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Les Chérifas, detail

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Description: Les Chérifas, detail
TitleLes Chérifas, detail
Creator nameConstant, Jean-Joseph-Benjamin
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1884
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions114 × 195 cm
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Pau, France
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsErotic artHarems in artFemale nude in artPainting, French--19th centuryBlack people in artOttoman influences in art
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Description: Slave Market
Slave Market
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1866
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions33 3/16 × 24 13/16 in.
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
http://www.clarkart.edu/Collection/5538
Accession number1955.53
Slave Market
Slave Market
Description: Odalisque with a Slave
Odalisque with a Slave
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1842
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions76 × 105 cm
LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/18275/odalisque-with-slave/
Accession number37.887
Odalisque with a Slave
Odalisque with a Slave
Description: La toilette
La toilette
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameBazille, Jean-Frédéric
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1869–1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions132 × 127 cm
LocationMusée Fabre, Montpellier, France
La toilette
La toilette
Description: Grande Odalisque
Grande Odalisque
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1814
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions35 3/4 × 63 3/4 in. (91 × 162 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065566
Accession numberRF 1158
Grande Odalisque
Grande Odalisque
Description: Le prince de Joinville à une danse nègre à I'lle de Gorée...
Le prince de Joinville à une danse nègre à I'lle de Gorée (Sénégal), décembre 1842
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameNousveaux, Edouard-Auguste
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1846
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions131 × 178 cm
LocationChâteau de Versailles, France
http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_df41aea2-7ff2-40f1-b676-a559829798a1#773f5cf8-3a67-473c-8ae6-448784012591
Accession numberMV 6976
Le prince de Joinville à une...
Le prince de Joinville à une danse nègre à I'lle de Gorée (Sénégal), décembre 1842
Description: Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1849
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions84 × 111 cm
LocationMusée Fabre, Montpellier, France
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Description: Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus
Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameChassériau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1841
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions45.5 × 35.5 cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010060208
Accession numberR.F. 3900
Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King...
Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus
Description: Turkish Bath
Turkish Bath
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 04
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1862
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066606
Accession numberRF 1934
Turkish Bath
Turkish Bath
Description: Le Rêve du croyant
Le Rêve du croyant
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameZo, Achille
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée Bonnat, Bayonne, France
Le Rêve du croyant
Le Rêve du croyant
Description: La porte du sérail: Souvenir du Caire
La porte du sérail: Souvenir du Caire
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameLecomte du Nouÿ, Jean
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions74 × 130 cm
LocationCollection of Pierre Bergé, Paris
La porte du sérail: Souvenir du...
La porte du sérail: Souvenir du Caire
Description: Harem Interior, Small Bather
Harem Interior, Small Bather
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 03
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1828
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions35 x 27 cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010059112
Harem Interior, Small Bather
Harem Interior, Small Bather
Description: Harem Scene
Harem Scene
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameBompard, Maurice
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 56 cm
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Marseilles, France
Harem Scene
Harem Scene
Description: Bather
Bather
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique 
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1864
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor
LocationMusée Bonnat, Bayonne, France
Bather
Bather
Description: Bather of Valpinçon
Bather of Valpinçon
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1808
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions57 × 38 1/2 in. (146 × 97.5 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066528
Accession numberRF 259
Bather of Valpinçon
Bather of Valpinçon
Description: Othello beside Desdemona's Corpse
Othello beside Desdemona's Corpse
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameChassériau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
Dimensions27 × 21 cm
LocationMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Metz, France
Othello beside Desdemona's Corpse
Othello beside Desdemona's corpse
Description: Esther as Odalisque (Esther à l’Odalisque)
Esther as Odalisque (Esther à l’Odalisque)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 29
Creator nameBenouville, Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1844
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 13/16 × 63 13/16 in. (124 × 162 cm)
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Pau
Esther as Odalisque (Esther à...
Esther as Odalisque (Esther à l’Odalisque)
Description: Odalisque with Slave, detail
Odalisque with Slave, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique 
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1839
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://hvrd.art/o/299806
Accession number1943.251
Odalisque with Slave, detail
Odalisque with Slave, detail
Description: Odalisque with Slave
Odalisque with Slave
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique 
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1839
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://hvrd.art/o/299806
Accession number1943.251
Odalisque with Slave
Odalisque with Slave
Description: Death of Sardanapalus
Death of Sardanapalus
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions395 × 495 cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065757
Accession numberR.F. 2346
Death of Sardanapalus
Death of Saranapalus
Description: Les porteurs de mauvaises nouvelles
Les porteurs de mauvaises nouvelles
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameLecomte du Nouÿ, Jean
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1871
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions74 × 121 cm
LocationMinistère des Affaires Culturelles, Tunis, Tunisia
Les porteurs de mauvaises nouvelles
Les porteurs de mauvaises nouvelles
Description: Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions180 × 229 cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065869
Accession number3824
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Women of Algiers in their Apartment
Description: Female Bathers (Les Baigneuses)
Female Bathers (Les Baigneuses)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nameBernard, Émile
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions65 × 81 cm
LocationMusée de Pont-Aven, France
Female Bathers (Les Baigneuses)
Female Bathers (Les Baigneuses)
Description: Study of a reclining nude
Study of a reclining nude
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator namePils, Isidore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1841
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on fabric
Dimensions28 1/2 x 36 3/16 in. (72.5 x 92 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.63
Accession number1939.63
Study of a reclining nude
Study of a reclining nude
Description: Blonde Nude
Blonde Nude
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions0.625 x 0.52 m
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-blonde-aux-seins-nus-1011
Accession numberRF 2637
Blonde Nude
Blonde Nude
Description: Femmes arabes en voyage, detail
Femmes arabes en voyage, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameFromentin, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1873
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
LocationMenil Collection, Houston
Femmes arabes en voyage, detail
Femmes arabes en voyage, detail
Description: The Nymph Surprised
The Nymph Surprised
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
Materialsoil on canvas
Dimensions144.5 × 112.5 cm
LocationNational Gallery, Buenos Aires
https://www.bellasartes.gob.ar/en/collection/work/2712/
Accession number2712
The Nymph Surprised
The Nymph Surprised
Description: Reclining Woman, Study
Reclining Woman, Study
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 08
Creator nameLefebvre, Jules Joseph
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsFrom Album Goupil: Salon de 1878
Reclining Woman, Study
Reclining Woman, Study
Description: Le barbier nègre à Suez
Le barbier nègre à Suez
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameBonnat, Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions80 × 58.5 cm
Le barbier nègre à Suez
Le barbier nègre à Suez
Description: Odalisque with Slave, detail
Odalisque with Slave, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique 
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1842
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationWalters Art Gallery, Baltimore
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/18275/odalisque-with-slave/
Accession number37.887
Odalisque with Slave, detail
Odalisque with Slave, detail
Description: Before the Operation
Before the Operation
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 08
Creator nameGervex, Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1887
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions242 x 188 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/avant-loperation-9549
Accession numberDO 1986 20
Before the Operation
Before the Operation: Dr. Péan Explaining the Use of Hemostatic Clamps
Description: Femmes arabes en voyage
Femmes arabes en voyage
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameFromentin, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1873
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
Dimensions49.5 × 61.6 cm
LocationMenil Collection, Houston
Femmes arabes en voyage
Femmes arabes en voyage
Description: Sketch for the painting "L'esclavage affranchi", exhibited in...
Sketch for the painting "L'esclavage affranchi", exhibited in Paris, Salon, 1849, no. 923 (known today as "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameGosse, Nicolas-Louis-François
Creator name (description)Signed
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1848
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions40.3 × 26.6 cm
LocationMusée Départemental de l'Oise, Beauvais, France
Accession number79-16
Sketch for the painting "L'esclavage...
Sketch for the painting "L'esclavage affranchi", exhibited in Paris, Salon, 1849, no. 923 (known today as "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité)
Description: Woman reclining on a Bed ('L'Indolente')
Woman reclining on a Bed ('L'Indolente')
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameBonnard, Pierre
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1899
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions92 × 108 cm
LocationPrivate collection
Woman reclining on a Bed ('L'Indolente')
Woman reclining on a Bed ('L'Indolente')
Description: Greeks on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Greeks on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1826
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions213 × 142 cm
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France
Accession numberAnc. 439
Greeks on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Greeks on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Description: The Master's Favorite
The Master's Favorite
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameErnst, Rudolf
Creator nationality/cultureAustrian
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
Dimensions46.5 × 33.5 cm
The Master's Favorite
The Master's Favorite
Description: The Pleasant Land
The Pleasant Land
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 02
Creator namePuvis de Chavannes, Pierre
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée Bonnat, Bayonne, France
https://webmuseo.com/ws/musee-bonnat-helleu/app/collection/record/258
Accession numberinv. 1087
The Pleasant Land
The Pleasant Land
Description: Woman with a Parrot
Woman with a Parrot
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameCourbet, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1866
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions129.5 × 195.6 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.100.57/
Accession number29.100.57
Woman with a Parrot
Woman with a Parrot
Description: Olympia
Olympia
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 08
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/59487
Accession number1963-181-123
Olympia
Olympia
Description: Sklavenmarkt in Kairo
Sklavenmarkt in Kairo
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameGentz, Wilhelm
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1851
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions187× 147 cm
Sklavenmarkt in Kairo
Sklavenmarkt in Kairo
Description: Le Valet de Coeurs
Le Valet de Coeurs
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator nameFirnhaber, Élise
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1893
Object typePainting
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Le Valet de Coeurs
Le Valet de Coeurs
Description: The Source
The Source
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1856
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/4 × 31 1/2 in. (163 × 80 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-source-525
Accession numberRF 219
The Source
The Source
Description: Le Repos
Le Repos
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator nameRobbins, Lucy Lee
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1895
Object typePainting
Le Repos
Le Repos
Description: Bashi-Bazouk
Bashi-Bazouk
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1868-1869
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions81 × 65.8 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/440723
Accession number2008.547.1
Bashi-Bazouk
Bashi-Bazouk
Description: A Modern Olympia
A Modern Olympia
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 08
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1869–1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationPrivate Collection, Paris
A Modern Olympia
A Modern Olympia
Description: Botany and Medicine (La Botanique et la Médecine)
Botany and Medicine (La Botanique et la Médecine)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nameCarrière, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1890–1893
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationSalon des Sciences, Hôtel de Ville, Paris
Botany and Medicine (La Botanique et la...
Botany and Medicine (La Botanique et la Médecine)
Description: Moorish Bath
Moorish Bath
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 29
Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/32124
Accession number24.217
Moorish Bath
Moorish Bath
Description: Dance of the Almeh
Dance of the Almeh
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 25
Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1863
Object typePainting
Materialsoil on canvas
Dimensions19 3/4 × 32 in. (50.2 × 81.3 cm)
LocationDayton Art Institute
Accession number1951.15
Dance of the Almeh
Dance of the Almeh
Description: Torso of a Young Woman (Hélène Vary)
Torso of a Young Woman (Hélène Vary)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameAnquetin, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1890
Object typePainting
Dimensions75.5 × 60.3 cm
Torso of a Young Woman...
Torso of a Young Woman (Hélène Vary)
Description: Pastorale (Idylle)
Pastorale (Idylle)
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 06
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/pastorale-1306
Accession numberRF 1982 48
Pastorale (Idylle)
Pastorale (Idylle)
Description: Study for L'égalité des hommes devant Dieu
Study for L'égalité des hommes devant Dieu
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameFlandrin, Hippolyte-Jean
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on paper
Dimensions125 × 200 mm
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans, France
Accession number723(a)
Study for L'égalité des...
Study for L'égalité des hommes devant Dieu
Description: The Eternal Feminine
The Eternal Feminine
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 08
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1875–1877; c. 1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RJ9
Accession number87.PA.79
The Eternal Feminine
The Eternal Feminine
Description: Red-head (Rousse [La Toilette])
Red-head (Rousse [La Toilette])
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameToulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsPeinture à l'essence on cardboard
Dimensions67 × 54 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/rousse-la-toilette-726
Accession numberRF 2242
Red-head (Rousse [La Toilette])
Red-head (Rousse (La Toilette))
Description: The Client
The Client
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 08
Creator nameForain, Jean Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor and gouache on paper
LocationDixon Art Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
Accession number1993.7.1
The Client
The Client
Description: Les amies
Les amies
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameAuguste, Jules Robert
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor heightened with goauche on parchment
Dimensions227 × 265 mm.
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020019486
Les amies
Les amies
Description: Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)
Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions208 × 264.5 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/le-dejeuner-sur-lherbe-904
Accession numberRF 1668
Luncheon on the Grass (Le...
Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)
Description: Death of Cleopatra
Death of Cleopatra
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameMakart, Hans
Creator nationality/cultureAustrian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1875
Object typePainting
Dimensions191 × 255 cm.
LocationNeue Gallerie, Kassel, Germany
Death of Cleopatra
Death of Cleopatra
Description: Nude Woman (Femme nue)
Nude Woman (Femme nue)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameMaurin, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions195 × 78 cm
Nude Woman (Femme nue)
Nude Woman (Femme nue)
Description: Venus of Urbino
Venus of Urbino
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator name (description)Copy after Titian
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
LocationPrivate Collection, Paris
Venus of Urbino
Venus of Urbino
Description: Woman langorous on a Bed (Femme assoupie sur un lit)
Woman langorous on a Bed (Femme assoupie sur un lit)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameBonnard, Pierre
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1899
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions96 × 106 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/femme-assoupie-sur-un-lit-776
Accession numberRF 1977 75, AM 2744
Woman langorous on a Bed (Femme assoupie...
Woman langorous on a Bed (Femme assoupie sur un lit)
Description: The Model's Break (Le Repos du modèle)
The Model's Break (Le Repos du modèle)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameToulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on cardboard
Dimensions64.5 × 49 cm
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/729/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec-the-model-resting-french-1889/
Accession number84.PC.39
The Model's Break (Le Repos du...
The Model's Break (Le Repos du modèle)
Description: Nymphs and Satyr
Nymphs and Satyr
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameBouguereau, William-Adolphe
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1873
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions102 3/8 × 70 7/8 in.
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
http://www.clarkart.edu/Art-Pieces/6158
Accession number1955.658
Nymphs and Satyr
Nymphs and Satyr
Description: Bather with Long Hair (Baigneuse aux cheveux longs)
Bather with Long Hair (Baigneuse aux cheveux longs)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameRenoir, Pierre-Auguste
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1895–1896
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions82 × 65 cm
LocationMusée de l'Orangerie, Paris
https://www.musee-orangerie.fr/en/artwork/bather-long-hair
Accession numberRF 1963-23
Bather with Long Hair (Baigneuse aux...
Bather with Long Hair (Baigneuse aux cheveux longs)
Description: Study for the painting "Fellahs halant une dahbiek (Egypte)
Study for the painting "Fellahs halant une dahbiek (Egypte)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameBelly, Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1864
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions55 × 40 cm
LocationMusée de l'Hôtel Sandelin, Saint-Omer, France
Study for the painting "Fellahs halant...
Study for the painting "Fellahs halant une dahbiek (Egypte)
Description: Rolla
Rolla
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator nameGervex, Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions68 3/4 × 86 1/2 in. (175 × 220 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/rolla-80034
Accession numberLUX 1545
Rolla
Rolla
Description: Moses Saved from the Waters
Moses Saved from the Waters
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 06
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860–1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on board
LocationPrivate Collection, Paris
Moses Saved from the Waters
Moses Saved from the Waters
Description: Study of Nudes for Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source
Study of Nudes for Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1867–1868
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions81.3 × 64.5 cm
LocationAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/19582-mlle-fiocre-dans-le-ballet-la-source-mademoiselle-fiocre-ballet-la-source
Accession number1958:02:00
Study of Nudes for Mlle Fiocre in the...
Study of Nudes for Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source
Description: The Courtesan's Toilette
The Courtesan's Toilette
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 08
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1880
Object typePainting
MaterialsPencil and watercolor on white paper
LocationBarrett Hamilton Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Courtesan's Toilette
The Courtesan's Toilette
Description: The Rape
The Rape
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 04
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1867
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
The Rape
The Rape
Description: Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, April 27, 1848,...
Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, April 27, 1848, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameBiard, François-Auguste
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1849
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationChâteau de Versailles, France
http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#09428b4b-a2fa-4f6a-bfa3-d9e3992cacdf
Accession numberMV 7382
Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery...
Proclamation de la liberté des nois aux colonies, detail
Description: The Artist and His Model
The Artist and His Model
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 30
Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1894
Object typePainting
LocationHaggin Museum, Stockton, California
https://hagginmuseum.org/collections/gerome-jean-leon/the-artist-and-his-model/
The Artist and His Model
The Artist and His Model
Description: Luncheon on the Grass, second version
Luncheon on the Grass, second version
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1863–1868
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions89.5 × 116.5 cm
LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/2454912b.html
Accession numberP.1932.SC.232
Luncheon on the Grass, second version
Luncheon on the Grass, replica
Description: Nudes
Nudes
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 07
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1898–1905
Object typePainting
MaterialsHalftone reproduction of painting
LocationFrom "Camera Work," spec. no. 43, June 1913
Nudes
Nudes
Description: A Cast from Life at the Haviland Workshop at Auteuil (Un Moulage sur nature chez...
A Cast from Life at the Haviland Workshop at Auteuil (Un Moulage sur nature chez Haviland à Auteuil )
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nameDantan, Joseph Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1887
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions164 × 131 cm
LocationGöteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
A Cast from Life at the Haviland...
A Cast from Life at the Haviland Workshop at Auteuil (Un Moulage sur nature chez Haviland à Auteuil )
Description: Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Turban
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Turban
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 29
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions23 3/4 × 19 3/8 in. (60.33 × 49.21 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5326783
Accession number2005.34.McD
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Turban
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Turban
Description: Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised
Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameMatisse, Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1923
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46642.html
Accession number1963.10.167
Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised
Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised
Description: Odalisque
Odalisque
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 08
Creator nameLefebvre, Jules Joseph
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/100351/odalisque
Accession number1983.381
Odalisque
Odalisque
Description: The Slave Trade (Slaves on the West Coast of Africa)
The Slave Trade (Slaves on the West Coast of Africa)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameBiard, François-Auguste
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1833
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions162.5 × 228.6 cm
LocationWilberforce House, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries, Kingston-upon-Hull, United Kingdom
Accession numberKINCM:1935.1
The Slave Trade (Slaves on the West...
The Slave Trade (Slaves on the West Coast of Africa)
Description: Eveil
Eveil
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator namePerrier, Marie
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1895
Object typePainting
Eveil
Eveil
Description: Brennus and his Plunder (Le Brenn et sa part de butin)
Brennus and his Plunder (Le Brenn et sa part de butin)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameJamin, Paul Joseph
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1893
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions162 × 118 cm
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle, France
Brennus and his Plunder (Le Brenn et sa...
Brennus and his Plunder (Le Brenn et sa part de butin)
Description: The Great Bathers
The Great Bathers
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 30
Creator nameRenoir, Pierre-Auguste
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1884–1887
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/59196
Accession number1963-116-13
The Great Bathers
The Great Bathers
Description: Restoration (Une Restauration)
Restoration (Une Restauration)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nameDantan, Joseph Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1891
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Restoration (Une Restauration)
Restoration (Une Restauration)
Description: Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching)
Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameGauguin, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1892
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on jute mounted on canvas
Dimensions72.4 × 92.4 cm
LocationAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/19651-mana%C3%B2-tupapa%C3%BA-spirit-dead-watching
Accession number1965.1
Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of...
Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching)
Description: Beauty (Beauté)
Beauty (Beauté)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameMartin, Henri Jean Guillaume
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1900
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions188 × 110 cm
LocationMusée des Augustins, Toulouse, France
https://www.augustins.org/en/oeuvre/-/oeuvre/30448
Accession number63 6 1
Beauty (Beauté)
Beauty (Beauté)
Description: La Grande Odalisque, detail
La Grande Odalisque, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique 
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1814
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065566
Accession numberRF 1158
La Grande Odalisque, detail
La Grande Odalisque, detail
Description: Adoration of the Magi, central portion
Adoration of the Magi, central portion
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameCaminade, Alexandre-François
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1831
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas glued to a series of wooden panels recessed in the wall
Dimensions287 × 475 cm
LocationChurch of St.-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris
Adoration of the Magi, central portion
Adoration of the Magi, central portion
Description: Olympia
Olympia
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51 3/8 × 74 13/16 in. (130.5 × 190 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/olympia-712
Accession numberRF 644
Olympia
Olympia
Description: Interior of a Mosque
Interior of a Mosque
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 25
Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
Materialsoil on canvas
Dimensions23 3/8 × 35 5/8 in. (59.4 × 89.9 cm)
LocationMemorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester, New York
Interior of a Mosque
Interior of a Mosque
Description: Etude de nu
Etude de nu
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator nameLanglois, Carié
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1895
Object typePainting
Etude de nu
Etude de nu
Description: Four Female Bathers (Quatre Baigneuses)
Four Female Bathers (Quatre Baigneuses)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1888–1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 × 92 cm
LocationNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Four Female Bathers (Quatre Baigneuses)
Four Female Bathers (Quatre Baigneuses)
Description: The Oath of the Ancestors
The Oath of the Ancestors
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameLethiere, Guillaume
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1822
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationPalais National, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The Oath of the Ancestors
The Oath of the Ancestors
Description: Woman bathing (Femme au bain)
Woman bathing (Femme au bain)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameFichel, Benjamin Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1891
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Woman bathing (Femme au bain)
Woman bathing (Femme au bain)
Description: Hope
Hope
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 27
Creator namePuvis de Chavanne, Pierre Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1872
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions70.5 x 82 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/lesperance-445
Accession numberINV 20117
Hope
Hope
Description: Fait-il aimer?
Fait-il aimer?
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator nameHuillard, Esther
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1892
Object typePainting
Fait-il aimer?
Fait-il aimer?
Description: The Wasps' Nest (Le Guêpier)
The Wasps' Nest (Le Guêpier)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameBouguereau, William-Adolphe
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1892
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions213 × 152.5 cm
LocationPrivate collection
The Wasps' Nest (Le Guêpier)
The Wasps' Nest (Le Guêpier)
Description: Moses Saved from the Waters
Moses Saved from the Waters
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 06
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on board
LocationNasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collection/object/NG.M.01182
Moses Saved from the Waters
Moses Saved from the Waters
Description: Greek Slave
Greek Slave
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 29
Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions54 x 37.1 cm (21 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/greek-slave-30989
Accession number87.410
Greek Slave
Greek Slave
Description: Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, April 27, 1848
Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, April 27, 1848
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameBiard, François-Auguste
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1849
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions102 3/8 × 154 5/16 in. (260 × 392 cm)
LocationChâteau de Versailles, France
http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#da0cd85e-46f0-465d-a4ce-23df3e36b64e
Accession numberMV 7382
Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery...
Proclamation de la liberté des nois aux colonies

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