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Petit Palais, Paris

240 works

Painting of a dying crowned king in bed attended by clergy, a kneeling figure and a knight with a red cross in a dim interior

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Louis d'Antin : La Mort de saint Louis

Pierre-Paul-Léon Glaize, 1869

Painting of a bearded carpenter at a workbench beside a young boy holding a set square, with a mountain view through a window

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis : Saint Joseph et l'Enfant

Jules Richomme, 1870

Painting of men lowering Christ's body from the cross, with mourning women holding torches under a dark sky.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Eustache : L'ensevelissement du Christ, Jésus descendu de la Croix

Emile Signol, 1856

Painting of Saint Vincent de Paul distributing bread to a crowd of poor people while angels hold a banner above.

Esquisse pour l'église de la Trinité : Saint Vincent de Paul secourant les Lorrains après la guerre de 1637

Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, 1873

Painting of a fallen bearded man among stones with three draped figures above holding a wreath and chalice.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-le-Pas : Martyre de Saint Jacques

Théodore Pierre Nicolas Maillot, 1860

Oil sketch of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove and golden halos in a riverside landscape.

Esquisse pour l'église de Noisy-le-Sec : Le Baptême du Christ

Alexandre Grellet, 1872

Sketch of a haloed bishop holding sacred vessels before kneeling figures, soldiers and a fire in a rocky cave.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Ambroise : Saint Ambroise, évêque de Milan, livre les vases sacrés de son église pour ra…

Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1873

Loose sketch of two flowing female figures in pink drapery floating among pine branches above a green hillside.

Esquisse pour la bibliothèque de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : les Muses (Plafond)

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, 1899

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

Sketch of a bishop blocking an emperor and kneeling figures from a church entrance, with clergy, soldiers and onlookers.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Ambroise: Saint Ambroise interdit l'entrée du lieu saint à l'empereur Théodose, coupable…

Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1873

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

Painting of a robed figure in green rising through clouds, surrounded by angels with wings gazing upward toward a radiant sky

L'Ascension

Gustave Doré, 1879

Painting of a haloed saint on a rock beside a red cross, with two winged angels in red robes descending between dark cliffs.

Un Saint au désert

Gustave Moreau, 1879

Painting of the crucified Christ with a crown of thorns, arms outstretched, against a dark, reddish sky.

Le Christ en croix

Léon Bonnat, 1874

Oil sketch with a haloed saint reaching toward a radiant divine figure above, and a reclining body on a sarcophagus below.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Merri (ou Saint-Merry) : Résurrection et Apothéose de saint Denis

Henri Leopold Lévy, 1873

Interior of a church with a sculptor on scaffolding working on a saint statue, draped curtains, and figures below.

Sculpteur travaillant à la statue d'un saint à Saint-Pierre de Rome

Hubert Robert, 1759

Loose painting of a nude bacchante with a laurel wreath holding a thyrsus staff, draped in blue fabric against a pale backgro

Bacchante au thyrse

Henry Cros, 1880

Oil sketch with a preaching saint, a martyrdom scene, a crucifixion shrine and haloed saints in a Gothic frame.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Merri (ou Saint-Merry) : Prédication de saint Denis et conversion des Gaulois. Décollati…

Henri Leopold Lévy, 1873

Painting of Saint Michael in gold armor slaying a dragon while a kneeling man in a red turban prays beside him.

Saint Michel terrassant le dragon, d'après Bermejo

Bartolomé Bermejo, 1900

Painting of Saint Paul holding a sword and open book against a gold background, with a red mantle and halo.

Saint Paul

Ecole espagnole, 1500

Large arched painting of a haloed figure preaching on a shore to a crowd beside a sailing boat.

Esquisse pour Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : Le Christ prêchant

Camille Chazal, 1863

Tiered church mural study with Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem below Gothic arches and standing and enthroned saints.

Esquisse pour la composition d'ensemble du décor du mur gauche de l'église Saint-Germain des Prés : L'entrée du Chris…

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1846

Half-length painting of Christ with a gilded halo, red robe with jeweled neckline, against a dark arched background.

Le Christ, d'après Dirck Bouts

Framed sketch with an apotheosis of haloed figures above and a robed saint blessing kneeling figures below.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Séverin : Les courses apostoliques de saint François de Sales - L'apothéose de saint Fra…

Victor-Louis Mottez, 1852

Gothic-framed mural model showing Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem among palm-waving crowds, with saints above.

Modello de présentation du décor du mur gauche de l'église Saint-Germain des Prés : L'entrée du Christ à Jérusalem

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1846

Painting of a reclining nude youth embraced by a draped woman in clouds, with a dog, bow and arrows beside him in a forest.

Diane et Endymion

Ecole allemande, 1780

Etching of Saint Helena holding a tall cross, numbered 10, with French inscription below, by Stefano Della Bella.

Game of renowned queens. Saint Helena. Thirteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 599 ; Dutuit 118)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Grey wash drawing of a robed figure preaching to seated listeners in a shadowed architectural setting.

Christ preaching

François-Alfred Delobbe

Brown ink drawing of a haloed preacher addressing a crowd in a columned hall, with kneeling women in the foreground.

Saint Paul at Ephesus

Jean-François Brémond

Etching of a haloed king in a fur-trimmed robe before a harbor with sailing ships and an ornate vessel.

Maps of the Kings of France. Saint Louis. Twenty-fifth number of a series of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 659 ; Dutuit 119)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644