallion label

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Janvier

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Sketch of two nude children lifting a large box beneath a garland, painted in loose grey and cream tones on a half-circle pan

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, deux enfants levant ensemble une grande boîte

François Lafon, 1893

Four painted putti in gilded panels; two hold a tablet reading LEX, two hold one reading JUS, and one carries scales.

Esquisse pour la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris : La Justice

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Ceiling design sketch with a cross-shaped layout, white scrollwork, blue allegorical figures, putti and floral garlands.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Février

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Grisaille sketch of two nude children, one with a trumpet and one with a sheaf of wheat, lifting a large box in a lunette.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, un enfant tenant une trompette et l'autre une gerbe lev…

François Lafon, 1893

Four small painted panels of putti with tablets reading LEX and JUS, and a scales of justice, in a gilded frame.

Esquisse pour la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris : La Paix

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Watercolor design for a ceiling with an X-shaped layout, classical figures, putti, blossoms and gilded scrollwork around insc

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Mars

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Lunette sketch of two winged putti lighting a torchère on a pedestal, flanked by columns, in grey and blue tones.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, deux Amours allumant une torchère

François Lafon, 1893

Grisaille sketch of a draped female figure leaning on a column in an arched niche, with a raised arm and sandals.

Esquisse pour le Palais de Justice de Paris : La Force

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Decorative ceiling study with putti, draped allegorical figures, scrollwork and French cartouches in pink, blue and gold tone

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Avril

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Lunette sketch of two nude winged cupids holding torches beside a lit torchère, in grey and gold tones.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de ville, deux Amours tenant chacun une torche près d'une torchère allumée

François Lafon, 1893

Study of a bearded man's head beside a hand gripping a sword, on a warm ochre and pale ground.

Esquisse pour le décor de l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette à Paris : Tête de saint André, étude de main tenant une épée…

Victor André Jacques Orsel, 1850

Decorative ceiling study with pink panels, blue allegorical figures, gilded cartouches, scrollwork and flowers in an X-shaped

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Mai

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Oil painting of a striped desert tent with a seated woman in a blue veil under a pink sky.

Tente arabe dans le désert à Blidah

Henry Brokman, 1890

Tête de Christ

Ary Scheffer, 1849

Colored design sketch of a symmetrical ceiling with X-shaped structure, putti, draped figures, and scrollwork in pink, white

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Juin

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Oil painting of a hooded seated man with bare feet and a wooden stick on pebbled ground under a pale sky.

Arabe assis de face

Henry Brokman, 1891

Interior of a dye workshop with two bearded workers in aprons examining wool skeins, and a third worker at a brick vat.

L'atelier de teinture aux Gobelins

René Joseph Gilbert, 1888

Decorative ceiling design sketch with X-shaped layout, blue allegorical figures, putti, floral garlands and gilded inscriptio

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Juillet

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Painting of the Death of the Virgin: a woman lies on a bed as mourners gather, and a cherub holds roses.

La mort de la Vierge

Hippolyte Lazerges, 1853

Horizontal sketch of soldiers and cavalry marching past a ruined house on a dusty road under an overcast sky.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La défense extérieure

René Joseph Gilbert, 1889

Painted design sketch for a cross-shaped ceiling with cherubs, classical figures, foliage garlands and gold cartouches in pin

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Août

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Painting of a crowded assembly hall with men in period dress gesturing around a central figure, curtains and a throne behind.

Le marquis de Deux-Brézé et Mirabeau, le 23 juin 1789

Paul Marc Joseph Chenavard, 1831

Painting of a king's deathbed with a monk, kneeling knights, a crown on blue robes, and holy figures in clouds above the sea.

La mort de Saint Louis

Auguste Jean-Baptiste Leloir, 1884

Decorative ceiling study with four cartouches, blue allegorical figures, putti and floral garlands on a pink ground.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Septembre

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Muted sketch of a flat-topped mountain above misty sea, with handwritten inscription about Trapani and Monte San Giuliano alo

Trapani, Monte San Giuliano (Sicile)

Henry Brokman, 1899

Pointillist dusk view of a church spire and stone bridge over a river, with a moon, moored boats and a riverbank.

L'église de la Dalbade à Toulouse

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, 1896

Decorative ceiling design sketch with four panels of allegorical figures, garlands, scrollwork and inscribed cartouches in pi

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Octobre

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Monochrome sketch of a robed woman raising a torch amid fallen figures, ruined walls and bare trees on snow.

La Croix Rouge

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1870

Painted frieze of ancient Greek figures in draped robes, a sculptor at an easel, and a helmeted warrior on gold ground.

Epoque grecque : Esquisse pour la salle de dessin de l'école des garçons de la rue Dombasle, 15ème arrondissement de…

Joseph Jean-Félix Aubert, 1879

Painted ceiling design sketch with four panels of allegorical figures, scrollwork, garlands and labelled cartouches in pastel

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Novembre

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1889

Oil painting of three children at a table, one painting in a sketchbook beside a watercolor palette and glass of water.

Portraits intimes

Alfred Dehodencq, 1872

Painting of pale desert mountains above a calm Nile river with a small sailboat and soft reflections.

Le Nil - Louxor (Les montagnes de Thèbes)

Henry Brokman, 1891

Decorative ceiling design sketch with X-shaped layout, allegorical figures, putti, garlands and gilded cartouches in pastel t

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Décembre

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Dark tavern scene of workers gathered around a man in an apron holding his head, with an injured man on the floor.

La grève des forgerons

Paul Constant Soyer, 1882

Painting of a glassworker at a bench, shaping glowing molten glass in a dim workshop lit by windows.

Le Verrier

Fernand Cormon, 1893

Oil painting of a seated barefoot man in a white turban and dark robe holding a wooden staff beside a pale wall.

Louxor, arabe tenant un bâton assis dans une rue

Henry Brokman, 1892

Painted sketch of a uniformed man presenting plans to a crowd, with allegorical women and a triumphal arch in an arched frame

Esquisse pour le pavillon Denon au Louvre : Les quatre âges artistiques de la France - Présentation des plans à Napoléon

Charles Louis Müller, 1864

Two painted landscape panels of rural fields, one with a stone wall and children, one with goats and figures on a grassy slop

Esquisse pour la mairie de Bagnolet : Deux vues des environs de Bagnolet (le nord et le sud)

Louis Béroud, 1893

Design study with a central allegorical scene of a woman raising a flag, flanked by two panels of seated and armored figures.

Esquisse pour la mairie de Pantin : Avenir. Hardy Pantin! En avant. Espérance. Glorieux passé

François Schommer, 1886

Design study of a decorative wall with landscape panels, oval allegorical medallions and wood panelling, showing mothers, chi

Esquisse pour la mairie du 20ème arrondissement : L'amour, la fidélité, la tendresse maternelle, La Famille, l'affect…

Edouard Michel-Lançon, 1884

Study sketch of a green hillside with grazing animals and a seated dog, with rooftops of a town and sky beyond, behind blank

Esquisse pour la mairie de Bagnolet : Vue des environs de Bagnolet (l'est)

Louis Béroud, 1893

Triptych of three painted scenes: a suitor offering flowers, a wedding procession, and a family in a courtyard.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages la mairie du 7ème arrondissement : La demande. Le mariage. La famille

Henri Leopold Lévy, 1876

Design study of a painted wall with panels showing domestic work, instruction, plowing with oxen, and education, framed by wo

Esquisse pour la mairie du 20ème arrondissement : Les soins domestiques, l'instruction, le travail, l'éducation

Edouard Michel-Lançon, 1884

Horizontal painted sketch of farm workers harvesting hay with scythes and pitchforks, loading a horse-drawn cart.

L'Agriculture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement de Paris

Jules Didier, 1881

Watercolour sketch of riverside leisure scenes with rowing boats, couples, a picnic boat and a fisherman, framed under the ti

Esquisse pour la mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne : Plaisirs (salle des fêtes)

Edmond Debon, 1889

Painted panel of a family in a forest with dancing garlanded children, flanked by two empty arched niches.

Esquisse pour le salon en hémicycle de la mairie du 16e : La famille

Henri Leopold Lévy, 1884

Painted sketch of gardeners at work: a woman kneeling, men digging, raking and watering, and a child with a dog.

L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement de Paris

Jules Didier, 1881

Horizontal frieze of historical French scenes with knights, battles, and crowds in brown and ochre tones, with captions below

Principaux faits de l'histoire de France : Esquisse pour le préau de l'école de la rue de Château-Landon, 10ème arron…

Diogène Maillart, 1879

Ceiling design sketch with two painted panels: a reclining figure beside a crescent moon, and a seated figure with a lyre amo

Esquisse pour la mairie de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés : La Nuit et le Jour

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1883

Horizontal frieze of workers in carpentry, forge, mechanics, glassmaking and printing trades under a painted inscription.

De près ou de loin tous les métiers ont besoin d'être touchés par un reflet de l'art : Les métiers : Esquisse pour la…

Edmond Eugène Valton, 1887

Sketch of ragged volunteers marching behind a tricolor flag and drummer, with officials and a seated woman on the left.

Le départ des conscrits, La patrie en danger : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue de Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissemen…

Diogène Maillart, 1879

Horizontal painting of farm workers plowing, sowing and harrowing a field with teams of horses under a hazy sky.

Histoire du blé : labours, semailles, hersage : Esquisse pour la salle de dessin de l'école de la rue Dombasle, 15ème…

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1879

Painting of a teacher leading boys in a drawing lesson, with easel and green curtains, flanked by panels on perspective and e

Dessinez enfants, pour soutenir plus tard l'honneur industriel de la République française : Esquisse pour la salle de…

Edmond Eugène Valton, 1879

Wide sketch of uniformed guardsmen and horsemen on a winter plain, with a blank ochre arch in the centre.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La garde nationale à Buzenval

Raoul Arus, 1889

Oil sketch of harvesters in a wheat field, one man holding a scythe while others bend over cut sheaves.

Histoire du blé : Moissonneurs aiguisant leurs faux. Esquisse pour la salle de dessin de l'école de la rue Dombasle,…

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1879

Painted sketch in panels of workshop figures weaving, sewing and painting at an easel, with a vase of flowers and two men tal

Benvenuto Cellini, artiste du XVIè siècle, admire les produits de l'art moderne : Les tissus : Esquisse pour la salle…

Edmond Eugène Valton, 1880