Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les Demoiselles des bords de la Seine, été (Young Women of the banks of the Seine, summer) 1857 Oil on canvas, 174 x 206 cm Petit Palais, Paris These young women have come out from the city one hot…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le retour de l’enfant prodigue (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1862 Oil on canvas, 115 x 206 cm Petit Palais, Paris Tissot portrays the parable of the prodigal son in the Middle Ages. As a historical painter, he…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le départ de l’enfant prodigue (The Departure of the Prodigal Son) 1863 Oil on canvas, 107 x 226 cm Petit Palais, Paris Tissot portrays the parable of the prodigal son in the Middle Ages. As a historical painter,…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La sieste pendant la saison des foins (The siesta during the hay season) 1868 Oil on canvas, 212 x 273 cm Petit Palais, Paris This rural scene painted by Courbet offers a tranquil vision of peasant life, depicted…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard de Vinci (Francis I receives the last breaths of Leonardo da Vinci) 1818 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Following his stay in Rome…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Combat du Giaour et du Pacha (Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha) 1835 Oil on canvas, 73 x 61 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha, painted by Delacroix in 1835, is…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Jeunes grecs à la mosquée (Young Greeks in the Mosque) 1865 Oil on panel, 37.8 x 27.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Gérôme traveled frequently in the Near East and specialized in scenes of daily life there. Since…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Le marchand de tapis (The Carpet Merchant) c.1887 Oil on canvas, 86.04 x 68.74 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Schooled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and honored by the French Salon, Jean-Léon Gérôme was a prolific and…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Les Convulsionnaires de Tanger (The Convulsionists of Tangier) 1837–1838 Oil on canvas, 95.57 x 128.59 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Eugène Delacroix was the acknowledged master of the French Romantic school. In 1832, he traveled to North…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Oil on canvas, 141.92 x 113.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Looser and less formal than the portraits that made him famous, this work was completed shortly before Van Dyck began…