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Sketch of a couple holding hands by a village well, with a blacksmith forge and women drawing water in the background.

Esquisse pour la mairie de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés : Les fiançailles

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1883

Painted sketch of a white-robed figure teaching bearded men and youths on temple steps between tall columns.

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Jésus parmi les Docteurs

Michel-Martin Drölling, 1837

Painted lunette of seated Saint Ambrose with mitre, halo and open book, framed by gold and blue scrollwork.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Ambroise : Saint Ambroise

Joseph-Frédéric-Charles Soulacroix, 1866

Gilded lunette painting showing scenes from the life of Saint Laurence in three tiers, with angels, martyrdom and procession

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Laurent : La vie de Saint-Laurent

Jean-Paul-Etienne Balze, 1870

Painted sketch of two seated winged angels flanking a dark domed architectural silhouette against a pale blue sky.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont : Deux anges assis

Paul-Félix Guerie, 1874

Painted tympanum design of a crowned seated woman labeled Eloquentia, with gold scrollwork and a blue starred medallion.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Ambroise : L'éloquence

Joseph-Frédéric-Charles Soulacroix, 1866

Oil sketch of a religious ceremony in a columned temple, with a gold-robed priest, kneeling figures and onlookers on steps.

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Consécration de la Vierge

Auguste Jean Baptiste Vinchon, 1836

Sketch of a church interior with a priest at the altar, kneeling figures, a baptism at a font, and light rays from above.

Esquisse pour l'église Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept Sacrements

Paul Jourdy, 1844

Study showing a mother and child by cottages on the left and a soldier with a cannon on the right, with a blank central panel

Esquisse pour la mairie de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés : Maternité et Patrie - La défense de la Patrie

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1883

Sketch of two seated women with work tools beneath an ornate frieze reading TRAVAIL, above wooden wall panels.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Le travail

Léon Comerre, 1884

Painting of a quarry landscape with seated figures, a grazing horse, and factory chimneys, above a drawn fireplace design.

Esquisse pour la mairie de Vanves : Les carrières - Le jour du repos

Jean Joseph Enders, 1902

Sketch of a harbor quay with ancient-dressed figures, masted boats, barrels and cargo sacks under a warm pale sky.

Esquisse pour la salle d'audience du tribunal de commerce de Paris : Les Nautes parisiens à l'époque gallo-romaine

Paul Louis Delance, 1890

Design sketch for a mural labelled EDUCATION, showing a family under a shelter and oxen plowing a field at sunset.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés : Education

Edouard Michel-Lançon, 1883

Sketch of a ceiling design with an allegorical central medallion and two nude figures in flanking panels on a pale ground.

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Asnières : Allégorie des Arts (Plafond de la salle des fêtes)

Henri Courselles-Dumont, 1903

Painting of Moses raising a bronze serpent on a staff while suffering people writhe and kneel around him under a stormy sky.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis : Le serpent d'airain

Constant ou Constantin-Louis-Félix Smith, 1819

Painting of a seated woman in red with children at a stone fountain, a village church and sunset landscape beyond.

A la fontaine

Louis Matout, 1886

Painting of a flock of sheep led by a black dog across a snowy slope at dusk, with bare branches in the foreground.

Moutons

Painting of a sunny village road with a farmhouse, a man with a staff, two oxen, and a sky with clouds.

Saint-Parize-le-Châtel

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1869

Painting of soldiers with swords attacking mothers and infants in a classical colonnade, with dead children on the floor.

Le Massacre des Innocents

Nicolas Poussin, 1627

Reclining nude woman with long red hair on sea foam, waves and rocky coast behind her, in a gilded oval frame.

Naissance de Vénus

Henri Gervex, 1907

Sketch of figures searching a snowy night street, one carrying a lantern, with two prone figures lying in the snow.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du préfet à l'Hôtel de Ville : La recherche des blessés durant le siège de Paris en 1870

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1889

Painting of an elderly man in a bath surrounded by grieving women, attendants and soldiers beside classical columns.

La Mort de Sénèque

Jacques-Louis David, 1773

Painting of a pale nude man lying on a dark ground, head resting on one arm, against a shadowy background.

Bara

Jean-Jacques Henner, 1882

Oil sketch of soldiers marching past women and children by city walls, with a cannon and balloon in the right panel.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet à l'Hôtel de Ville : La sortie des troupes durant Le siège de Paris en 1870

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1889

Painting of a procession in a sunlit Venetian square before an ornate Gothic basilica, with red-robed figures and pink banner

Venise, procession de la Saint-Georges

Félix Ziem, 1870

Two arched panels: a haloed figure halts a brawling crowd amid ruins; a haloed cleric embraces a man in a red cloak in a chur

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Ambroise : saint Augustin faisant cesser un usage barbare selon lequel les pères, les fr…

Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1875

Sketch of two Paris street scenes: people queuing at shops in snow, and a fallen man beside smoke near a church spire.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le bombardement de la montagne Sainte-Geneviève. Le…

René Joseph Gilbert, 1889

Painted sketch of workmen unveiling a white allegorical sculpture of winged women with a trumpet, framed by a garland.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 19ème arrondissement : Allégorie des Arts (plafond)

Emile Jean Baptiste Philippe Bin, 1880

Painting of orange-red rocks along a coast with green shrubs, turquoise sea and a small rock offshore under a pale sky.

Rochers dans la mer

Louis Valtat, 1902

Painting of plaster sculpture casts and nude figure studies arranged in a studio before framed figurative pictures.

Académie de sculpture

Louis Valtat, 1921

Sketch of two nude figures in a spring landscape with birds flying over blossoming trees, in a lunette-shaped canvas.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 1er : Le Printemps ou le matin de la vie

Albert Besnard, 1886

Sketch of allegorical figures under a sunburst, with a winged figure, a flag bearer, a reader and a rooster on a cloud.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 19ème arrondissement de la Ville de Paris : Le Triomphe de la Rép…

Albert Besnard, 1880

Sketch of a red-robed woman raising her arm beside oxen pulling a plow, with seated figures and a crescent moon above.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 19ème arrondissement de la Ville de Paris : Cérès - L'Abondance e…

Albert Besnard, 1880

Sketch of a decorated wall with columns, a wooden door, and three scenes of a woman with a child, dancing, and a festive dinn

Esquisse pour la mairie du 4ème : Le Bal à la campagne ou La Fête populaire

Albert Besnard, 1884

Decorative sketch of columns and panels with scenes of elegant people at a formal ball and a garden.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 4ème : Le Bal à la ville ou La Fête mondaine

Albert Besnard, 1884

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a gray suit leaning on a column in a dim interior, by Albert Besnard.

Portrait de Françis Magnard

Albert Besnard, 1884

Sketch of a classical wedding scene with a woman in white, a torch-bearing figure, a cupid, and a hazy coastal landscape.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 19ème arrondissement de la Ville de Paris : le Mariage

Albert Besnard, 1880

Painting of a stone pine above a bay at sunset, with seated figures, a boat, and a distant city with domes and minarets.

Pin parasol à l'embouchure du Bosphore

Félix Ziem, 1900

Painting of a crowned woman collapsing in pain as a king in a red cloak and startled attendants gather in a dim columned hall

Créüse consumée par la robe empoisonnée

Jean-François de Troy, 1743

Painting of a hillside with stone rubble, a wooden cart, fences and houses under a stormy grey sky.

Dépôt de pavés à Montmartre [Paysage à la charrette]

Maximilien Luce, 1889

Painting of a Paris riverside street with pedestrians, bare trees, a carriage, and pale buildings under a grey sky.

Paysage parisien. Bords de Seine

Maximilien Luce

Monochrome sketch of an arched composition with two reclining figures flanking a central cartouche above a pale circle.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Les Mathématiques - La Minéralogie

Eugène Carrière, 1891

Monochrome sketch of an arch with dark corner spandrels holding figures and an ornate cartouche at the top.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Mathématique et Minéralogie

Eugène Carrière, 1891

Monochrome sketch of two reclining figures in dark spandrels flanking an ornamental crest above a pale circle.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le Magnétisme - La Mécanique

Eugène Carrière, 1891

Monochrome oil sketch of an arch with a central keystone, reclining figures in the corners, and a pale circle below.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La Botanique - La Médecine

Eugène Carrière, 1889

Monochrome sketch of an arch with fruit garland and figures in the corner spandrels, study by Eugène Carrière.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La Géographie - La Géologie

Eugène Carrière, 1891

Oil sketch of an arch with reclining nude figures in dark spandrels and a central keystone above a pale ochre field.

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La Physique - La Chimie

Eugène Carrière, 1891

Painting of white chalk cliffs above a low-tide beach at sunset, with grey clouds and a rosy horizon.

Mesnilval

Jean-Charles Cazin, 1894

Semicircular sketch of allegorical figures, putti and horses with republican month names around the border, by Joseph Blanc.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Les mois républicains

Joseph Blanc, 1901

Decorative ceiling sketch with a central allegorical scene of figures and angels by an arcade, framed by medallions.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hommage de la Ville de Paris à Victor Hugo

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1894

Pastel painting of nude women bathing and resting among rocks and tide pools beside a calm sea.

Le jardin de la mer

Jean-Francis Auburtin, 1910

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Painting of a 1792 street scene with a flag-draped recruitment stand, drummers, a crowd of men, and cannons on a bridge.

Les enrôlements volontaires en 1792

Édouard Detaille, 1902

Two men on a rocky hillside with a greyhound and an easel under a grey sky, one painting and one standing in a red cape.

Dunoyer de Segonzac et Boussingault peignant

Bernard Boutet de Monvel, 1914

Loose painting of a crowded Paris square with blurred figures, market stalls and colorful fair booths under a pale sky.

Fête de la place du Trône, Paris

Luigi Loir, 1890

Hazy river scene with a stone arched bridge, a barge, and a church spire rising above trees under a pale sun.

La Cité, Paris, matinée d'automne

Albert Lebourg, 1909

Painting of men in top hats gathered in an ornate interior with green lamps, gilded columns and a red carpet.

Au cercle

Jean Béraud, 1908

Painted view of the Pont Neuf bridge over the Seine with riverside figures, a boat, and Paris buildings under a pale sky.

Le Pont Neuf

Albert Lebourg, 1906

Painting of dark bronze fountain statues in a green basin before grey neoclassical buildings under an overcast sky.

La Place de la Concorde et la rue Royale

Ernest Jules Renoux, 1910

Painting of a sunlit park with a large tree, seated figures in hats, horse-drawn carriages, and a pink building behind.

Le Palais Rose

Ernest Jules Renoux, 1908

Painting of young girls in white towels preparing in a washroom, with a mirror and basins along the back wall.

Les Petites Figurantes

Fernand Pelez, 1913

Painting of a crowded street market with porters carrying baskets and women selling vegetables beside city buildings.

L'approvisionnement des Halles, esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1889

Hazy brown painting of a mother embracing a child beside other robed figures in a dim, shadowy interior.

Les âges de la vie : les jeunes mères

Eugène Carrière, 1900

Painting of workers unloading flour sacks from a horse cart before a bakery on a Parisian cobblestone street, 1885.

Porteurs de farine, scène parisienne

Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse, 1885

Painted architectural study with columns and panels of haloed saints, angels and a crowded death-bed interior scene.

Esquisse pour le Panthéon : La mort de sainte Geneviève

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1885

Grisaille sketch of warriors, prehistoric humans and riders in misty clouds, study for a Paris museum ceiling.

Esquisse pour le plafond de l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris : Les Races humai…

Fernand Cormon, 1897

Long horizontal painting of kneeling black-robed mourners, knights, clergy and a crowd in a medieval hall procession.

Les funérailles de Charles le Bon, comte de Flandre, célébrées à Bruges le 22 avril 1127

Jan van Beers, 1877

Night street scene with moonlit wet road, low houses on the left, tall trees on the right, and a glowing lantern.

Une rue à Delft, le soir

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1868

Painting of a shaded woodland clearing with a stone bench, tall trunks, and patches of sunlight on the ground.

Le banc

Henri Harpignies, 1906

Night street dance with flags and lanterns; café patrons in the foreground watch dancing couples in a crowd.

14 juillet

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1889

Three mermaid-like women in dusky water near a cave, one with arms raised, watching a distant sailing ship at sunset.

Chants sur l'eau

Jean-Francis Auburtin, 1912

Painting of three draped women resting in a meadow with sheep, pine trees, a mountain ridge and dramatic clouds.

Les Dryades

Émile-René Ménard

Muted painting of a costumed procession with a drummer, masked figures, a woman with an umbrella and a central child in a lon

La Vachalcade

Fernand Pelez, 1900