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125,534 works

Oval eye miniature with a blue eye, painted brow and curled hair, framed by a border of small pearls.

Ögonminiatyr, Ann Fryer (f. trol. 1768)

Richard Cosway, 1787

Painting of a riverside village with thatched huts, figures, dugout canoes on water, and a dense green forest with palms.

A Small Village - Payaguas Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Monochrome winter landscape of tall spruce trees, a horse-drawn sled with a log, and workers beside a frozen stream.

Winter in Småland

Joseph Magnus Stäck, 1849

Oil painting of a snowy winter landscape with red wooden dam buildings, frozen water, pine trees and a horse-drawn sleigh.

Vinterlandskap med faluröda dammbyggnader

T. Filoque, 1677

Woman in a dark gown stands at a sunlit window in a pale interior with a red sofa and a bust in an arched niche.

La salle manger de George Sand à Nohant

Charles-Frédéric Lauth

Oil painting of a nude young woman with a flower crown standing in a dark forest beside wildflowers and a pale cloth.

Jeune femme nue

Théophile Gautier, 1831

Oil portrait of a bespectacled balding man in a black coat and white cravat holding papers, dark background.

Maître Jean-Baptiste Guillonnet-Merville

Jean Baptiste Prudent Carbillet, 1837

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress with a large white ruff and gold bodice, set against a cloudy landscape.

Portrait of a Lady, 1626

Cornelis de Vos, 1626

Painting of a sunlit stone townhouse with green gates, a street lamp, and a man and child walking in the street.

Hôtel de Balzac. Entrée et façade sur la rue Fortunée, aujourd’hui rue Balzac

Paul-Joseph-Victor Dargaud, 1880

Dark painting of robed figures in a dim interior, one bearded man raising his arm beside a glowing flame.

Arcadion

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1893

Painting of a nude woman reclining on clouds, a kneeling satyr below, and draped figures and a cherub above.

Le Satyre

Henri Ignace Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour, 1902

Monochrome painting of a seated man in a feathered hat counting coins at a table in a tiled interior.

Don Cesar de Bazan

Lucien Mélingue, 1882

Painting of a woman in blue offering water to a bound man on a platform while a crowd below reaches up in distress.

Une larme pour une goutte d'eau (Notre-Dame de Paris)

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1903

Candlelit salon scene with a woman in orange standing by a piano while seated guests in evening dress listen.

A Duet

P.S. Krøyer, 1887

Painting of a bearded man with a rifle standing in a dark night forest beneath a moonlit sky.

Gastibelza

Georges Rochegrosse, 1886

Sketch of a standing figure in a long dark coat with an unpainted face, hands clasped, inscribed Victor-Hugo by Bastien-Lepag

Portrait de Victor Hugo

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1884

Dim interior painting of a hallway with a staircase, dark wooden furniture, and a round mirror on the wall above.

L'Escalier du look-out à Hauteville House

Georges Hugo, 1920

Oval painting of a dense bouquet of mixed flowers on a stone ledge, in an ornate gilded frame.

Fleurs

Painted view of a château courtyard with carriages, riders, and figures in period dress approaching a long avenue.

Vue du Château de la Muette avec l'arrivée du Roi

Charles-Léopold Grevenbroeck, 1738

Painting of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, with allegorical figures of a chained woman and a winged angel flankin

Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1789

Painting of a château on a terrace above a path with strollers, hunting dogs, village rooftops and distant hills.

Vue du Château-Vieux et de la terrasse de Meudon

Charles-Léopold Grevenbroeck, 1738

Loose brushwork painting of a sunlit garden with flowering shrubs, a curving path, a wicker chair and a stone balustrade.

Le jardin de l'avenue d'Eylau

Georges Jeannin, 1885

Painting of a Parisian café terrace with tables, seated figures in hats, and a busy street with a tram behind.

Scène de rue, dit aussi Terrasse d'un café

Louis Abel Truchet, 1895

Sketch for a mural with three dark arches below scenes of a city view, a rifleman, tended wounded men and an interior.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : L'arrivée d'un pigeon voyageur - Les soins aux blessés

Paul-Emile Mangeant, 1889

Sketch of a crowd carrying wounded men to an ambulance, beside a scene of spectators watching hot air balloons in a field.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le transport des blessés à l'ambulance - Le départ…

Paul-Emile Mangeant, 1889

Four painted panels of putti in a gilded frame; two tablets read LEX and JUS, with scales and a sword.

Esquisse pour le plafond de la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris : Lex

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Oil study of cumulus clouds over a flat horizon, grey shadows on the right and pink-lit edges on the left.

Study of Clouds over the Sound

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1826

Four painted putti in gilded panels; two hold a tablet reading LEX, two hold one reading JUS, and one carries scales.

Esquisse pour la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris : La Justice

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Four small painted panels of putti with tablets reading LEX and JUS, and a scales of justice, in a gilded frame.

Esquisse pour la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris : La Paix

Léon Bonnat, 1873

Grisaille sketch of a draped female figure leaning on a column in an arched niche, with a raised arm and sandals.

Esquisse pour le Palais de Justice de Paris : La Force

Léon Bonnat, 1873

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

Snowy winter view of Notre-Dame towers over the Seine, with a barge and snow-covered quays in muted grey tones.

Vue de Notre-Dame sous la neige

Albert Marquet, 1928