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Half-length portrait of a heavyset man in a dark coat and white cravat, gazing downward against a dark background.

Portrait de Monsieur Corbinaud

Gustave Courbet, 1863

Study of a saint in white robes holding a crozier and book before a stone arch, with a rosary at his waist.

Esquisse pour l'église de Bagneux : Saint Herbland

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1877

Curved landscape sketch of the Seine with barges, a crane, tree-lined road and steamboat under a pale sky.

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

Eugène Louis Gillot, 1901

Painting of a stone classical building with a red carriage, a rider on a grey horse, and pedestrians in a sunlit street.

L'hôtel Carnavalet vers 1740

Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Raguenet, 1926

Eight tall decorative panels in a horizontal design study showing classical figures, women, children and workers in landscape

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie de Courbevoie : Jour de fête. Le repos. Le travail. La jeune fille. La…

Alexandre Séon, 1884

Grisaille sketch of an oval ceiling design with four seasonal scenes of figures and landscapes in ornate architectural frames

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie de Courbevoie : Les Saisons (Plafond)

Alexandre Séon, 1884

Painting of youths running and standing in a wooded landscape, with muted greens, ochres and blue sky, by Alexandre Séon.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie de Montreuil-sous-Bois : Les éphèbes

Alexandre Séon, 1892

Oil painting of a nude martyr above a cauldron, with executioners, mounted soldiers, and an angel descending from dark clouds

Martyre de saint Jean l'évangéliste, à la porte Latine

Charles Le Brun, 1647

Painting of a woman walking a path past birch trees toward a valley with farmhouses under a cloudy sky.

Le chemin vers la vallée

Armand Guillaumin, 1885

Painting of a crowded Venetian-style waterfront with figures on a wooden pier, a dark ship at right, and palazzo buildings be

Le départ de l'enfant prodigue

James Tissot, 1863

Group portrait of nineteenth-century men in period dress with a woman in a red robe and laurel crown, on a pale ground.

Le panorama du siècle : Dumas, Rachel, Daumier, Gavarni, Henri Monnier, Frédérick Lemaître, Rude, Horace Vernet, Dela…

Henri Gervex, 1889

Painting of uniformed officers with tricolour sashes on a stone terrace, a striped canopy and large crowd behind them.

Le Panorama du siècle : Fête de la Fédération 1790 - La Convention 1792

Henri Gervex, 1889

Painting of revolutionary-era men in uniforms and tricolour sashes on a stone terrace, one holding a sword.

Le Panorama du siècle : Kleber et Monge, entourés de personnalités de la Révolution française

Henri Gervex, 1889

Oil study of a bald, bearded man with mouth open in anguish, head tilted back, against a dark background.

Tête de supplicié

Théodore Géricault, 1810

Small painting of skaters and townspeople on a frozen river beside a stone tower, under a pale winter sky.

Patineurs sur la Seine en 1608

Frans II Pourbus, 1608

Sketch of Bacchus enthroned on clouds with cherubs, winged figures and revelers raising glasses on a terrace below.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 12ème : Le triomphe de Bacchus (plafond du grand escalier)

Joseph Alexis Mazerolle, 1880

Crowd in 18th-century dress gathers below a theatre balcony with costumed performers; a large tree and street vendor stand at

Parade devant un théâtre des boulevards ; théâtre des Associés, boulevard du Temple (?)

Ecole française, 1788

Painting of a dim vaulted museum gallery with pointed arches, sculptures and visitors, lit by light from the far end.

Un corridor du Louvre

B. Armillon, 1880

Sunlit Paris street with stone buildings, a green-fronted shop, pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage under a pale blue sky.

La rue Saint-Paul

Paul-Joseph-Victor Dargaud, 1892

Misty Seine river scene with moored barges, a cathedral with twin towers, riverside buildings and a bridge in the distance.

L'Ile Saint-Louis et Notre-Dame, vues du Pont d'Austerlitz

Georges-Émile Carette, 1910

Painting of an elderly man with a medal pointing at writing on a wall while a kneeling boy and a standing young man watch.

L'abbé Sicard (1742-1822) instruisant les sourds-muets

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1812

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black gown with a large white ruff, pearl necklace and curled hair against a dark backgr

Portrait de Marie de Médicis (1573-1642), reine de France

Frans II Pourbus, 1613

Seated elderly woman in black dress holding a small white dog beside a vase of flowers, in an ornate gilded frame.

Portrait de Madame Emile Blanche, mère de l'artiste

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1893

Painting of a man in a tweed cap and dark jacket with a moustache, set against a dim interior with a shelf.

Portrait de l'artiste

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1890

Painting of a woman in a black shawl holding a folding fan, against a dark brown background.

Femme à l'éventail

Alexandre Jean Joseph Falguière, 1892

Portrait of a woman in lace bonnet and blue dress working at a spinning wheel, dark interior background.

Portrait présumé de Françoise-Marie Pouget, seconde femme de Chardin

Jacques André Joseph Aved, 1760

Portrait of a man in a red coat and white wig writing at a desk beside a globe and gilt inkstand.

Portrait de Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), mathématicien et philosophe

Catherine Lusurier, 1777

Painting of a seated woman in a yellow cloak watching three children in a striped-walled room with a small white dog.

"Une mère qui regarde jouer ses enfants"

Pierre-Louis Dumesnil, 1750

Full-length painted portrait of a man in a dark hat and cape holding a palette and brush beside an easel.

Portrait d'Ignacio Zuloaga

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1904

Painting of a Seine river view with a stone arched bridge, moored barges, and cathedral towers behind city buildings.

Le Quai des Orfèvres et le Pont Saint Michel

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1833

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a grey suit holding pince-nez, seated against a golden background.

Portrait de l’architecte Charles Louis Girault (1851-1932)

François Schommer, 1919

Full-length portrait of Napoleon Ier in green military uniform beside a map-covered table and gilded chair.

Portrait de Napoléon Ier (1769-1821), en uniforme de colonel des chasseurs de la Garde

Robert Lefèvre, 1809