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Oval oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and grey silk coat with lace cuffs, hand resting on his cheek.

Portrait de Charles-Claude de Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d'Angiviller (1730-1809), surintendant des bâtiments d…

Étienne Aubry, 1771

Oval oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a red cloak and white collar, in a gilded frame.

Portrait de Denis Diderot (1713-1784), écrivain et philosophe

Jean-Simon Berthélémy, 1784

Seated cardinal in red robes gesturing beside an allegorical figure, stone workers, and a Gothic spire in the background.

Portrait du cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651-1729), archevêque de Paris

Ecole française, 1729

Painting of a bloodied man reclining on a white bed beneath a hanging sword with a French placard, dark background.

Portrait de Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau (1760-1793), sur son lit de mort

Jacques-Louis David, 1793

Oil painting of a man in a feathered turban and velvet cloak leaning on a cane beside a curly dog.

Portrait de l'artiste en costume oriental

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Oil portrait of a seated man with grey hair, navy coat, red waistcoat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Portrait de Louis Legendre (1752-1797), conventionnel

Jean-Louis Laneuville, 1795

Portrait of a man with grey powdered hair in a blue coat, yellow lapels and white jabot against a grey background.

Portrait de Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles (1759-1794)

Jean-Louis Laneuville, 1793

Standing man in armour and blue fleur-de-lis mantle beside a plumed helmet and red draped table, in a formal interior.

Portrait de Louis XV, d'après Charles-André Van Loo

Charles André van Loo, 1760

Oval portrait of a man with curled dark hair, lace collar, dark coat and silver star badge against a brown background.

Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), homme politique

Ecole française, 1665

Oval portrait of a smiling man in a grey wig, dark coat, red waistcoat and lace jabot, in a gilded frame.

Portrait de Voltaire (1694-1778) en 1718

Nicolas de Largillière, 1724

Oil portrait of a young woman with flowers in her hair holding a small songbird on her finger beside a birdcage.

Portrait présumé de Marie-Emilie Baudouin, fille du peintre

François Boucher, 1760

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair and white dress, set in a gilt frame.

Portrait de femme

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1766

Oval portrait of a young officer in a blue coat with red facings and silver braid, powdered wig, against a dark background.

Portrait d'un officier des carabiniers

Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1785

Oval bust portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat, white cravat and striped waistcoat, against a dark background.

Portrait de Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), journaliste et conventionnel

François Bonneville, 1790

Oval portrait of a balding older man in a black coat, red cloak and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait de l'abbé Athanase Auger (1734-1792), philologue et littérateur

François Bonneville, 1792

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait d'homme, époque révolutionnaire

Eustache François Duval, 1792

Portrait de Girolamo Vaini, prince de Cantapulo (1679-1744)

Pierre Subleyras, 1742

Full-length portrait of a man in white periwig and ornate green mantle with a cross, beside a red chair.

Portrait de Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvillier, duc de Saint-Aignan (1684-1776), en tenue de chevalier de l'ordre du Saint…

Pierre Subleyras, 1749

Oval oil portrait of a young man in a brown coat and white cravat against a dark background, in a gilded frame.

Portrait de Paul-Guillaume Lemoine, dit le Romain (1755-?), architecte

Joseph-Benoît Suvée, 1782

Oval portrait of a man in a grey head wrap, white open collar and dark green coat against a dark background.

Portrait présumé de l'architecte Bernier

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1793

Painting of a woman as Hebe on a cloud, with an eagle, blue drapery, flowers and a pitcher against a grey sky.

Portrait présumé de Mme de Mailly (1710-1751), en Hébé

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1740

Oil portrait of a man with long curled brown wig, white lace collar, dark cloak and orange sash, in a carved frame.

Portrait de Jean-Casimir Vasa (1609-1672), roi de Pologne, puis abbé de Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Daniel Schultz, 1677

Seated man in gold-embroidered cloak, blue sash and plumed hat before a red wall, in a gilded chair.

Portrait de Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvillier, duc de Saint-Aignan (1684-1776)

Pierre Subleyras, 1749

Grisaille sketch of a seated king receiving kneeling officials in a colonnaded hall, with guards standing nearby.

Louis XV recevant le corps de la Ville à l'occasion de la publication de la paix de 1739. Esquisse du portrait collec…

Carle Vanloo, 1744

Sketch of a formal royal audience with wigged courtiers in a candlelit hall, a kneeling figure in red robes in the foreground

Louis XV recevant le corps des échevins de la Ville de Paris à l'occasion de la naissance du dauphin, en 1729. Esquis…

Jean-Baptiste van Loo, 1734

Oval bust portrait of a young boy with reddish bangs, dark waistcoat and large pleated white ruffled collar.

Portrait de Louis XVII (1785-1795), à la prison du Temple

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1793

Oil portrait of a smiling man in a powdered grey wig, frilled white cravat and striped waistcoat, dark background.

Portrait d'homme

Jacques François Momal, 1783

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, pink embroidered coat, blue sash and star medal, against a dark background.

Portrait de Louis XVI

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1776

Oval portrait of a man in a gray wig, black coat and white cravat against a dark background, in a gilded frame.

Portrait de Jean-Charles Pierre Lenoir

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1778

Oil portrait of a man in a dark robe and white collar holding a document, with a classical building and cloudy sky behind him

Portrait présumé de Jean de Gomont, administrateur de l’hôpital général de Paris, devant La Pitié

Jacob van Loo, 1665