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- Title
- Solar Effect in the Clouds--Ocean (Effet de soleil dans les nuages--ocean)
- Artist
- Gustave Le Gray
- Artist Life Dates
- (Villiers-le-Bel, France, 1820 - 1882, Cairo, Egypt)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1856
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.1
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-05-15 10:49:50
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Le Cannet
- Artist
- Henri-Joseph Harpignies
- Artist Life Dates
- 1819-1916
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.19
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on white wove paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-05-15 10:48:40
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Monument to the Lycée Chases
- Artist
- Christian Boltanski
- Physical Description
- Three black and white photographs of young people's faces are vertically arranged. Above each and below the center image are smaller versions of similar portrait photographs. Four of these smaller photos are also arranged in the line of the large photographs, one on each end, and two separating the larger pictues. All the photos are surrounded by an arrangement of light bulbs, which are connected by a network of electrical cables that snake along the walls and over the photos.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.154
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver prints, biscuit tins, electric cables, and sixty-eight lightbulbs
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-05-15 10:48:13
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
- Artist
- Claude Monet
- Physical Description
- A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1926
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.134
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-05-15 10:45:05
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Satan, from "Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes"
- Artist
- Paul Gavarni
- Physical Description
- Draped room with a man in black cloak behind a young woman who is not paying any attention, combing her hair.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1804-1866
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840-1860
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.214
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:34:44
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- La Mort a révéle le secret de sa vie
- Artist
- Charles-Nicolas Cochin
- Physical Description
- A group of women in robes all grouped together, sunlight shining from the top.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1715-1790
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.204
- Medium and Support
- crayon-manner engraving, printed in sanguine on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:34:00
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Tsitrusvaan
- Artist
- Iaroslav Serpan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1922-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1956
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.104
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:25
- Artist Nationality
- Czechoslovakian and French
- Title
- Le Charlatan Francois
- Artist
- Isidore Stanislas Helman
- Physical Description
- Man standing at a podium, crowd surrounding, one man on a horse.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1743-1806
- Object Creation Date
- 1777
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.221
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:18
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Perseus Slaying the Dragon
- Artist
- J. J. de LaPorte
- Physical Description
- Man on a horse piercing a dragon, mountain on the side. Skeletons in the lower right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1787-1822
- Object Creation Date
- 1787-1822
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.218
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:38
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Détails de la frise de la retraite des Apôtres, Valée de Hinnom, Jérusalem
- Artist
- Auguste Salzmann
- Physical Description
- A large stone carving occupies the center of the image. Above is rough-cut stone, indicating that the carving is part of a larger stone setting; below is a recess and darkness, indicating that the carving acts as a kind of decorative lintel above a cave entrance. The carving itself consists of eight square zones (or metopes) and within each is a decorative pattern of radial symetry (circles) or vegetative imagery.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1824-1872
- Object Creation Date
- 1854-1856
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.104
- Medium and Support
- Blanquart-Evrard process salted paper print from a paper negative on cream colored plate paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:08
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Ex-membres de l'ex-société
- Artist
- Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Physical Description
- Two men seated at a table, both appear to be very sad.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1808-1879
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.208
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:14
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Boar Hunt
- Artist
- J. J. de LaPorte
- Physical Description
- A large group of men on horses piercing a large boar in the middle of a forest.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1787-1822
- Object Creation Date
- 1787-1822
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.219
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:15
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Le Croquet
- Artist
- James Tissot
- Physical Description
- Girl with a croquet mallet behind her back standing in grass. Dog and tree in the foreground.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1836-1902
- Object Creation Date
- 1878
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.223
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on Japan paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:44
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Du Cabinet de Madame d'Axaincourt (Reclining Female Nude)
- Artist
- François Boucher
- Physical Description
- Woman recling against a cloth covered seat. Two small children play on either side of her.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1703-1770
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.213
- Medium and Support
- sanguine on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:18
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Ile de la Cite, Paris
- Artist
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Physical Description
- Image of across a body of water looking at a small triangular land mass and a bridge spanning the entire image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-2004
- Object Creation Date
- 1952; printed later
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.262
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:24:32
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Campo Vaccino (Forum Romanum)
- Artist
- Claude Lorrain
- Artist Life Dates
- 1604/5?-1682
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1636
- Accession Number
- 1953/1.47
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-11-11 15:15:30
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Faste, from "Spectacles"
- Artist
- Jean Dubuffet
- Physical Description
- This print is a vertical rectangle in tones of grey, brown, beige. The area within the rectangle looks like the surface of a granite rock or boulder.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.8
- Medium and Support
- lithograph in color on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-11-11 15:11:50
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Ecrits et Lithographies
- Artist
- Jean Dubuffet
- Physical Description
- A color print of "JEAN DUBUFFET écrits et lithographies, Galerie LA POCHADE 157 Boulivard 5th Germian, Vermissage le 29 Février 1968." An abstract image of a woman is placed on the left while the text covers the top and right side of the print.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1985
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.23
- Medium and Support
- print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-11-11 15:07:24
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- The Banks of the Seine near Argenteuil [Les Bords de la Seine près Argenteuil]
- Artist
- Maxime Lalanne
- Physical Description
- A ship in the middle of a river, land on either side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1827-1886
- Century
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.565
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:05:18
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Market Scene, Town Square
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Physical Description
- Street scene with a lot of blue toned umbrellas and people at a market. Lamp post in the foreground, line drawings of buildings in the background. Birds flying in the sky. Blues, browns, whites, greens and specks of red colors throughout.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1903
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.616
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and gouache on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:05:15
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Madame Perregeaux (standing)
- Artist
- Horace Vernet
- Physical Description
- A woman in a ruffled long dress, hair pulled back. One foot is peaking out from under the long skirt. Her hands are together at her waist and she has a forlorn look on her face.
- Artist Life Dates
- French, 1789 - 1863
- Century
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.555
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on wove paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:05:11
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Six Scenes of Theatrical Figures
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Twp actors performing six different scenes, wearing bird masks.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.557
- Medium and Support
- etching, woodcut on laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:05:06
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Route de Schyn, Pont du Solis
- Artist
- Adolphe Braun
- Artist Life Dates
- 1812-1877
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.141
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:04:31
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Night Scene from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's "The Lectern" [Le Lutrin], Illustration for the 3rd Canto
- Artist
- Bernard Picart
- Physical Description
- Three men standing in a surprised movement with an owl coming out of an overturned lectern. There is decorated border around the drawing.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1673-1733
- Century
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.566
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:04:18
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Fleurs
- Artist
- Maurice Utrillo
- Physical Description
- A terra cotta plant holder on a table with a small green leaf plant with yellow and purple flowers. There is text above.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1955
- Object Creation Date
- 1928
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.610
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper laid to board
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:04:11
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Pass and Pay [Passez Payez]
- Artist
- Philbert-Louis Debucourt
- Physical Description
- A man holding on to a woman's hand, helping her walk across. He is holding a broom in the other hand, she is wearing a formal dress. There is a busy street behind.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1755 - 1832
- Century
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.572
- Medium and Support
- hand-colored lithograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:03:51
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Beaumont/Oise from George Duchamel's "Maurice De Vlamnick"
- Artist
- Maurice de Vlaminck
- Physical Description
- A row of houses on the right hand side, all with side gables facing the street. There are swirled clouds above and a road leading off into the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876-1958
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.551
- Medium and Support
- etching, drypoint on light brown wove paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:03:42
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Woman and Child
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Physical Description
- A woman with a child on her back. She is wearing a long dress and has her arms folded up reaching her one shoulder (left).
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.535
- Medium and Support
- black and white crayon on brown laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:03:28
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois
- Artist
- Maurice Utrillo
- Physical Description
- A winter scene with a steepled church (with a bird on top of the steeple) in the center surounded by other buildings and a three-story building on the right hand side. There is snow on the ground and bare trees. Pinks, whites, browns and blues are the colors throughout.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1955
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1938
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.615
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:03:06
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Bord de Riviere
- Artist
- Stanislas Victor Edouard Lépine
- Physical Description
- People walking on a path next to the river. In the river is one small rowboat. There are trees along the right side, city in the distance and a cloudy blue sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1835-1892
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of the 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.609
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:02:36
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Rue a Montmartre
- Artist
- Alphonse Léon Quizet
- Physical Description
- A view down a street, left side of the painting is a tree with foliage. Two white buildings center and right side. There are two people in blue, one in red on the lower center of the street.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1885-1955
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of the 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.611
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:01:31
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Pons, original lithograph included in the May 1961 edition of "XXe siècle" no.16
- Artist
- César
- Physical Description
- Varying rows of lines in pinks, blues, reds and browns with a white background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1921-1998
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.573
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on heavy woven paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:01:03
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Saints below surrounding a stone pedestal with the inscription "Non est hic. Mat 28", with the Virgin Mary above in the clouds with arms spread out surrounded by smaller angels. At the bottom edge of the print is engraved (left) "Callot fecit" and (center right) "Israel ex. cum priuil. Reg.".
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.543
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:00:57
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Rouen from above St. Catherine's
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1862-1868
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.140
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:00:36
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Classical Scene after Panini
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Physical Description
- An outdoor scene of a man next to a stone fountain, with a man on a horse and various other people around. The fountain has an arched top and is part of a stone wall with other rounded arched openings. There is a decoration of an ornate handled urn. There is also a fleur-de-lis watermark.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.538
- Medium and Support
- pen and wash on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:59:54
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Le Givre a Veneux
- Artist
- Alfred Sisley
- Physical Description
- A country scene with swirls of color all around. Two people in the lower right corner walking. There are two building in the far back past the dirt path that a vanishing point. A fence on one side in front of trees topped with green and blue leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1839-1899
- Object Creation Date
- 1880
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.618
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:59:30
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Paysage d'Eure et Loir
- Artist
- Maurice de Vlaminck
- Physical Description
- A street scene with a darkened sky and long buildings. There is snow and dust on the roads, telephone poles leading into the far distance and a low horizon line.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876-1958
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.608
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:58:26
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Sheet of Sketches and Caricatures
- recto: studies for a group of figures (religious or allegorical) and two studies of standing women, one with child
- verso: two sets of couples in caricature in contemporary dress
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Physical Description
- First side: Various people, one holding her hands below her waist, one speaking to a little boy, a group clustered together.
- Second side: two fashionably dressed couples (man and woman) walking.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1866
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.563.1-2
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper (double-sided drawing)
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:58:08
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- 8th Illustration from Twelve Illustrations of Fragments [VIIIe Cahier, Douze Cahier des Fragments]
- Artist
- Gilles Demarteau
- Physical Description
- Swirled flowers all around creating a border, various birds flying.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1729-1776
- Century
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.571
- Medium and Support
- Lavis-manner engraving on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:57:51
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Saint Maria, Saint Claude, Saint Norbert, and Saint Robert from Israel Henriet's "Images of the Saints" (Plate 48)
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Four oval illustrations of different scenes of saints helping others.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1636
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.540
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:57:31
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Bernard Descamps
- Physical Description
- A curvy dirt road wrapping around a town scene with bare buildings. There is a large tree on the right side, empty sky above.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1947
- Century
- mid-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1912
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.552
- Medium and Support
- black and white chalk on brown paper, laid down on blue paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:57:15
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- The Coronation of the Virgin [ Le Couronnement de la Vierge] from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Simon Vostre
- Physical Description
- A woman in the center being crowned. There are angels surrounding her. Christ on a thrown is blessing her.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1508
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.558
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:56:41
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- La Bastide-du-Vert au Printemps
- Artist
- Henri Martin
- Physical Description
- Church spire in center. Lavender mountangs just above horizontal center. Vertical trees left half and two at right. Pinkish tan road curving from center to lower left. Two black cloaked figures at lower left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1860-1943
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century - mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.613
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:55:21
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Paysage
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Physical Description
- Landscape with a horizon line just below center. Land is horizontal waves in various shades of green. The line of trees at the horizon on left. The sky is blue-grey with four clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1903
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.617
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:54:16
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Study of Two Angels
- Artist
- Henri Laurens
- Physical Description
- A drawing of two angels side by side in almost the same position.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1885-1954
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.541
- Medium and Support
- black chalk on brown paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:54:11
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Devotion of Little St. John the Baptist [Les hommages du petit saint Jean] from a suite of nine scenes of the life of the Virgin
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Physical Description
- The Virgin Mary seated with an infant on her lap. She is surrounded by angels and two saints on either side. To her left, the little St. John the Baptist looks up to her. There is a puti above sprinkling something in the air. Drapes pushed back on either side.
- Century
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.542
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:53:56
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Landscape (Paysage)
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Physical Description
- Landscape with blue cloudy sky, green leaved trees and grass below. Two women in the clearing, one standing, one seated. Across from them is a brown cow in the lower left. There is a dense forest on the right and left edge and in the background along the bottom half of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.612
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:53:23
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Le Port de le Havre (Le Havre, un Bassin)
- Artist
- Eugène Boudin
- Physical Description
- Cloudy, gloomy sky at a seaport with boats docked. Low horizon line, all sailboats, but one dingy on the left hand side. Colors of greys, blues, blacks, browns and whites.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1824-1898
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.606
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:53:22
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Stone Eater
- Artist
- Alain Mailland
- Physical Description
- Turned-wood sculpture composed of a cluster of small jar-like vessels with stones embedded througout
- small hollow vessels with stones, joined into one whole
- Artist Life Dates
- born, Ivory Coast, Africa, 1959
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.80
- Medium and Support
- elm burl, Italian stones
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:53:19
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Victor Hugo
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- A portrait of Victor Hugo. It is a profile image with his head turned to the right side. He has a long shaggy beard and a collared shirt.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1917
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.528
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on chine colle
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:53:15
- Artist Nationality
- French