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Oil portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair, white lace collar and red floral shawl against a dark background.

Portrait de jeune fille

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux, 1795

Oil portrait of a young woman with powdered hair and pink ribbon, wearing a gold brocade gown with white lace trim.

Portrait de Marie-Adélaïde de France, fille de Louis XV, dite Madame Adélaïde

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1750

Painting of a seated woman in a pink gown writing with a quill at a desk beside a column and bookshelf.

Portrait présumé de Marie-Thérèse de Savoie, comtesse d'Artois

Louis-Lié Périn-Salbreux, 1776

Oil portrait of a woman with dark curls and a white collar against a warm brown background.

Portrait de femme

George Romney, 1780

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet and white pleated ruff against a brown background.

Portrait de Gaspard Gevartius

Peter Paul Rubens, 1628

Seated man in brown coat with an open book on a table, green chair and dark interior behind him.

Portrait présumé de Jean-Jacques Lagrenée dit Portrait d'un homme dans un manteau croisé

Marguerite Gérard, 1787

Portrait de Charles, cardinal de Bourbon (1523-1590)

Ecole française, 1580

Half-length portrait of a man in black with white collar and red mantle, with gold inscription and coat of arms, 1662.

Portrait de Nicolas Baudequin, échevin de la Ville de Paris

Ecole française, 1662

Portrait of a man with a mustache and white lace collar in dark dress, with coat of arms and gold inscription, 1662.

Portrait de Charles Clérambault, conseiller de la Ville de Paris en 1662

Ecole française, 1662

Half-length portrait of an elderly bearded man in black skullcap and dark cassock, labelled Saint Vincent de Paul.

Portrait de saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)

Simon François, 1660

Half-length portrait of a man in a red fur-trimmed hat and green coat, resting his hand on a carnival mask at a stone ledge.

Portrait d'Emmanuel de Coulanges (1633-1716), épistolier et chansonnier

Nicolas Colombel, 1690

Portrait of a woman with curled hair holding a quill, seated at a desk with letters and pearls, in a red gold-embroidered gow

Portrait de femme écrivant, autrefois identifiée comme Mme de Sévigné

Florent Richard de Lamarre, 1680

Half-length portrait of a man in a red robe and black garment with a white collar, against a dark background.

Portrait de Pierre Broussel (1576-1654), conseiller au parlement de Paris

Ecole française, 1653

Half-length portrait of a man in a white wig and dark coat with lace jabot, against a dark background.

Portrait de Pierre-Jacques Bréart, huissier commissaire-priseur au Châtelet de Paris

Ecole française, 1760

Oval portrait of a man in armor with a lace collar, long wig and baton, the surface worn and flaking.

Portrait de Louis XIV (1638-1715), roi de France

Ecole française, 1670

Oil portrait of a seated man in a white wig and dark velvet coat, holding an open book, against a dark background.

Portrait du docteur François Quesnay (1694-1774), médecin et économiste

Ecole française, 1743

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue military coat with red collar and gold epaulette.

Portrait d'un adjudant-major d'un régiment de ligne

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1790

Two men in period dress, one seated at a table with drawing instruments and a Latin inscription, against a dark background.

Portrait d'un maître et de son élève

Ecole française, 1700

Oil portrait of a man in a long powdered wig and red robe trimmed with white fur, seated against a dark background.

Portrait de Cardin Le Bret, Premier Président du Parlement de Provence

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1712

Oil portrait of a woman in a feathered headdress and blue velvet cloak with gold fringe, looking upward against a dark backgr

Portrait de Mme Thénard, dite "la Grande" (1757-1849), sociétaire de la Comédie Française, dans le rôle d'Hermione da…

Ecole française, 1785

Oil portrait of a woman in white silk with a red sash, plumed headdress, pearls, holding a staff and shield.

Portrait présumé d'Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier, dite la Grande Mademoiselle (1657-1693)

Henri et Charles Beaubrun, 1660

Full-length portrait of a woman in a patterned red and gold gown and plumed headdress, holding a staff, before a dark landsca

Portrait de Madeleine Fare Le Tellier, duchesse d'Aumont (1646-1668)

Henri et Charles Beaubrun, 1660

Half-length portrait of a man in a white wig, dark coat, red waistcoat and red cloak, in an ornate teal and gold frame.

Portrait de Farinelli (Carlo Broschi, dit) 1705-1782, sopraniste

Jacopo Amigoni, 1740

Oval portrait of a man in a black top hat with red feather, brown coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Portrait de Marguerite-Élie Guadet (1758-1793), membre de la Convention

Oil portrait of a man with light tousled hair in a blue coat and white shirt, gazing upward against a brown background.

Portrait de Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764-1811), homme politique et auteur dramatique

Jacques-Louis David, 1795

Oval portrait of a seated officer in blue uniform with red collar and tricorn hat, beside a desk with quill and inkwell.

Portrait d'un officier de la garde nationale à l'époque révolutionnaire

Ecole française, 1789

Oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a brown coat, white cravat and striped epaulette, against a grey-blue background.

Portrait d'Emmanuel de Haller (1747-1833), banquier, intendant des armées de Bonaparte en Italie

Ecole française, 1790

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue hat and striped dress holding a tambourine against a dark background.

Portrait d'une danseuse

Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1789

Oval portrait of a young woman in a white bonnet and dark dress, in a gilded laurel-topped frame.

Portrait présumé de Charlotte-Françoise Bergeret de Norinval

Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1783

Oil portrait of an older man in a white wig and dark coat, holding a pen at a table against a dark background.

Portrait de Jean-Nicolas Servandoni (1695-1766), peintre et architecte

Jean-François-Gille Colson, 1760