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Painting of rows of young girls in grey dresses and white bonnets kneeling in prayer beneath a glowing cross-shaped arched wi

The chapel: The orphans

Fernand Pelez, 1901

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

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

Pastel sketch of a woman and children climbing among pink blossoming branches, framed by a gilded ornamental border.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Femme et enfants dans des branchages

Georges-Picard, 1929

Sketch of Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God, beside Jesus with the four evangelists in clouds, in gilded arched

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Gervais : Moïse recevant de Dieu les tables de la loi. Jésus et les quatre évangélistes

Sébastien Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1872

Ceiling design sketch with a winged nude figure blowing a trumpet in a central medallion, framed by gilded ornament and corne

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La renommée de Paris

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Loose oil sketch of a red-cloaked rider on a white horse amid a crowd, with a Gothic building and red banner behind.

Esquisse pour un tableau : Etienne Marcel et la Grande Ordonnance de 1357

Diogène Maillart, 1883

Painted study of a farmer and seated woman talking in a rural courtyard, framed by a decorative border reading FIANCÉS.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 14ème : Les Fiancés

Adrien-Henri Tanoux, 1889

Sketch for a decorative ceiling with medieval acrobats and fair games around a central rosette, framed by ornate scrollwork c

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scènes médiévales : saltimbanques et jeux de foire

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Painting of an armed crowd at a barricade, a man raising a tricolour flag, fallen soldiers and smoke before a stone building.

Combat devant l'Hôtel de Ville le 28 juillet 1830

Jean Victor Schnetz, 1833

Circular oil sketch by Delacroix of allegorical figures among clouds under a blue sky, with a garland and kneeling figures be

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris. La Paix vient consoler les hommes et leur ramène l'abo…

Eugène Delacroix, 1854

Watercolor ceiling design with a central rosette and grey medieval figures of dancers, musicians and players in ornate border

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scènes médiévales : jeux, danses et musiciens

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Triangular sketch of a crowned female figure with raised arms, a child, fruit garlands and birds, painted in soft muted tones

Esquisse pour la grande galerie des Fêtes de l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris: Origine (Humanum oritur genus)

Henri Lehmann, 1852

Oil painting of a seated robed woman on clouds surrounded by putti and kneeling figures, with gilded foliate border.

Allégorie. Le triomphe de la Religion

Sebastiano Conca

Watercolor ceiling design with medieval children's games and a herald around a central rosette, with ornate corner decoration

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scènes médiévales : jeux d'enfants, saute-mouton, le hé…

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Triangular sketch of a nude man fighting a lion, with other beasts and figures around him in muted earth tones.

Esquisse pour la grande galerie des Fêtes de l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris : L'homme combat les animaux féroces (P…

Henri Lehmann, 1852

Loose oil sketch of old stone houses beside a rushing waterfall under a blue sky, by Félix Ziem.

La Cascade

Félix Ziem, 1870

Ceiling design study with a ship and allegorical female figure in a circular medallion, framed by ornate scrollwork and a Lat

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris (galerie Lobau) : Fluctuat Nec Mergitur

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Painting of a red-haired nude woman seated on a rock in leafy greenery, with a dog and red flowers at her feet.

En été, Femme au chien

Alfred Philippe Roll, 1909

Painting of a roadside encampment by a ruined arch, with a rider in red, a woman in yellow, and a campfire.

Les Bohémiens

Philips Wouwerman, 1653

Ceiling design sketch with a central medallion of three classical figures, one holding a lyre, framed by ornate scrollwork.

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Apollon

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette : Homme aveugle tendant le bras gauche

Alphonse-Henri Périn, 1836

Sketch of the Presentation of the Virgin: a girl with a halo kneels before a high priest on temple steps, with onlookers arou

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet : La Présentation de la Vierge au Temple

Nicolas Louis François Gosse, 1857

Ceiling design sketch with two musician cherubs in a central oval, surrounded by gilded scrollwork and Paris monument medalli

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Génies musiciens - Monuments de Paris

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Still life painting of a dark-background flower bouquet with tulips, hyacinths and crown imperial in an ornate gilt frame.

Le panier de fleurs

Arthur Chaplin, 1907

Autoportrait

Emile Renard, 1906

Watercolor ceiling design sketch with a central medallion, medieval-style figures on horseback and ornate red and grey corner

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scènes médiévales : scènes d'auberge et de carnaval

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Seated bearded prophet Isaiah in red robe and teal mantle, holding a flowering staff, within a gold hexagonal panel.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Isaïe

Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1875

Bretonne en prière

Henri Guinier, 1918

Watercolor ceiling design with figures of acrobats and children around a golden central rosette, framed by ornate corner scro

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scènes médiévales : saltimbanques et jeux d'enfants

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Painted study of the prophet Ezekiel, a bearded man in red and green robes with a staff, against blue, in a gold hexagon.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Ezéchiel

Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1875

Painting of a seated woman in an orange dress and yellow hat reading in a sunlit grassy landscape, by Renoir.

Femme lisant dans un paysage

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1917

Ceiling design sketch with medieval figures at games and sports around a central rosette, with scrolled corner ornaments.

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scène médiévales : jeux et sports

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Painted sketch of the prophet Jeremiah, a bearded old man in red cloak and grey robe, seated against blue, within a gold hexa

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Jérémie

Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1875

Woman in a blue skirt and white cap sweeps a checkered floor in a sunlit room with red chairs and a window.

La Balayeuse

Pieter Janssens Elinga, 1670

Design sketch for a ceiling with three female figures in a medallion, a Liberté Egalité Fraternité banner, and blue corner pa

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair and a mustache, in a dark jacket, glancing sideways against a brown background.

Portrait d'Alexandre Falguière

Carolus-Duran, 1870

Painting of nude nymphs bathing in a forest pool, with a horned hunter and dog at right, by Michel Dorigny, 1640.

Diane et Actéon

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Watercolor sketch of a decorative ceiling with a central rosette and a circle of medieval acrobats and musicians in ornate bo

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scène médiévale : saltimbanques et musiciens

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Painting of a laurel-crowned woman in white and blue beside burning armor, with a chained man and a warrior in clouds.

La Paix

François Boucher, 1750

Triangular sketch of nude Diana or Selene with bow and quiver, flanked by two cherubs, gold mosaic and floral border.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville : La Nuit, Nivôse - Germinal

Joseph Blanc, 1901

Watercolor ceiling design with medieval hunting, dancing and game scenes around a central rosette, with ornate corner spandre

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scènes médiévales : chasse, danse et jeux

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Sketch of two arched panels with allegorical women beside scientific instruments and a telescope, framed by ornamental pilast

Esquisse pour le salon d'entrée nord de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La Physique. La Chimie. La Philosophie. L'Astronomie

Henri Bonis, 1892

Sketch of floating muse-like women playing harp and lyre in a cloudy sky above a city of rooftops.

Esquisse pour le salon des Lettres de l'Hôtel de ville de Paris : Les muses parisiennes (plafond)

Jules Lefebvre, 1896

Ceiling design sketch with a central roundel of a female figure and putti, surrounded by ornate blue and gold panels with cit

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le tambourin, les monuments de Paris

Hector d' Espouy, 1890

Octagonal sketch of Psyche seated on clouds with a winged Cupid and cherubs in a pastel sky, in an ornate frame.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Psyché et l'Amour

Georges Hervy, 1884

Oil sketch of an allegorical ceiling design with an embracing couple, cherubs and reclining nudes in clouds.

Esquisse pour le plafond de la salle des mariages de la mairie du 4ème : Le Mariage

Fernand Cormon, 1878

Design study of a wall with fireplace and a painted landscape panel showing a seated woman and standing man labeled AMOUR.

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

Edouard Michel-Lançon, 1883

Octagonal sketch of an allegory with a seated woman, flying cherubs with a trumpet, and figures on clouds below.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Allégorie de la Ville de Paris (plafond)

Félix Jobbe-Duval, 1884

Design study with two stacked arches, four allegorical figures in the spandrels, and classical architectural framing in muted

Esquisse pour un salon d'introduction de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Arts. Sciences. Commerce. Industrie

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1892

Design sketch for a wall decoration: a painted pastoral family scene in a green landscape above drawn wooden paneling and a c

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

Edouard Michel-Lançon, 1883

Sketch of the prophet Daniel seated beside a lion, raising one hand, in a hexagonal gilded frame on teal ground.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Daniel

Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1875

Painted design sketch with two Gothic arched panels: enthroned Christ with kneeling Saint Joseph, and the Holy Family with an

Esquisse pour l'église saint Laurent : Saint Joseph aux pieds de Jésus Christ - la Fuite en Egypte, Saint Joseph inte…

Faivre-Duffer, 1878

Sketch of a reclining body on a tomb in an arched niche, with mourners on both sides and statues flanking a wooden door.

Esquisse pour la chapelle de la Sorbonne : Le Christ au tombeau

Louis Charles Timbal, 1875

Painted sketch of a Last Judgment scene with Christ, angels, a warrior saint with banner and demons in a Gothic arch.

Esquisse pour l'église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés : Le Jugement Dernier

Alexandre Jean Baptiste Hesse, 1872

Oil sketch of the Marriage of the Virgin: a high priest presides over a betrothal at an altar, watched by a crowd in a temple

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet : Le Mariage de la Vierge

Nicolas Louis François Gosse, 1857

Elderly woman in white bonnet holding a folded letter by a leaded window in a dim interior.

La Femme à la lettre

Adriaen van Ostade, 1685

Sketch of a veiled seated woman holding shears, flanked by nude and draped figures on classical pedestals under a grey sky.

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie du 4ème : Le Destin

Léon Comerre, 1884

Farmer with two oxen in a plowed field, raising an arm toward a sunburst sky inside a circular dark frame.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hymne de la Terre au Soleil

Georges Bertrand, 1893

Painted design sketch of a family scene under a tree with cows and a rooster, framed by ornate wood paneling.

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Arcueil-Cachan : La famille

Édouard Vimont, 1888

Oil sketch of two allegorical nude women, Fortune blindfolded and Abundance with a basket of fruit, in loose blue and rose to

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie du 4ème : La Fortune et l'Abondance

Léon Comerre, 1884

Sketch of a couple walking on a dirt path over autumn fields toward a distant town, framed by an arched border.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie de Romainville : Paysage avec un couple marchant

Jean Joseph Enders, 1907

Sketch of a soldier embracing a woman in a red shawl beside a military camp, above a painted fireplace and panelled doors.

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Arcueil-Cachan : La patrie

Édouard Vimont, 1888

Loose oil sketch of a woman's head in a dark hat, tilted down, against a warm red background.

Tête de femme

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1917

Oil sketch of a pastoral landscape with a seated couple, flowering shrubs, a stream, grazing cow and cloudy sky.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie de Romainville : paysage avec un couple assis

Jean Joseph Enders, 1907

Painting of a seated woman holding an apple beside a blue and white plate, brass jug and blossoms, within a gold and blue dec

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Normandie (Voussure)

Paul Milliet, 1893

Colorful ceiling design sketch of a dome with Christ and God the Father at the bottom and angels in the corners.

Esquisse pour la coupole de la croisée du transept de l'église Saint-Roch

Adolphe Roger, 1859

Sketch of a reclining couple beside a hut under dark trees, with a moon in a blue night sky.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Le repos des époux

Jacques Ferdinand Humbert, 1884

Seated woman in straw hat holding oranges, framed by citrus branches and pink flowers in a blue decorative spandrel.

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris (voussure du mur sud) : Nice

Paul Milliet, 1893

Framed painting of Saint Joseph holding the infant Jesus and a lily, flanked by two angels with scrolls in Gothic arches.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Joseph : Saint Joseph

Pierre-Auguste Pichon, 1874

Painting of a robed preacher on a rocky hill gesturing to a crowd, with a lake and hills behind.

Esquisse pour l'église Sainte-Elisabeth : Le Sermon sur la montagne

Nicolas Auguste Hesse, 1849

Painting of a haloed Christ in blue robe blessing a crowd of mothers, children and infants on an outdoor landscape.

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux : Sinite parvulos venire ad me [Laissez venir à moi les petits…

Charles-Henri Hilaire Michel, 1873

Framed design of Christ with glowing Sacred Heart between two angels holding scrolls, beneath Gothic arches.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Joseph : Le Sacré-Coeur

Savinien Petit, 1874

Painting of three clergymen at a lectern with a boy in a red cape holding a candle in the foreground.

Le lutrin

Alphonse Legros, 1865

Circular sketch of a nude female figure with a laurel wreath among cherubs and clouds, framed by flowers.

Esquisse pour le Buffet de la gare de Lyon : La ville de Lyon (plafond de la grande salle)

Guillaume Dubufe, 1899

Sketch of a Paris river scene at night with a rowing boat, crowds on the quays, cherubs, flags, and a 14 Juillet banner.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 4ème : le 14 juillet 1880

Albert Besnard, 1884

Circular sketch of a laurel-crowned nude rider in a golden chariot with horses, an eagle and winged figure in blue sky.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Apothéose de Napoléon Ier

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1853

Circular painting of an elderly bearded man in white drapery speaking to two nude young figures beneath trees.

Philétas instruisant Daphnis et Chloé

Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1875

Painting of a cluster of veiled women in angular ochre and grey drapery beneath a pale arched sky.

Femmes sur les terrasses, Rabat

Bernard Boutet de Monvel, 1918

Sketch of the Virgin kneeling beside the Trinity in Gothic panels, with a dove above and a monogram below.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Séverin : La Vierge devant la Trinité

Small painting of the Arc de Triomphe glowing at dusk down a tree-lined avenue with figures and a carriage.

Les Champs-Elysées : l'Arc de triomphe

Félix Ziem, 1855

Pastel painting of a sunlit cliff above a calm turquoise lake with two small rowboats, signed Henry Brokman 1926.

Monte d'Oro, lac de Garde

Henry Brokman, 1926

Three draped women with a lyre on a rocky shore watch a low sun set over a calm sea at dusk.

Soir antique

Alphonse Osbert, 1908

Small painting of autumn trees with rust and gold foliage beside a reflective pond under a pale sky.

L'Automne

Crowd of armed revolutionaries before a columned stone building, a man raising a sword and papers, a blue fleur-de-lis banner

Les vainqueurs de la Bastille devant l'Hôtel de Ville, le 14 juillet 1789

Paul Delaroche, 1838

Circular painted sketch of crowned royals and angels beneath a golden church in the clouds, study by Antoine Gros.

Esquisse pour le Panthéon (église Sainte-Geneviève) : Gloire des dynasties royales et impériales devant sainte Geneviève

Antoine Gros, 1812

Small oil sketch of a dark barge on a river under a cloudy sky, with masts, a chimney and a tricolour flag.

Le Chaland

Félix Ziem, 1853

Seated elderly woman in a mauve dress at a writing desk in a domestic interior, painted in soft muted tones.

Portrait de Madame Frantz Jourdain

Edouard Vuillard, 1914

Hubert Robert's 1759 painting of a laundry courtyard with women, children, drying cloth and a dog in shadowed light.

La Blanchisserie

Hubert Robert, 1759

Woman in dark riding habit and grey hat on a chestnut horse in dappled sunlight, trees behind her.

Mademoiselle Meuriot sur son poney

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1889

Tondo painting of the Virgin and Child with young Saint John the Baptist holding a cross, in a river landscape.

Vierge à l'Enfant avec Saint Jean-Baptiste

Botticelli, 1510

Round painting of the Virgin and Child with young Saint John the Baptist and two angels before a distant landscape.

Vierge à l'enfant avec Saint Jean-Baptiste et deux anges

Painting of the Pietà with Virgin Mary holding dead Christ, surrounded by four saints and a cross against a hilly landscape.

Pieta avec Saint Benoît, Saint François, Saint Jean et Sainte Marie-Madeleine

Raffaellino Del Garbo ou dei Carli ou dei Capponi, 1525

Nude woman with long hair stands between tree trunks by a turquoise sea with waves and an orange headland.

Méditerranée

Aristide Maillol, 1895

Esquisse pour l'église Notre-Dame de Lorette : groupe d'Apôtres lors de la Cène (tournés vers la droite)

Alphonse-Henri Périn, 1836

Painting of three nude women bathing in a stream beneath trees, with loose green and blue brushwork in the landscape.

Trois baigneuses

Paul Cézanne, 1882