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Petit Palais, Paris

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Loose oil sketch of costumed dancers, a red drape and putti on clouds, study for a Paris Hôtel de Ville hall.

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La Peinture à travers les âges - La Danse à travers l…

Aimé Nicolas Morot, 1888

Painting of two dancing nude nymphs under willow trees, with a seated woman, a satyr playing flute, a goat, and a distant lak

Danse des nymphes

Jean-Francis Auburtin, 1910

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and white collar, facing forward against a dark background.

Portrait du baron Antoine d'Ezpeleta

Carolus-Duran, 1882

Portrait d'Auguste Rodin

François Flameng, 1881

Sketch of a family sharing a midday meal beside stone ruins, with an aqueduct and open fields behind them.

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Arcueil-Cachan : La famille - le repas de midi

Alfred Henri Bramtot, 1888

Painting of women washing and hanging white linens outdoors, with a child at a tub and an aqueduct in the background.

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Arcueil-Cachan : Les Blanchisseuses

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1888

Horizontal study of rural scenes with two horses plowing a field, workers, haystacks and a village between stone pilasters.

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie de Vanves : Environs de Vanves

Jean Joseph Enders, 1902

Half-length portrait of a heavyset man in a dark coat and white cravat, gazing downward against a dark background.

Portrait de Monsieur Corbinaud

Gustave Courbet, 1863

Study of a saint in white robes holding a crozier and book before a stone arch, with a rosary at his waist.

Esquisse pour l'église de Bagneux : Saint Herbland

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1877

Curved landscape sketch of the Seine with barges, a crane, tree-lined road and steamboat under a pale sky.

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Issy-les-Moulineaux : La Seine à Issy-les-Moulineaux

Eugène Louis Gillot, 1901

Eight tall decorative panels in a horizontal design study showing classical figures, women, children and workers in landscape

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie de Courbevoie : Jour de fête. Le repos. Le travail. La jeune fille. La…

Alexandre Séon, 1884

Grisaille sketch of an oval ceiling design with four seasonal scenes of figures and landscapes in ornate architectural frames

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie de Courbevoie : Les Saisons (Plafond)

Alexandre Séon, 1884

Painting of youths running and standing in a wooded landscape, with muted greens, ochres and blue sky, by Alexandre Séon.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie de Montreuil-sous-Bois : Les éphèbes

Alexandre Séon, 1892

Painting of a woman walking a path past birch trees toward a valley with farmhouses under a cloudy sky.

Le chemin vers la vallée

Armand Guillaumin, 1885

Painting of a crowded Venetian-style waterfront with figures on a wooden pier, a dark ship at right, and palazzo buildings be

Le départ de l'enfant prodigue

James Tissot, 1863

Group portrait of nineteenth-century men in period dress with a woman in a red robe and laurel crown, on a pale ground.

Le panorama du siècle : Dumas, Rachel, Daumier, Gavarni, Henri Monnier, Frédérick Lemaître, Rude, Horace Vernet, Dela…

Henri Gervex, 1889

Painting of uniformed officers with tricolour sashes on a stone terrace, a striped canopy and large crowd behind them.

Le Panorama du siècle : Fête de la Fédération 1790 - La Convention 1792

Henri Gervex, 1889

Painting of revolutionary-era men in uniforms and tricolour sashes on a stone terrace, one holding a sword.

Le Panorama du siècle : Kleber et Monge, entourés de personnalités de la Révolution française

Henri Gervex, 1889

Oil study of a bald, bearded man with mouth open in anguish, head tilted back, against a dark background.

Tête de supplicié

Théodore Géricault, 1810

Sketch of Bacchus enthroned on clouds with cherubs, winged figures and revelers raising glasses on a terrace below.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 12ème : Le triomphe de Bacchus (plafond du grand escalier)

Joseph Alexis Mazerolle, 1880

Seated elderly woman in black dress holding a small white dog beside a vase of flowers, in an ornate gilded frame.

Portrait de Madame Emile Blanche, mère de l'artiste

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1893

Painting of a man in a tweed cap and dark jacket with a moustache, set against a dim interior with a shelf.

Portrait de l'artiste

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1890

Painting of a woman in a black shawl holding a folding fan, against a dark brown background.

Femme à l'éventail

Alexandre Jean Joseph Falguière, 1892

Full-length painted portrait of a man in a dark hat and cape holding a palette and brush beside an easel.

Portrait d'Ignacio Zuloaga

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1904

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a grey suit holding pince-nez, seated against a golden background.

Portrait de l’architecte Charles Louis Girault (1851-1932)

François Schommer, 1919

Sketch of a crowd at a white obelisk monument with a French flag, wreaths on the grass, and bare trees beyond.

Inauguration d'un monument aux morts, esquisse pour la mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne

Adrien Karbowsky, 1889

Sketch of harvest workers lifting hay beside a haystack, with grey horses, a woman in red and a golden wheat field.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 1er : L'Eté, ou le milieu de la vie

Albert Besnard, 1886

Painting of Christ on a cross against a dark background, arms outstretched, head raised, with a white loincloth and INRI sign

Le Christ en croix, esquisse pour la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Sketch of two figures embracing on steps beside a pale column, with a bare tree and lavender sky in an arched frame.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 1er : L'Hiver, ou Le Soir de la vie

Albert Besnard, 1886

Painting of a ceremonial flag distribution with a red canopy, French flags, mounted soldiers and officials on a platform.

La distribution des drapeaux à Longchamp le 14 juillet 1880

Jules-Arsène Garnier, 1881

La Bouchée de pain : vieil homme s'appuyant sur des cannes

Fernand Pelez, 1904

La Bouchée de pain : vieil homme coiffé d'un chapeau melon, une besace en bandoulière

Fernand Pelez, 1904

La Bouchée de pain : vieil homme de profil, coiffé d'un béret, mains dans les poches

Fernand Pelez, 1904

La Bouchée de pain : homme courbé en avant, mains dans les poches

Fernand Pelez, 1904

La Bouchée de pain : un vieil homme à béquilles et un jeune homme côte à côte

Fernand Pelez, 1904

Two sleeping boys embrace on a dark rough blanket, one with fair hair and bare shoulder, against a shadowed background.

Un nid de misère

Fernand Pelez, 1887

Painting of the Eiffel Tower behind a dark bronze elephant sculpture on a pedestal, with garden statues and a cloudy sky.

L'Eléphant pris au piège de Frémiet et la Tour Eiffel

Ernest Jules Renoux, 1922

Painting of pedestrians walking past stone lion and column near Pont Alexandre III in Paris, with a gilded statue on a pedest

L'Entrée du Pont Alexandre III

Ernest Jules Renoux, 1920

Soft-toned sketch of a family picnicking in a sunny meadow with a farmhouse and village behind them.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 14ème : La famille

Maurice Chabas, 1889

Loose sketch of a rider on a rearing horse beneath a draped figure among clouds, in pale yellow, grey and rose tones.

La Mystique, esquisse de la composition d'ensemble

Albert Besnard, 1908

Loose painted sketch of a racecourse with a coach, horses, spectators, a windmill and a hilltop town under cloudy sky.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le champ de courses de Longchamp

John Lewis Brown, 1889

Loose oil sketch on an octagonal panel with red drapery, blue cloth and tassels in abstracted brushwork.

La Victoire, esquisse pour la coupole Dutuit, Petit Palais, 1er projet

Maurice Denis, 1919

Danseuse dans sa loge, assise profil droit

Fernand Pelez, 1909

Seated nude woman pulling a pink stocking onto her leg in a dressing room, with a faint second figure behind her.

Danseuse dans sa loge enfilant un collant

Fernand Pelez, 1909

Oil painting of the Dome of Les Invalides seen down a tree-lined avenue with pedestrians, a carriage and a kiosk under a grey

Le Dôme des Invalides vu depuis l'avenue de Ségur

Ernest Jules Renoux, 1914

Night painting of the illuminated Arc de Triomphe with a glowing flame on top and a dark crowd gathered below.

11 novembre 1920. Installation des cendres du soldat inconnu sous l'Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile

Ernest Jules Renoux, 1920

Man in dark coat and hat in a sculptor's studio beside plaster busts, a barrel and papers.

Portrait de Jean Carriès dans son atelier

Louise Catherine Breslau, 1887

Narrow vertical painting of bare trees and a drum on a wooden trestle against a grey backdrop.

Grimaces et misère - les Saltimbanques (tambour)

Fernand Pelez, 1888

Five circus performers in sequined costumes stand on a stage, a small boy wipes his eyes, and a macaw perches at left.

Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques (acrobates)

Fernand Pelez, 1888

Painting detail of a bass drum, a red macaw on a hoop, and a striped backdrop with a performer's boots at right.

Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques (grosse caisse et perroquet)

Fernand Pelez, 1888

Painting of two circus clowns on a stage, one in white with a red frog costume grimacing, beside a man in brown clasping his

Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques (clown blanc et bonisseur)

Fernand Pelez, 1888

Three elderly musicians seated on a stage with trombone and bass horn, a monkey above, under an Orchestre Français sign.

Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques (les musiciens)

Fernand Pelez, 1888

Loose oil sketch of Parisian riverbank with trees, strollers in period dress, a rowboat, and a distant bridge.

Esquisse pour le salon des Arts de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La Seine au Bas-Meudon

Gustave Henri Colin, 1889

Sketch of a moored sailing boat and workers on a Paris quay, with a domed building and bridge under a grey sky.

Esquisse pour le salon des Arts de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le port Saint-Nicolas

Charles Lapostolet, 1889

Misty winter scene of a snowy river with a rower, moored barges, and a tall column rising over city buildings.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le bassin de l'Arsenal

Pierre Vauthier, 1890

Sketch of a snowy Paris street with people queuing outside a bakery, a gas lamp, and factory chimneys in grey tones.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La Famine

Paul Louis Delance, 1889

Sketch of rowers in boats on a river beneath a stone viaduct, with houses and trees along the banks.

Esquisse pour la mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne : Canotiers sur la Marne

François Lafon, 1889

Painting of circus performers, a clown, a macaw and three elderly street musicians on a stage, by Fernand Pelez.

Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques

Fernand Pelez, 1888

Portrait de Pauline Ménard-Dorian

Eugène Carrière, 1890

Painting of a kneeling nude woman with long hair, face lifted upward, blue drapery, against a dark background.

La Magdeleine

Jean-Jacques Henner, 1880

Sepia-toned study of three elongated female figures standing side by side, looking upward against a hazy, foliage-filled back

Esquisse pour la mairie du 12ème : la jeunesse

Eugène Carrière, 1897

Painting of three people grouped around sheet music, a woman in a pink dress with pearls looking up against a dark red backgr

La musique (music party)

Mary Cassatt, 1874

Portrait de Jean Carriès

Charles Giron, 1880

Wide watercolor of soldiers with flags marching past a triumphal arch in a snowy city, with a crowd watching.

Réception par la municipalité de Paris, à la barrière de la Villette, des troupes revenant de Pologne, après la campa…

Édouard Detaille, 1902