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Painting of workers dismantling a Gothic church on a busy city street, with carts, horses and well-dressed pedestrians in the

La démolition de l'église des Saints-Innocents, rue Saint-Denis

Pierre-Antoine Demachy, 1787

Shirtless workers in a dim timber-braced tunnel lit by a hanging lamp, with rubble on the floor.

Les travaux de la ligne 1 du métropolitain, tranchée sous la place de l'Étoile

Gaston Brun, 1902

Loose oil painting of a Paris street with pedestrians, a cart and stall, and tall buildings under a cloudy sky.

Le percement de l'avenue de l'Opéra

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1878

Painting of old stone buildings and a gothic tower along a dark river under a pale cloudy sky, with a figure on a wall.

L'ancien Hôtel-Dieu et les cagnards

Eugène Burgat, 1866

Painting of a dim bedroom with a white-draped bed, wooden chair, papers on a cabinet, and framed portraits on patterned walls

La chambre mortuaire de Gambetta, dans sa villa des Jardies, à Ville-d'Avray, janvier 1883

Jean-Charles Cazin, 1900

Woman in red classical tragedy costume with laurel wreath beside a theatre mask, pedestal and golden statue.

Rachel (1821-1858), en costume de tragédie

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859

Circular birth tray panel with a childbirth scene under an arcade on the front, and a kneeling nude child with an animal on t

"Desco da parto" (birth tray)

Oil study of a man's head with dark hair against a brown background, painted in loose brushwork.

Portrait de Victor Hugo (1802-1885), écrivain

François Joseph Heim, 1835

Seated older man in a green coat gestures toward a painting of a plumed officer holding a flagstaff, on a table with books.

Portrait de Pierre-François-Charles Augereau (1757-1816), maréchal de France, duc de Castiglione, désignant le tablea…

Johann-Julius Heinsius, 1812

Dark nocturnal painting of a rotunda building, bare trees, a crowd of silhouettes, and a moon behind clouds.

Sortie de Paris en 1870 (Rotonde de la Villette)

Léon-Pierre Herpin, 1870

Panoramic 1890 painting of a Seine riverside city with a Gothic cathedral, medieval towers, moored boats and a stone bridge.

Vue panoramique de Paris en 1588, depuis les toits du Louvre, avec le Pont-Neuf en construction

Fédor Hoffbauer, 1890

Winter painting of medieval towers and snowy boats along a frozen river, with a stone bridge and watermill under a pale sky.

La tour de l'Horloge, la Conciergerie et le pont au Change, en 1621

Fédor Hoffbauer, 1887

Painting of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral facade with a horse-drawn omnibus and pedestrians in a city square under cloudy sky

Notre-Dame de Paris

Frédéric Anatole Houbron, 1901

Full-length portrait of a man in blue uniform and tricorn hat holding a sword, standing in a shop interior with cloth on a co

M. Estellé, marchand de galons rue Saint-Honoré, en uniforme de capitaine des chasseurs de la garde nationale, en 1790

Jean-Marie Hooghstoel, 1790

Watercolor of a busy Paris street with a church apse, shop awnings, pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage.

La rue Réaumur et le chevet de l'église Saint-Martin-des-Champs

Frédéric Anatole Houbron, 1900

Painting of a Paris quay on the Seine with autumn trees, a church with a tall tower, moored barges and a tugboat.

Le quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville et l'église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais

Frédéric Anatole Houbron, 1899

Sketch of Notre-Dame nave with draped catafalque, candles and mourners lining the aisle during a funeral.

Les funérailles du président Félix Faure (1841-1899) à l'église Notre-Dame, le 1er février 1899

Frédéric Anatole Houbron, 1899

Painting of Saints Jerome and John the Baptist in red and pink robes against a gold background, with a lion at lower left.

Saints Jerome and John the Baptist

Watercolor of a Paris riverside with a stone bridge, classical building, bare trees and a steamboat on the Seine under a clou

L'Hôtel de la Monnaie et le Pont-Neuf

Frédéric Anatole Houbron, 1901

Watercolour of the Seine in Paris showing barges, a steamboat, trees along the Quai Conti and the Pont des Arts bridge.

Le quai Conti et le pont des Arts

Frédéric Anatole Houbron, 1905

Painting of a cloister courtyard with arched windows, columns and two nuns in dark habits tending a garden bed.

Le cloître de l'Abbaye-aux-Bois, rue de Sèvres

Frédéric Anatole Houbron, 1906

Oil portrait of a standing man in black coat pointing at a desk with quill and inkwell, ornate gilded interior.

Portrait d'André Dupin (1783-1865), président de l'Assemblée législative en 1850

Joseph-Désiré Court, 1850

Painting of a man dictating at a desk by a window while a turbaned man gestures beside a bed with a dog nearby.

Voltaire à son lever à Ferney, dictant à son secrétaire Collini

Jean Huber, 1772

Painting of a ruined stone arch with carved decoration in the foreground, green trees, and a mansard-roofed building behind.

Ruines de l'église Saint-Louis-du-Louvre et hôtel de Longueville

Lina Jaunez, 1833

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

Painting of a bustling covered market hall with crowds, vendors at stalls, and hanging meat in warm ochre tones.

Le marché de la Madeleine

Victor Gilbert, 1890

Painting of a wooden footbridge over the Seine with a domed building and Paris rooftops under a cloudy sky.

L'estacade de l'île Saint-Louis

Eugène Louis Gillot, 1900

Painting of a Paris quay in winter with tall buildings, bare trees, horse carriages and pedestrians under a hazy sky.

Le Quai des Grands Augustins

Eugène Louis Gillot, 1901

Gold-ground panel of the Lamentation: mourners surround the dead Christ on a white cloth beside a cross and ladder.

The Lamentation

Andrea di Bartolo, 1400

Painting of military tents and soldiers camped along a Paris boulevard beneath a flagpole, with city buildings and carriages.

Campement des troupes sur le boulevard du Temple, pendant les journées de juin 1848

Alexandre Josquin, 1848

Ink painting of a sleeping bird on a bare prunus branch against a brown silk ground, with red seal stamps at upper left.

Sleeping Bird on a Prunus Branch

Bian Jingzhao, 1426

Painting of a ruined Gothic church interior with a torn roof, fallen stone rubble and overturned chairs on the floor.

Intérieur de l'église Saint-Gervais, après le bombardement du Vendredi saint, 29 mars 1918

Alice Mallaivre, 1918