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An 1872 oil on canvas, The Pont Neuf, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. The artist here caught the rich variety of people who crossed one of the city's major bridges. In order to capture specific types...

An 1878 oil on canvas, Madame Charpentier and Her Children, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Georges Charpentier was a publisher who commissioned many works from the artist. The two girls are shown in...

A 1912 oil on canvas, House in Cagnes, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. The artist lived in Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France in the latter part of his life, renting and then buying an old farmhouse in...

An 1876 oil on canvas, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. The painting shows young and fashionable Parisians dancing in Montmartre in the dappled light beneath the canopy...

An 1881 oil on canvas, Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. A typical Renoir scene of relaxed young people of different classes in one of the artist’s favourite places, the...

An 1888 oil on canvas group picture, The Daughters of Catulle Mendès (aka Young Girls at the Piano), by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. The three girls are Huguette (1871-1964), Claudine (1876-1937), and...

An 1881 oil on canvas landscape, The Garden of Essai, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Painted in Algiers. (Private Collection)

A c. 1875 oil on canvas self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. (Sterling and Francine Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, USA)

A c. 1600 portrait of Henry IV of France. (r. 1589-1610). Painted by Frans Pourbus the Younger.

A 1623 tapestry showing the siege of Protestant-held La Rochelle in 1573 during the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598).