Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: Le Printemps (Seasons: Spring) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. In 1860, Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le Bain (Two mothers and their children in a boat) 1910 Oil on canvas, 99 x 129 cm Petit Palais, Paris Two mothers and their children in a boat, a large canvas demonstrating Mary Cassatt’s allegiance to the Impressionist…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune fille en décolleté, la fleur aux cheveux (Young girl in a low cut dress with a flower in her hair) 1893 Oil on canvas, 70 x 51.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Berthe Morisot was the only female…
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Dague: Algues (Dagger: Seaweed) 1900 Bronze with golden-brown patina, 13 x 12 x 50 cm Petit Palais, Paris Sarah Bernhardt was a legendary actress and renowned tragedian. She inspired painters, sculptors, poster artists and photographers who all created innumerable…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Sénèque (The Death of Seneca) 1773 Oil on canvas, 123 x 160 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Roman philosopher Seneca was accused of taking part in a conspiracy against Nero, and was ordered to commit suicide.…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Jérôme de La Lande c.1769 Oil on canvas, 72 x 59.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris This work executed circa 1769 by Fragonard, then at the peak of his art, is perhaps part of his famous series of fantastical portraits,…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Alessandro e Bucefalo (Alexander and Bucephalus) c.1757–1760 Oil on canvas, 58 x 34.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris One of the rare examples of Italian painting in the collections of the Petit Palais, this is a small canvas of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-portrait in Oriental Costume 1631 Oil on panel, 63 x 56 cm Petit Palais, Paris Rembrandt has left us more self-portraits than any other artist in the world, around eighty (around forty paintings, nearly thirty engravings and seven drawings), not…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Massacre des Innocents (The Massacre of the Innocents) 1626–1627 Oil on canvas, 97 x 131.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Gospel of St. Matthew tells the story of the Massacre of the Innocents. King Herod ordered the…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Diana Resting c.1640–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne, who once said, “It is grotesque to imagine that we grow like a fungus, when we have all the generations behind us. Why not…