Constantin Guys - Reviewing the Regiment - Walters 372383
Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892). 'Reviewing the Regiment,' n.d.. iron gall ink and wash on slightly textured, medium-weight, cream, wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2383): Bequest of Philip B. Perlman, 1960.
Daniel Dupré - Landscape, the Cascades of Tivoli - Walters 37565
Daniel Dupr� (Dutch, 1752-1817). 'Landscape, the Cascades of Tivoli,' mid 18th-early 19th century. oil on canvas. Walters Art Museum (37.565): Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.
Edgar Degas - Before the Race - Walters 37850
Throughout the latter part of his career, Degas was obsessed with the restless beauty of the thoroughbred racehorse. Horse racing, which drew together throngs of people from many levels of society, was a singul... More
Edgar Degas - Portrait of Estelle Balfour - Walters 37179 (2)
Estelle Musson Balfour (1843-1909), the artist's cousin from New Orleans, visited France in 1863-65. She was in mourning for her husband, who had been killed at the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, while fightin... More
Edgar Degas - Portrait of Estelle Balfour - Walters 37179
Estelle Musson Balfour (1843-1909), the artist's cousin from New Orleans, visited France in 1863-65. She was in mourning for her husband, who had been killed at the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, while fightin... More
Edouard Manet - At the Café - Walters 37893
Manet was the quintessential "Painter of Modern Life," a phrase coined by art critic and poet Charles Baudelaire. In 1878-79, he painted a number of scenes set in the Cabaret de Reichshoffen on the Boulevard Ro... More
Edouard Manet 030 - coin, public domain photograph
Manet was the quintessential "Painter of Modern Life," a phrase coined by art critic and poet Charles Baudelaire. In 1878-79, he painted a number of scenes set in the Cabaret de Reichshoffen on the Boulevard Ro... More
Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Cross - Walters 3762 (2)
Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ. A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left, and on the right are two mounted Roman soldiers with billowing banners. Other onlookers are... More
Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Cross - Walters 3762
Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ. A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left, and on the right are two mounted Roman soldiers with billowing banners. Other onlookers are... More
Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Sea of Galilee - Walters 37186
This scene is based on an incident recounted in three Gospels of the New Testament: a furious storm breaks out while Jesus and his disciples sail across the Sea of Galilee to spread Christ's message. To the dis... More
Eugène Delacroix - Collision of Moorish Horsemen - Walters 376
Delacroix described the spectacular and violent military pageantry at the court of Sultan Abd-er-Rahmen of Morocco (1778-1859), which he witnessed while accompanying Count Charles de Mornay on a diplomatic expe... More
Eugène Delacroix - Lion and Snake - Walters 371219
Delacroix's "Lion and Snake" is one of an important series of feline images that the artist created around mid-century and imparts an anthropomorphic view of the animal world based on contemporary science. The ... More
Eugène Delacroix - Marphise - Walters 3710
In his epic poem Orlando Furioso, Ludovico Ariosto relates how Marphise, the woman warrior, knocks the knight Pinabello off his horse after his lady had mocked Marphise's companion, the old woman Gabrina. In th... More
Eugène Delacroix - Sketch for the Battle of Poitiers - Walters 37110 (...
Delacroix often preferred to depict subjects from France's medieval past rather than from Greek or Roman antiquity. At the Battle of Poitiers (1356), a decisive episode in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), Jo... More
Eugène Delacroix - Sketch for the Battle of Poitiers - Walters 37110
Study for Le Roi Jean à la Batailles de Poitiers, Louvre Museum English: Delacroix often preferred to depict subjects from France's medieval past rather than from Greek or Roman antiquity. At the Battle of Poi... More
Eugène François Fines - Mother and Child in Prayer - Walters 372578
Eug�ne Fran�ois Fines (French, b. 1826). 'Mother and Child in Prayer,' 19th century. graphite with white heightening on gray-green, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2578): ... More
Eugène Fromentin - An Encampment in the Atlas Mountains - Walters 3719...
Prosper Dorbec in "L'Hellénisme d'Eugène Fromentin," in the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," 5th per. 9 (1924): 30-31, singled out Fromentin as a classicist among Orientalists. For the painter-writer, according to Dor... More
Eugène Fromentin - At the Well - Walters 37100
During French rule in Algeria, which lasted from 1830 to 1962, North Africa played a key role in French life, serving as a training ground for its army and attracting writers and artists. Fromentin, an influent... More
Eugène Isabey - After the Storm - Walters 3763
In high seas, a sailboat heeling to starboard tows another boat that has lost its mast and is crowded with huddling figures and tangled rigging. A paddle-wheel steamer is visible against the horizon. The storm ... More
Eugène Isabey - Fishing Boats - Walters 37888
Eugène Isabey began his career assisting his father, the miniaturist J. B. Isabey, with illustrations for a travel book on Italy. In 1825, Isabey made a trip to England, where he was profoundly influenced by th... More
Eugène Isabey - Fishing Boats - Walters 37889
Eugène Isabey began his career assisting his father, the miniaturist J. B. Isabey, with illustrations for a travel book on Italy. In 1825, Isabey made a trip to England, where he was profoundly influenced by th... More
Eugène Isabey - The Departure of Elisabeth of France for Spain - Walte...
During his youth, this early Romantic artist joined Eugène Delacroix and Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-28) in painting marine scenes on both sides of the English Channel. Later, Isabey turned to historical gen... More
Eugène Louis Boudin - Bordeaux, the Harbor - Walters 37841
A direct link between the Barbizon generation and the impressionists, Boudin encouraged Monet to paint landscapes directly from nature. This harbor scene was painted in 1874, the same year as the first impressi... More
Eugène Louis Boudin - Trouville - Walters 37840
From the early 1860s, Boudin depicted elegant tourists on the Normandy coast. Trouville had recently been established as a fashionable summer resort with its own casino and luxury hotels. Boudin's attitude towa... More
Eugène Louis Lami - Study for a Painting of a Costume Ball Given by th...
This watercolor is a study for a painting entitled "Fête chez la princess de Sagan," (1883, private collection) that was produced to commemorate a ball held in 1883 at the Sagan mansion near Les Invalides in Pa... More
Follower of Gustave Courbet - View of Lake Geneva - Walters 37876
The viewer looks across a stretch of water from a rocky shoreline. At the left, on a promontory, is a cluster of buildings. Though the architecture and the terrain are in keeping with a site on Lake Geneva, the... More
Francois-Hubert Drouais - Portrait of a Young Lady - Walters 37390 - B...
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François Bonvin - Drawing Water - Walters 37199
A servant stands to the right of a copper urn drawing water into a bucket. At the left a towel is suspended on the wall and on the floor are placed a large ceramic jug and a small bowl. Weisberg (1979) suggeste... More
François Bonvin - Girl Drinking from a Bowl - Walters 371612
Fran�ois Bonvin (French, 1817-1887). 'Girl Drinking from a Bowl,' ca. 1847. watercolor with gum heightening on beige, moderately thick, rough cartridge-style wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1612): Acquired b... More
François Bonvin - Interior of a Tavern - Walters 37837
In the Louvre Museum, Bonvin admired the genre paintings of the 17th-century Dutch and French masters and was also inspired by the works of the recently rediscovered Jean-Siméon Chardin, the 18th-century French... More
François Boucher - Landscape with Fisherman and a Young Woman - Walter...
Boucher was one of the most widely admired and successful artists in mid 18th-century France, holding the positions of director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and "First Painter to the King." H... More
François Boucher - Pastoral - Walters 37391
This composition was one of Boucher's earliest successes. At least two versions exist, and it also became known through an etching by Louis-Michel Halbou. The young Boucher spent three years in Italy on a pres... More
François Boucher - Pastoral Repast - Walters 37838
Boucher was one of the most widely admired and successful artists in mid 18th-century France, holding the positions of director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and "First Painter to the King." H... More
François de Nomé - Head of Saint John the Baptist Presented to Salome ...
These scenes from earliest Christian history are set amid fantasy architecture, mysteriously lit under dark skies. The small scale of the figures makes the buildings seem enormous. De Nomé has imagined ancient ... More
François de Nomé - St Paul Preaching to the Athenians - Walters 37328
These scenes from earliest Christian history are set amid fantasy architecture, mysteriously lit under dark skies. The small scale of the figures makes the buildings seem enormous. De Nomé has imagined ancient ... More
François Dumont - Mademoiselle de Montbrizon - Walters 38337
In this circular miniature, Mlle de Montbrizon looks up from her desk with a letter in her hand. Polite and expressive letter writing was a highly prized social accomplishment in 18th-century France. In Paris, ... More
François-Etienne Villeret - L'Eglise des Invalides - Walters 371607
Fran�ois-Etienne Villeret (French, 1800-1866). 'L'Eglise des Invalides,' ca. 1830. Watercolor with gouache highlights over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper. Walters... More
French - Folding Fan and Case - Walters 866 - Back
Beginning in the late 17th century, rigid fans were replaced by folding fans. They were usually made of light materials such as paper or parchment mounted on sticks of ivory, tortoiseshell, or wood. Fan painter... More
French - Folding Fan and Case - Walters 866 - Closed
Beginning in the late 17th century, rigid fans were replaced by folding fans. They were usually made of light materials such as paper or parchment mounted on sticks of ivory, tortoiseshell, or wood. Fan painter... More
French - Portrait Bust of a Young Boy - Walters 371813
Anonymous (Dutch). 'Portrait Bust Young Boy,' 17th century. oil on canvas. Walters Art Museum (37.1813): Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.
French - Portrait of Henry IV, King of France - Walters 3898
In an astonishing display of virtuosity and amusing artifice, the unknown miniaturist painted the French king twice, one image directly on top of the other (but in reverse and with a black jacket and black pear... More
French - The Women of Bethulia Celebrating the Triumph of Judith over ...
Follower of Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642). 'The Women of Bethulia Celebrating the Triumph of Judith over Holophernes,' 1575-1642. oil on canvas. Walters Art Museum (37.574): Acquired by Henry Walters with the... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Holland - Walters 37944
F�lix Fran�ois Georges Philibert Ziem (French, 1821-1911). 'Holland,' 1851. watercolor over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.944): Acquired ... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Marseilles - Walters 37960
F�lix Fran�ois Georges Philibert Ziem (French, 1821-1911). 'Marseilles,' 1863. watercolor with gum and white heightening, iron gall ink, over graphite underdrawing on cream, slightly textured, moderately thick ... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Tunny Fishing - Walters 37959
F�lix Fran�ois Georges Philibert Ziem (French, 1821-1911). 'Tunny Fishing,' ca. 1863 ?. watercolor over graphite underdrawing on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.9... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Venice - Morning - Walters 379...
F�lix Fran�ois Georges Philibert Ziem (French, 1821-1911). 'Venice: Morning,' 1863. watercolor over graphite underdrawing on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.949):... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Venice - Sunset - Walters 3794...
F�lix Fran�ois Georges Philibert Ziem (French, 1821-1911). 'Venice: Sunset,' n.d.. watercolor with gum heightening and gouache highlights over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, thick, cream wove paper... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Venice, Evening - Walters 3715...
The sun is setting in the west, illuminating the entrance to the Grand Canal. At the left, silhouetted against the sky, is the dome of Santa Maria della Salute. The right is dominated by the Ducal Palace and be... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Venice, Midday - Walters 37167
From a vantage point to the east, one looks across the Bacino di San Marco toward Santa Maria della Salute on the left and to the Ducal Palace and Campanile on the right. Moored fishing boats occupy the foreground.
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Venice, Morning - Walters 3715...
Dominating the right foreground are a gondola and a moored sailing vessel. Left, in the middle ground, are other craft. The buildings of the Riva degli Schiavoni are visible in the background.
Félix-Joseph Barrias - Woman Receiving the Eucharist - Walters 371343
F�lix-Joseph Barrias (French, 1822-1907). 'Woman Receiving the Eucharist,' ca. 1840-1865. watercolor with graphite underdrawing and white heightening on cream, moderately thick, heavily textured, wove paper. Wa... More
Gaston La Touche - The Arbor - Walters 372626
In his youth, La Touche frequented the same Paris cafés as the Impressionists and is reputed to have received advice from Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas. As a mature artist, he broke with his realist beginnings ... More
Georges Jules Victor Clairin - Entering the Harem - Walters 3782 (2)
A haughty sheik stands at the entrance to his harem as a servant pulls aside a curtain to reveal its inhabitants. The elaborately inlaid door and the honeycombed vaulting of the architecture recall the Hall of ... More
Georges Jules Victor Clairin - Entering the Harem - Walters 3782
A haughty sheik stands at the entrance to his harem as a servant pulls aside a curtain to reveal its inhabitants. The elaborately inlaid door and the honeycombed vaulting of the architecture recall the Hall of ... More
Georges Michel - Gathering Storm - Walters 371991
Michel became acquainted with Dutch 17th-century landscape painting when he was employed as a restorer by the Louvre Museum at the beginning of the 19th century. He was an important precursor of the Barbizon ar... More
Gustave Brion - Exterior of a Church - Walters 371388
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Gustave Brion - Peasants Decorating Wayside Shrine - Walters 371400
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gustave Courbet - The Stream of the Black Well - Walters 37203
Gustave Courbet enjoyed enormous commercial success with his landscapes. He painted around 300 views of his native Franche-Comté, including some 20 examples of this secluded spot. Courbet's technique is distinc... More
Gustave Doré - Landscape in Scotland - Walters 372625
As a native of Alsace in eastern France and lacking the formal training provided in Paris, Doré began his career as an illustrator and remained outside the mainstream of French painting. His dramatic landscapes... More
Gustave Doré - Portrait of the Artist's Brother - Walters 372796
Doré worked as a painter, illustrator, and sculptor, but his international reputation rests mainly on his illustrations for such popular publications as Dante's "Divine Comedy" (1861-68), Milton's "Paradise Los... More
Gustave Jean Jacquet - La Conquérante - Walters 37890
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Henri Labrouste - View of an Etruscan Tomb - Walters 372756
The character of the Etruscan tomb shown here, which may be an imaginary reconstruction using the earlier drawings as an "aide-mémoire," similarly reflects Labrouste's interests. Although Labrouste does not inc... More
Henri-Joseph Harpignies - View at Hérisson, Allier
Harpignies enjoyed an extraordinarily long career, which lasted more than seven decades. He is associated particularly with central France and the countryside around the Loire River and its tributaries, such as... More
Henri-Jospeh Harpignies - Two Figures Walking in a Wooded Landscape - ...
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Hippolyte Bellange - Hippolyte Bellangé - Old Infantryman - Walters 37...
Joseph-Louis-Hippolyte Bellang� (French, 1800-1866). 'Old Infantryman,' 1862. watercolor and graphite with white heightening on beige, moderately-thick, slightly textured wove paper; sketches of soldiers, verso... More
Hippolyte Bellangé - Old Wounded Soldier - Walters 371641
Joseph-Louis-Hippolyte Bellang� (French, 1800-1866). 'Old Wounded Soldier,' 1851. watercolor and graphite on beige, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1641): Acquired by Will... More
Hippolyte Bellangé - Soldier Assisting a Priest - Walters 371368
Joseph-Louis-Hippolyte Bellang� (French, 1800-1866). 'Soldier Assisting a Priest,' 1860. watercolor with graphite underdrawing on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured, wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1... More
Hippolyte Camille Delpy - The House of M Lucas - Walters 371157
Delpy was a specialist in tranquil river scenes. He was a pupil of Daubigny and exhibited landscapes in his master's style until the end of the 19th century. This view of the well-known Baltimore expatriate Geo... More
Honoré Daumier - The First Class Carriage - Walters 371225
Honor� Daumier (French, 1808-1879). 'The First Class Carriage,' 1864. watercolor, ink wash and charcoal on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1225): Commissioned by Wi... More
Honoré Daumier - The Loge (In the Theatre Boxes) - Walters 371988
Louis Leroy, the editor of the popular magazines in which so many of Daumier's lithographs appeared, characterized the artist as a man who "scoffed at the rich and felt a great tenderness for the common people.... More
Honoré Daumier - The Second Class Carriage - Walters 371224
Honor� Daumier (French, 1808-1879). 'The Second Class Carriage,' 1864. watercolor, ink wash and charcoal on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1224): Commissioned by... More
Honoré Daumier - The Third Class Carriage - Walters 371226
Honor� Daumier (French, 1808-1879). 'The Third Class Carriage,' 1864. watercolor, ink wash and charcoal on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream laid paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1226): Commissioned by Wi... More
Horace Vernet - Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops - Walters 3...
In this scene, papal troops intercept brigands who are looting a coach and carrying off its passengers. During the 19th century, brigands, or "banditi," posed a real threat to travelers in rural areas of the It... More
Horace Vernet - Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops - Walters 3...
In this scene, papal troops intercept brigands who are looting a coach and carrying off its passengers. During the 19th century, brigands, or "banditi," posed a real threat to travelers in rural areas of the It... More
Hugues Merle - The Good Sister - Walters 37957
Hugues Merle (French, 1823-1881). 'The Good Sister,' 1862. watercolor on paper. Walters Art Museum (37.957): Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1862.
Hugues Merle - The Scarlet Letter - Walters 37172 (2)
Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of "The Scarlet Letter" (1850), regarded this painting, which William Walters commissioned from Merle in 1859, as the finest illustration of his novel. Set in Puritan Boston, the nov... More
Hugues Merle - The Scarlet Letter - Walters 37172
Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of "The Scarlet Letter" (1850), regarded this painting, which William Walters commissioned from Merle in 1859, as the finest illustration of his novel. Set in Puritan Boston, the nov... More
Jacques Bellange - Beggar Looking through His Hat - Walters 372647 (cr...
Full-length depictions of beggars and peasants were distinctive subjects for artists of Lorraine (centered in the city of Nancy). The canvas used for this painting was not carefully prepared, and it may have be... More
Jacques Bellange - Beggar Looking through His Hat - Walters 372647
Full-length depictions of beggars and peasants were distinctive subjects for artists of Lorraine (centered in the city of Nancy). The canvas used for this painting was not carefully prepared, and it may have be... More
Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis - Painted Fire Screen - Walters 372479
Originally mounted as a screen to cover a fireplace during warm weather, in this exotic painting the artist has transformed the hearth into a miniature stage. Three fanciful Chinese characters hold aloft a cir... More
Jacques-Louis David - Portrait of an Elderly Lady - Walters 37392
This starkly realistic portrait shows a strong-featured old woman dressed in her finery staring directly at the viewer. In its candor, the painting bears a striking resemblance to a celebrated family portrait, ... More
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille - Ready to March - Walters 37954
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (French, 1848-1912). 'Ready to March,' 1874. watercolor with graphite underdrawing and white heightening on beige, moderately thick, heavily textured wove paper. Walters Art Museu... More
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille - The Camp Barber - Walters 37190
Detaille participated in several major battles during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), and, after France's defeat, he continued to serve in the post-war "new army." In this peacetime scene of camp life, pai... More
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille - The Picket - Walters 3792
Like his teacher J.-L.-E. Meissonier, Detaille chose military subjects not only from his own era, but also from the reign of Napoleon I (1804-1814). These images recalled the past glories of France. In this win... More
Jean Baptiste Fauvelet - Young Man with Pipe - Walters 371634
Jean-Baptiste Fauvelet (French, 1819-1883). 'Young Man with Pipe,' 1862. watercolor and graphite on cream, moderately-thick, slightly textured, wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1634): Acquired by William T. Walters.
Jean Baptiste Jacques Augustin - Portrait of the Duchesse D'Angoulême ...
Marie Thérèse Charlotte (1778-1851), Louis XVI's daughter, married her cousin Louis Antoine, duke of Angoulême, the son of Charles X.
Jean Baptiste Le Paon - Village Fair - Walters 37891
Jean Baptiste Le Paon (French, 1736-1785; 1736/8-1785). 'Village Fair,' 18th century. Watercolor on paper. Walters Art Museum (37.891): Jacques Seligmann, N. Y..
Jean Béraud - Paris Kiosk - Walters 371055
Like a number of other 19th-century artists, Béraud first trained to become a lawyer before discovering his true calling. In 1872, he enrolled in the studio of the portraiture specialist Léon Bonnat. While he b... More
Jean Petitot - Portrait of a Lady - Walters 38235
Petitot was a major French portraitist in painted enamel who learned the technique from Toutin. He was active at the English court until the execution of King Charles I in 1649. Petitot then offered his service... More
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Oedipus and the Sphinx - Walters 379
The Sphinx, a mythical creature-part lion, part woman-grimaces in horror as Oedipus solves her riddle: "What is that which has one voice and yet becomes four-footed, two-footed, and three-footed?" Oedipus repli... More
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Oedipus and the Sphinx - Walters 379FX...
The Sphinx, a mythical creature-part lion, part woman-grimaces in horror as Oedipus solves her riddle: "What is that which has one voice and yet becomes four-footed, two-footed, and three-footed?" Oedipus repli... More
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Reclining Venus - Walters 372392
Ingres was deeply inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art as well by Italian painting of the High Renaissance. Although he spent much of his career in Rome, he resided in Florence from 1820 to 1824, where he pa... More
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Reclining Venus - Walters 372392FXD
Ingres was deeply inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art as well by Italian painting of the High Renaissance. Although he spent much of his career in Rome, he resided in Florence from 1820 to 1824, where he pa... More
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - The Betrothal of Raphael and the Niece...
Although he trained in the studio of the celebrated Neoclassical history painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Ingres defies easy classification. This intimate painting reflects Ingres's Romantic fascination... More
Jean-Baptiste Isabey - Louis XVIII - Walters 3824
As the foremost miniature painter in France during the late 18th century, Isabey served a succession of rulers including Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, and the restored Bourbon monarchs Louis XVIII and Charles X. ... More
Jean-Baptiste Isabey - Napoleon I - Walters 3859 (2)
Isabey initially worked for Queen Marie Antoinette, but after the fall of the monarchy, he became the court painter to Napoleon I. In this miniature, he portrays a young Napoleon wearing the uniform of an offi... More
Jean-Baptiste Isabey - Napoleon I - Walters 3859
Isabey initially worked for Queen Marie Antoinette, but after the fall of the monarchy, he became the court painter to Napoleon I. In this miniature, he portrays a young Napoleon wearing the uniform of an offi... More
Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer - Mother Teaching Daughter Prayers - Walter...
Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer (French, 1824-1909). 'Mother Teaching Daughter Prayers,' n.d.. watercolor with graphite underdrawing and gum heightening on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walt... More
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Landscape with Bridge - Walters 37152
In his late career, Corot regularly painted "souvenirs" or memories of sites that he had visited earlier in his life. Around thirty (or one-fifth) of his exhibited works during the last twenty years of his life... More
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - The Fisherman's Cottage - Walters 37164
Corot first visited the Normandy coast in the early 1820s and often returned thereafter. Since he did not visit the coast in 1871, this must represent a memory of an earlier stay based on studies or simply on h... More