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Seated woman in white dress and blue skirt holding a mandolin beneath dark trees against a pale blue sky, 1774 portrait.

Portrait de Marie-Louise-Adélaïde-Jacquette de Robien, vicomtesse de Mirabeau

Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1774

Painting of a man in sans-culotte dress holding a tricolor flag, with a clay pipe, against a dark mountain landscape.

Portrait du chanteur Simon Chenard (1758-1832), en costume de sans-culotte, porte-drapeau lors de la fête en l'honneu…

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1792

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and turquoise jacket with lace jabot, in a gilt frame with a bow crest.

Portrait de Charles-Marin de La Haye des Fossés, fermier général du roi (1736-1790)

Alexandre ou Alexander Roslin, 1773

Half-length portrait of a woman with curled gray hair, blue velvet mantle and gold silk dress before a wooded landscape.

Portrait présumé de Madame la duchesse de Beaufort

Nicolas de Largillière, 1714

Half-length portrait of an older bald man in a red robe and white collar, hands clasped before him, dark background.

Portrait de Germain Piètre, procureur de la Ville de Paris (1641-1654)

Philippe de Champaigne, 1654

Seated man in blue coat with red folio and handwritten letter in a dark study, with draped curtain and papers.

Portrait de Mirabeau (1749-1791) dans son cabinet de travail

Laurent Dabos, 1791

Oval portrait of an older man in a blue coat holding a compass over plans, with a young girl leaning on his shoulder.

Portrait de Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), architecte, avec sa fille Adélaïde

Johann Melchior Wyrsch, 1779

Oval portrait of Louis XVI in red coat, blue sash, star order and ermine mantle, with powdered white hair.

Portrait de Louis XVI (1754-1793), roi de France

Antoine François Callet, 1786

Oval oil portrait of a man with powdered white hair in a dark coat with gold braid and buttons, against green.

Portrait d'un général de division entre 1791 et 1794

Joseph Boze, 1794

Portrait of a man in a white wig and brown embroidered coat, leaning on a carved wooden chair, painted in 1785.

Portrait de Claude-Nicolas Ledoux(1736-1806), architecte

Michel-Martin Drölling, 1785

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white veil and dark gray mourning gown against a dark background.

Portrait de Marie-Stuart (1542-1587), reine de France et reine d'Écosse, en costume de deuil

François Clouet, 1560

Oil portrait of a grenadier in a tall bearskin cap and red-trimmed uniform, holding a folded note.

Portrait d'un grenadier tenant à la main un billet

E. Lussigny, 1791

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark coat and lace jabot, signed Mlle Lusurier and dated 1770.

Portrait d'homme, autrefois identifié comme d'Alembert

Catherine Lusurier, 1770

Oval portrait of a man in a dark wig, metal armor and red cravat, set in a gilt frame.

Portrait de François-Adhémar de Monteil, comte de Grignan (1629-1714)

Nicolas de Largillière, 1670

Oil portrait of a man with grey powdered wig, white cravat and grey coat, in a gilded frame.

Portrait de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), écrivain et philosophe

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1753

Oil portrait of a man in an embroidered green coat holding a letter, with red drapery and letters on a desk.

Portrait présumé de Jacques de Flesselles (1730-1789), dernier prevôt des marchands

Donat Nonnotte, 1768

Oval portrait of a man in green hussar uniform with a plumed shako and red sash, gesturing before a stormy mountain landscape

Portrait du général François Marceau des Graviers (1769-1796)

Antoine Louis François Sergent, 1796

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff, pointing to a harbor with ships on a balcony.

Portrait of Nicolaes van der Borght. Merchant of Antwerp

Andries van Eertvelt, 1625

Young woman with curled hair and a white headband holds a lamb in a landscape with an oak tree and dusky sky.

Portrait d'une jeune femme tenant un agneau

Jeanne-Louise dite Nanine Vallain, 1788

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white ruff collar and black garment against a dark background.

Portrait d'homme

Abraham de Vries, 1629

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled dark hair, pearls, and red ribbon bows on a white and gold gown.

Portrait de femme

Jacob Ferdinand Voet, 1700

Half-length portrait of a man in a black hat and brown coat, hands clasped, with a hilly landscape behind him.

Portrait de Joost van Bronkhorst (1494-1570)

Jan Mostaert, 1520

Seated man in black costume and wide-brimmed hat beside a red draped table, with a small spotted dog at his feet.

Portrait d'homme en costume de velours noir

Hendrick Gerritsz. Pot, 1657

Oil portrait of a powdered-wig man in blue coat with gold embroidery and red sash, dark background.

Portrait de Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684-1761), maréchal de France

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1748

Oil painting of two girls in white dresses under a tree, one holding a pastry and one reaching toward her.

Portrait de deux fillettes, dit Les Gâteaux

William Artaud, 1799

Oval portrait of a young child reclining on cushions in a white bonnet and blue velvet dress with teal bows.

Portrait de Louis-Antoine de Bourbon, duc d'Angoulême

Michel-Honoré Bounieu, 1777

Oil portrait of a man in a brown coat with a walking stick and hat, set against a wooded landscape at dusk.

Portrait de Charles Colmore, Esq.

Francis Cotes, 1764

Portrait of a young woman with flowers in her hair, white frilled blouse, blue ribbon and scissors, against a muted backgroun

Portrait présumé de Jeanne-Elisabeth-Victoire Deshays, épouse de l'artiste

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1763

Oval portrait of a young blond boy in a dark wide-brimmed hat with a white feather, wearing a white ruffled collar.

Portrait de jeune garçon avec un chapeau à plumes

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1785

Full-length portrait of a standing man in 18th-century dress beside a table of rolled architectural plans.

Portrait de l'architecte Claude-Nicolas Ledoux

Marguerite Gérard, 1787