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Design study of a decorative spandrel with a blue classical figure medallion, gold foliage, and citrus-branch corner panels.

Esquisse pour l'escalier des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Lion

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Esquisse de détail pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Etienne Marcel protège le Dauphin

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1889

Painting of a seated cardinal in red robes reading a sealed document before a gold and red damask hanging.

Le Cardinal

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1874

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with lace collar and cuffs, holding a glove, against a red patterned backgrou

Portrait de femme en robe noire tenant un gant

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1874

Femme au virginal

Gabriel Metsu, 1664

Woman with an open songbook seated beside a smiling man with a wine glass, a sleeping spaniel and flowers nearby, classical a

Le Chant interrompu : portrait de l'artiste et sa femme

Frans van Mieris

Seated woman in grey dress adjusting a dark mirror on a draped table in a dim interior, painted in 1666.

Femme au miroir

Gabriel Metsu, 1666

Oil portrait of a bald, bearded man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the left against a grey background.

Portrait de Léon Ohnet

Thomas Couture, 1841

Four figures in a 17th-century interior, a seated woman, a standing woman in white satin, and two men, one pouring wine.

Conversation galante

Gérard ter Borch, 1654

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and hat holding a cane, beside a table with a decanter and lemon.

Portrait de Théodore Duret

Édouard Manet, 1868

Oil sketch of a man in black coat and white wig raising a sword, against a warm brown background.

Esquisse de détail pour l' Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La voûte d'acier, figure d'un édile parisien bras levé, tenant u…

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1888

Oval painting of women and a spilled milk jug in a landscape, with a man in a wide hat gesturing under billowing clouds.

Perrette et le pot au lait

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770

Canaletto painting of a sunlit Venetian canal with gondolas, palazzi along the quay, and a church tower in the distance.

Vue du canal de Santa Chiara, à Venise

Il Canaletto, 1730

Painting of a banquet in an arched classical hall with a seated woman, dining men, servants and guards on a checkered floor.

Le Banquet de Cléopâtre

Giambattista Tiepolo, 1743

Painting of a flock of sheep and riders on a path beneath a dark, stormy sky over a valley with a distant village.

Troupeau sous l'orage

Georges Michel, 1843

Night painting of a woman embracing a rider on a galloping horse, surrounded by shadowy ghostly figures under a moonlit sky.

Lénore, les morts vont vite

Ary Scheffer, 1830

Painted studio interior with an artist at an easel, large religious canvases, plaster sculptures and skylight light.

Atelier d'Ary Scheffer, rue Chaptal

Arie Johannes Lamme, 1851

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress with white collar and gold cross necklace, in an ornate gilded frame.

Portrait de Pauline Viardot

Ary Scheffer, 1840

Impressionist painting of a hazy river at sunset with a red sun, bare trees, rowboats and village rooftops in winter light.

Soleil couchant sur la Seine à Lavacourt, effet d'hiver

Claude Monet, 1880

Painting of an armoured man addressing robed officials around a green-covered table in an ornate council chamber.

Esquisse pour l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Brissac négociant auprès des échevins l'entrée d'Henri IV dans Paris

Jean-Baptiste Messier, 1827

Painting of a man with a drawn sword embracing a seated woman in a white gown beside a candlelit table and green curtain.

Paolo et Francesca

Pierre Claude François Delorme, 1820

Two women rest on a riverbank under a tree, one sleeping in a white dress, the other holding wildflowers, with a boat on the

Les demoiselles des bords de la Seine (été)

Gustave Courbet, 1857

Older man in dark robes weeps in a red chair beside his son lying in gilded armor on fur, under a torn red banner.

Eberhard, comte de Wurtemberg, pleurant la mort de son fils, dit le Larmoyeur

Ary Scheffer, 1836

Triangular oil sketch of muscular nude men at work near a tree, a fire and smoke in the background.

Esquisse pour la grande galerie des Fêtes de l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris : les hommes vaquent aux premiers trava…

Henri Lehmann, 1852

Dim Gothic church interior with a lone priest in white surplice beside a silver font, lit by a distant stained glass window.

Prêtre dans l'intérieur d'une église

François Marius Granet, 1835

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair and white dress, set in a gilt frame.

Portrait de femme

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1766

Painting of Paris riverfront with medieval towers, a long palace facade, and boats with flags on the Seine.

La Tour de Nesle, la Grande Galerie et le Louvre, vus du Pont-Neuf, vers 1630

Jacques Callot, 1635

Painting of plumbers and guards at work before a palace facade, with tools, a cauldron, and a clock on a wall.

Plombiers et gardes à la porte des Tuileries, vers 1730

Étienne Jeaurat, 1735

Painting of a burning building with smoke and a crowd of people carrying bundles in the street below.

Incendie de la Chambre des comptes, le 27 octobre 1737

Pierre-Louis Dumesnil, 1737

Painting of elegantly dressed people and carriages in a formal Paris square with horse statues and tree-lined avenues.

La place Louis XV et les Champs-Elysées, vus du pont tournant, vers 1780

Pierre-Antoine Demachy, 1785

Small oil portrait of a man with dark curly hair and a stern expression, wearing white drapery against a dark background.

Portrait de François-Joseph Talma (1763-1826), tragédien

Auguste-Xavier Leprince, 1826

Oil portrait of a fair-haired child in a dark garment and white lace collar, gazing upward, with a cross pendant.

Portrait d'enfant

Anton van Dyck, 1883