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Hanging scroll of a monk writing on a banana leaf beside a banana plant, with calligraphy and red seals in the margin.

Huaisu écrivant sur une feuille de bananier

Zhen Wang, 1922

Workmen break open a stone vault in a Gothic church, with rubble, scaffolding and tall pointed windows visible beyond.

La Violation des caveaux des rois dans la basilique de Saint-Denis, en octobre 1793

Hubert Robert, 1793

Hanging scroll of pink peonies in a pale tall vase, with brush calligraphy in a column on the left.

Fleurs dans un vase

Interior of a vaulted hall with tombs, statues and columns displayed as a museum, with visitors and a dog on the floor.

La Salle d'introduction du musée des Monuments français

Jean Lubin Vauzelle, 1804

Painting of a Gothic church being demolished, with broken arches, rubble, smoke, and small workers in the foreground.

La Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800

Hubert Robert, 1800

Painting of a Gothic church interior under demolition, with workers on ruined walls and figures among stone rubble and timber

Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800

Pierre-Antoine Demachy, 1798

Painted interior of a Gothic cathedral hung with black mourning drapes, candlelit catafalque at center, figures near the alta

Funérailles du président Félix Faure, à Notre-Dame, le 23 février 1899

Jean Baptiste Edmond Allouard, 1899

Four workmen handle heavy timber beams, one raising an axe, in a loose oil sketch by Jules Didier.

La charpente : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement de Paris

Jules Didier, 1881

Painting of metalworkers at an anvil and forge, one swinging a hammer overhead while another holds glowing red metal.

La métallurgie : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement de Paris

Jules Didier, 1881

Caricature painting of an elderly bearded man in white robe and red cloak pointing to a star in a night sky.

Victor Hugo

André Gill, 1870

Loose oil sketch of cloudy sky with floating figures, a distant city, and kneeling figures on rocks in a gilded frame.

Esquisse pour la galerie nord du Petit Palais : La Révolution française (Plafond)

Fernand Cormon, 1912

Muted autumn landscape with tall trees over a pond and golden-domed church towers rising beyond a dark wooded area.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le parc Montsouris

Auguste-Emmanuel Pointelin, 1892

Painted sketch of National Guard soldiers drilling on a hilltop beside a hot air balloon over a hazy Paris skyline, with an a

Esquisse pour le cabinet du préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le départ du ballon "Armand Barbès", l'instruction…

René Joseph Gilbert, 1889

Small painting of a Paris street with demolition rubble, a wooden fence, classical stone facades, horses and pedestrians.

Démolition de l'église Saint-Barthélemy

Pierre-Antoine Demachy, 1791

Painting of an elderly bearded man descending stairs through open doors into a dim study with bookshelves.

Victor Hugo descendant de son cabinet de travail à Hauteville House

Georges Hugo, 1920

Painting of a glass conservatory interior with a blue ceramic stove, flowering pots, and rooftops visible through the windows

Le Look-out à Hauteville House

Pierre Georges Jeanniot, 1896

Painting of a dim interior with a carved chest of drawers, green sofa, figurines and a window at the far end.

La chambre à coucher de Victor Hugo à Hauteville House

Pierre Georges Jeanniot, 1896

Dim vaulted prison corridor with figures gathered near a brazier and a dog, leading toward a bright doorway in the distance.

Corridor de la prison Saint-Lazare vers 1794

Hubert Robert, 1794

Sepia sketch of an elderly man and woman embracing, with faint heads in the hazy background.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 12ème : les vieillards

Eugène Carrière, 1897

Sketch of winged putti and a floating woman with a basket of flowers, surrounded by garlands and birds on a pale blue ground.

Esquisse pour la salle des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : les Fleurs

Gabriel Ferrier, 1892

Loose oil sketch of classical figures, a dancing woman with a pink fan and a man lifting a bronze censer, in pale blue tones.

Esquisse pour la salle des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : les Parfums

Gabriel Ferrier, 1892

Dim painted interior of a dining room with a blue and white tiled fireplace, hanging plates, floral wall panels and a red arm

La salle à manger à Hauteville House

Georges Hugo, 1920

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a white dress and blue sash holding a straw hat, set in a landscape with a villa.

Portrait de Mademoiselle Athénaïs d'Albenas

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1807

Interior scene with a seated woman in gold reading beside two standing women, under a dense pink floral wallpaper.

Personnages dans un intérieur. L'intimité

Edouard Vuillard, 1896

Interior with a grand piano, a seated woman, two children, patterned wallpaper, cushions, and a vase of white flowers.

Personnages dans un intérieur. La musique

Edouard Vuillard, 1896

Woman in a patterned blouse browsing bookshelves in a floral interior with flowers and rugs.

Personnages dans un intérieur. Le choix des livres

Edouard Vuillard, 1896

Two figures in a patterned interior with bookshelves, floral wallpaper, a tea table and striped fabric.

Personnages dans un intérieur. Le travail

Edouard Vuillard, 1896

Hazy painted seascape of a calm blue sea, pale mountains along the coast, a rocky islet, and a small sailboat.

Capri, côte escarpée vue de la mer

Henry Brokman, 1912

Painting of a hunchbacked man in red lifting a woman in white from soldiers on cathedral steps, with a goat and crowd nearby.

Quasimodo sauvant la Esmeralda des mains de ses bourreaux

Eugénie Henry, 1832

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

Pastel sketch of idyllic scenes with couples, women and children among trees, divided by decorative columns.

Esquisse pour la mairie d'Issy-les-Moulineaux : La Vie

Victor Prouvé, 1897

Woman in blue dress playing piano beside a gilded mirror, with flowers and a lamp, in an arched painted interior.

Portrait de Mademoiselle Yvonne Robiquet

George Desvallières, 1911