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Petit Palais, Paris

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Charcoal drawing of an elderly man in a wide-brimmed hat with folded hands resting on a table.

Old sailor at Yport

Jean-Pierre Laurens, 1901

Watercolor of mourners lowering Christ's body into a rocky tomb, with the Virgin Mary and haloed figures, against a gold-latt

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station XIV; Jesus is placed in the tomb

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a figure leaning over a prone body with a dagger, set in a wooded landscape with trees and mountains.

Game of fables. Pyramus and Thisbe. Thirty-second number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 514 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and wash caricature of a crowned, corpulent figure on a barrel labeled La Loupillone, with a bearded man, flag and ships.

La Loupillone

Charles Léandre, 1909

Watercolor study of a kneeling crowned figure with a halo under a wooden cross, with three soldiers around him.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station VII: Jesus falls for the second time

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of Pallas and Arachne: a helmeted warrior points at a recoiling woman beneath a spider web.

Game of fables. Pallas and Arachne. Thirty-third number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 536 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charles Léandre drawing of muscular male athletes seen from behind in black and red chalk, with smaller study sketches.

The athletes

Charles Léandre

Watercolor study of Jesus carrying the cross as his mother kneels nearby, with haloed figures and a soldier against a blue ar

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station IV: Jesus meets his most holy mother

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a standing man and a seated woman in drapery offering hands in a wooded landscape, by Stefano Della Bella.

Game of fables. Meleager and Atalanta. Thirty-fourth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 509 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal drawing of a hairy ogre offering flowers to a seated man at a table, with a ghostly woman behind.

New Year's Eve

Charles Léandre, 1911

Grey-blue wash sketch of an orator raising his arm before a crowd, with a sign reading LA PATRIE EST EN DANGER.

Sketch for "Méhul teaching patriotic songs to the people of Paris"

Charles Victor Eugène Lefebvre, 1870

Etching of a feathered-helmet warrior with shield facing a coiled dragon beside a tree in a landscape.

Game of fables. Jason. Thirty-fifth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 515 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal caricature of a stout older woman in a fur cloak and flower crown, looking upward, with a heraldic shield at left.

The parvenue

Charles Léandre

Study of a foot

Etching of two seated figures in a garden, one gesturing toward a woman leaning on a stone pedestal.

Game of fables. Vertumnus and Pomona. Thirty-sixth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 498 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal sketch of a fisherman seen from behind, wearing a cap and carrying two wicker baskets on brown paper.

Fisherman seen from the back

Fernand Legout-Gérard

Charcoal study on brown paper of a raised arm with bent elbow and hand, with shoulder and torso sketched beside it.

Study of an arm

Etching of a centaur carrying a draped rider across a field while a small archer aims a bow from the left.

Game of fables. Hercules and Dejanira. Thirty-seventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 511 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Seated male nude study in chalk and white highlights on brown paper, with draped cloth and a squared transfer grid.

Study for Christ of the afflicted

Watercolor design of angels, a dove in a Gothic arch, and decorative church panels, with a wood-grain inscription panel on th

Sketch for the transept of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

Théodore Pierre Nicolas Maillot

Etching of winged Boreas carrying Orithyia through swirling clouds, her arms raised and hair streaming.

Game of fables. Boreas and Orithyia. Thirty-eighth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 495 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Portrait of a standing man, in profile to the left, walking with his nose in the air, wearing a small round hat

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowned king seated under an oak tree, with courtiers, a kneeling man and a cherub.

Saint Louis rendering justice at the foot of an oak tree

Louis Matout, 1864

Etching of two nude figures embracing at the edge of a pool beneath dense trees, from Della Bella's 1644 fable series.

Game of fables. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. Thirty-ninth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 508 ; Dutuit…

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil drawing of a village street lined with bare trees, leading to a Gothic church with a spire and rose windows.

Village entrance

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin

Red chalk and white highlight study of a seated male nude with one arm raised and the other extended forward.

Nude study

Luc-Olivier Merson

Etching of a seated sculptor touching a nude statue on a pedestal, with a cupid in the upper left corner.

Game of fables. Pygmalion. Fortieth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 521 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Painted portrait of a red-haired woman in a dark coat leaning against a tree in snow, with a small black dog behind her.

A girl

Robert Noir, 1912

Charcoal and chalk study of draped fabric on a seated back figure, with a sketched sleeve and forearm at upper left.

Study of drapery on a three-quarter back figure, cross-legged, and study of a sleeve

Luc-Olivier Merson

Etching of two draped figures throwing stones in a landscape, with a classical temple ruin on the right side.

Game of fables. Deucalion and Pyrrha. Forty-first number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 534 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal and chalk drawing of gnarled trees and undergrowth on brown paper, inscribed Etretat, 1880, by Alexandre Nozal.

Etretat

Alexandre Nozal, 1880

Red chalk drawing on brown paper of a standing nude child holding a stick across the shoulders, eyes lowered.

Frontal study of a standing nude girl

Luc-Olivier Merson

Etching of Jupiter in flames and clouds above a draped woman reclining on a couch beside a curtain.

Game of fables. Jupiter and Semele. Forty-second number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 506 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil and chalk sketch of a winged figure with a trumpet above two figures on a circular base.

Sketch for a commemorative monument

Louise Gabillot van Parys

Red and black chalk sketch of a child figure with feathered wings on toned, stained paper.

A child

Etching of a woman on a rock raising her arm toward a distant two-masted sailing ship on rough sea.

Game of fables. Theseus and Ariadne. Forty-third number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 535 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal and white chalk study of a man with his hand to his head, mouth open, on tan paper.

Study of a man's head wearing a cap

Red chalk study of a headless figure in a voluminous robe with one hand raised, on tan paper.

Study of a man's bust wearing a chasuble

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of two women holding hands and walking past a tree, with a grazing animal and hills in the background.

Game of fables. Jupiter and Callisto. Forty-fourth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 500 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Brown wash drawing of an acrobat balancing on a pole above a circus ring, with a crowded audience in tiered galleries.

Circus scene

Study of drapery; right sleeve with crossed forearms seen in profile

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of two figures in a landscape, one with a spear and one with a dog, by Stefano Della Bella, 1644.

Game of fables. Cephalus and Procris. Forty-fifth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 540 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man seated at a cluttered desk before dark bookshelves.

Portrait of Ernest Renan

Fernand Desmoulin

Red chalk study of a right hand raised in blessing on tan paper, with faint sketches of a sleeve and other forms.

Study of a right hand in the gesture of blessing

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of a reclining woman on a bed as gold coins fall from a cloud, with an attendant and a winged figure beside her.

Game of fables. Jupiter and Danae. Forty-sixth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 539 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal drawing of a young woman's head seen frontally, with dark hair and a direct, serious gaze.

Woman's head from the front

John Singer Sargent

Study with forearms resting and hands crossed and study of a hand

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of Orpheus and Eurydice: a woman in flowing drapery reaches back as a bare-chested man strides beside her against a d

Game of fables. Orpheus and Eurydice. Forty-seventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 520 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a hood holding a cigarette, legs crossed, bare feet visible, on cream paper.

Woman with a cigarette

John Singer Sargent

Red chalk drawing of a draped garment with folds and cuffs laid over a chair back, sketched on tan paper.

Study of drapery; garment placed on a seat

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of Perseus holding Medusa's head with a winged horse and a rocky background.

Game of fables. Perseus and Medusa. Forty-eighth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 494 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal sketch of a veiled woman crouching on the ground, head bowed, wrapped in dark draped cloth.

Algerian woman crouching

John Singer Sargent

Study of drapery; man's bust seen in profile to the right

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of Mercury beside a horned cow with Argus reclining in a wooded landscape, signed Bella.

Game of fables. Mercury and Argus. Forty-ninth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 507 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Painted drawing of a soldier drinking from a bottle atop corpses, with a ruined cathedral and smoky sky behind him.

Prussian soldier drinking from the neck of a bottle

Georges Rochegrosse

Sketch of a bearded man with long dark hair, eyes closed and mouth open, draped in white cloth on tan paper.

Mounet-Sully declaiming

Various figures and scribbles. Study of three men on horseback. Fifth number of a series of 23 pieces. (A. de Vesme 4…

Stefano Della Bella

Pencil drawing of an allegorical monument with a draped female figure atop a globe, a torch-bearing figure, and two lions.

The Triumph of the Republic after Dalou

Emile Jean Sulpis, 1879

Portrait of a child

Jean Veber, 1891

Etching of a child walking while carrying a woolly lamb, drawn with loose hatched lines on a pale sheet.

Various figures and scribbles. Child walking while holding a lamb. Eighth number of a series of 23 pieces. (A. de Ves…

Stefano Della Bella

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a woman with curled hair and a ruffled lace bodice, dated 1883.

Portrait of Madame Durot

Guillaume Dubufe, 1883

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a feathered hat and layered blouse, head bowed, resting on a bench.

Portrait of a woman

Various figures and scribbles. Woman carrying a round basket on her head. Twelfth number of a series of 23 pieces. (A…

Stefano Della Bella

Graphite study of a laurel-crowned nude male figure beside a winged female figure and a large ornamented shield.

Study for "The apotheosis of Napoleon Ier"

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1853