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Sketch of a decorated wall with columns, a wooden door, and three scenes of a woman with a child, dancing, and a festive dinn

Esquisse pour la mairie du 4ème : Le Bal à la campagne ou La Fête populaire

Albert Besnard, 1884

Decorative sketch of columns and panels with scenes of elegant people at a formal ball and a garden.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 4ème : Le Bal à la ville ou La Fête mondaine

Albert Besnard, 1884

Painting of women carrying clay pots on their heads along a sandy path, with a small child and palm trees behind them.

Sur le Pont de Trichinopoly (Inde)

Albert Besnard, 1911

Painting of a bouquet of white narcissus and red and orange roses with green leaves, in loose textured brushstrokes.

Bouquet de narcisses et de roses

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1914

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a gray suit leaning on a column in a dim interior, by Albert Besnard.

Portrait de Françis Magnard

Albert Besnard, 1884

Full-length portrait of a man in a black cape and gold embroidered coat with red sash, in an ornate gilded interior.

Portrait de Camille Barrère au palais Farnèse

Albert Besnard, 1906

Sketch of a classical wedding scene with a woman in white, a torch-bearing figure, a cupid, and a hazy coastal landscape.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 19ème arrondissement de la Ville de Paris : le Mariage

Albert Besnard, 1880

Flemish painting of richly dressed figures making music at a table with fruit, with a river town and cathedral behind them.

L'Enfant prodigue chez les courtisanes

Ecole de Flandres, 1530

Oval portrait of a woman with curled hair in a blue fleur-de-lis cloak fastened with a gold and gem clasp, dark background.

Portrait de Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche (1638-1683), reine de France

Ecole française, 1670

Painting of a busy Paris riverside with a stone bridge, boats on the Seine, carts and crowds under a cloudy sky.

La Porte de la Conférence, vers 1685

Pieter Casteels, 1685

Painting of a Paris boulevard with a crowd queuing outside a grocery shop, soldiers and a carriage on the street.

Queue à la porte d'une épicerie (angle de la rue Réaumur et du boulevard Sébastopol) en novembre 1870

Alfred Decaen, 1871

Painting of the unfinished Eiffel Tower over Paris exhibition buildings, with a steamboat on the Seine and a bridge at right.

La Tour Eiffel et les travaux de l’exposition universelle en janvier 1889

Paul Louis Delance, 1889

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black hat and dark dress with a white ruff, against an olive background.

Portrait de Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589), reine de France

François Clouet, 1565

Half-length portrait of a woman in black velvet with gold and pearl jewelry and white lace headdress, c. 1570.

Portrait de Diane de France, duchesse d'Angoulême (1538-1619), fille légitimée d'Henri II

François Clouet, 1570

Painting of a crowd and cannons attacking a fortress with towers and billowing smoke, a white flag flying above.

La Prise de la Bastille. Arrestation de M. de Launay

Dubois, 1791

Painting of a festival ceremony with an altar, uniformed figures, tricolor banners and crowds lining a formal park avenue.

La Fête de la Fédération

Dubois, 1791

Painting of a fairground bumper car ride with children, a red-uniformed attendant, and a striped canopy overhead.

Scène de foire, manège d'auto-tamponneuses

Romain Jarosz, 1930

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a lace collar, embroidered doublet and green sash against a dark

Portrait d'Henri II de Montmorency (1595-1632)

Daniel Dumonstier, 1630

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white bonnet with a pink rose, pearl earrings, and blue dress against a dark background.

Portrait de femme

Jean-François-Gille Colson, 1787

Oval portrait of an older balding man with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gilt laurel frame.

Portrait de Louis-Jérome Gohier (1746-1830)

Jacques-Augustin Pajou, 1802

Painting of shepherds resting with cattle and sheep below a large rocky cliff, with distant mountains and cloudy sky.

Paysage animé de bergers

Philippe Jacques II de Loutherbourg, 1780

Night painting of a large fire over Paris rooftops, with boats on the river and a crowd on a stone bridge.

L'incendie de l'Hôtel-Dieu en 1772

Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Raguenet, 1772

Painting of a busy Seine quay with workers, boats, a stone bridge and Notre-Dame towers under a stormy sky.

La pointe de l'île de la Cité, vue du port Saint-Nicolas

Alexandre-Jean Noël, 1780

Painted riverside view of Paris with stone mansions, a quay, rowing boats on the Seine and a domed building under clouds.

La Pointe orientale de l'île Saint-Louis, avec l'hôtel de Bretonvilliers et l'hôtel Lambert

Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Raguenet, 1757

Painting of Paris at dusk seen from a hillside, with a white horse grazing, church spire and rooftops, and smoke rising.

Vue panoramique de Paris, prise des hauteurs de Ménilmontant

Paul Schaan, 1894

Dark painted study of a stone arched passage with a small arched window and shadowed doorway beside it.

Les Cagnards de l'Hôtel-Dieu en 1874

Lucien Mélingue, 1874

Painting of a crowded Paris quay with carriages, boats, a stone bridge and a Gothic cathedral under a cloudy sky.

Le quai et le pont de la Tournelle, vers 1646

Theodor Matham, 1646

Half-length portrait of a man in dark uniform with silver epaulettes, blue sash and gold orders, against a dark background.

Portrait de Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois, duc de Berry (1778-1820)

Jean-François Thuaire ou Tuaire, 1820

Oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, dark coat and ornate lace collar, in a gilded carved frame.

Claude Le Peletier (1630-1711), prévôt des marchands de 1668 à 1676

Pierre Mignard I, 1670

Painting of a wide river scene with riverside buildings, a tower, boats, a bridge and a cloudy sky over a city.

La Grande Galerie du Louvre avec la porte Neuve et la tour du Bois

Abraham de Verwer, 1640

Half-length portrait of a bearded clergyman in white surplice before a red drape, with a gilded cross at right.

Portrait de Michel de Le Masle (1587-1662), chanoine de Notre-Dame de Paris, secrétaire de Richelieu

Simon Vouet, 1646

Painting of a busy Paris riverside with a long white building, stone tower, carriages, barges and an arched bridge.

La Grande Galerie du Louvre avec la porte Neuve et la tour de Bois

Abraham de Verwer, 1640