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Anne-Robert Jacques Turgot
Portrait of Turgot (1727-1781), oil on canvas painting attributed to Antoine Graincourt, 1782.
Palace of Versailles.
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The Escape of Henri de Rochefort by Manet
An 1880-1 oil on canvas painting, The Escape of Henri de Rochefort, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Henri de Rochfort escaped from the penal colony of New Caledonia in 1874, crossing...
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Interior at Arcachon by Manet
An 1871 oil on canvas painting, Interior at Arcachon, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Manet was fond of painting calm domestic scenes, as here with his wife and (probable) son, Suzanne and...
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Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets by Manet
An 1872 oil on canvas portrait, Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Morisot, a noted impressionist painter in her own right, was a favourite...
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Lunch in the Studio by Manet
An 1868 oil on canvas painting, Lunch in the Studio, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The central figure is very likely Léon-Edouard, probably Manet's son (but never officially recognised). As...
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The Execution of Emperor Maximilian by Manet
An 1867-8 oil on canvas painting, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Maximilian was a puppet emperor in Mexico who was executed following the withdrawal...
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Fishing by Manet
A c. 1862 oil on canvas painting, Fishing, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The couple on the right is the artist and his then mistress Suzanne Leenhoff. The work shows the artist's interest in painters...
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The Spanish Singer by Manet
An 1860 oil on canvas painting, The Spanish Singer, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The subject is here painted in a conservative style and, consequently, it was accepted by the Salon of Paris...
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Portrait of Monsieur & Madame Auguste Manet by Manet
An 1860 oil on canvas painting, Portrait of Monsieur & Madame Auguste Manet, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The artist's parents are here painted in a conservative style...
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Ramesses II in the Tree of Life
A depiction of Ramesses II in the sacred Tree of Life before Ptah and Sekhmet, with Thoth behind him. Relief on the north wall of the second pillared hall in the Temple of Derr on Lake Nasser, Egypt. The Temple of...
