Daniel Lieberman's Imaginary Museum

"A work of art is a transformation of something in order to transform someone." — Paul Valéry

Posts in Category: French

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

On March 30, 2026 - 18th Century, 19th Century, april 4, French

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French painter and draughtsman, April 4, 1758 – February 16, 1823

Self-Portrait, c 1788 - 1790

Pen and brown ink on white paper, 5.9 x 4.9 in //

Louvre Museum, Paris

Standing Man

Pierre noire, white chalk on paper

Male Nude Study, unknown date

Charcoal heightened with white chalk on blue paper, 17 13/16 x 9 13/16 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Minerva Leading the Genius of Arts to Immortality, c 1806

Black and white chalk on paper, 16.7 x 11.2 in //

Private collection

Male Academic Nude

Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right, 1805

Black and white chalk, 24 5/16 x 17 3/16 in //

Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawing of Female Nude

Charcoal and chalk on paper

Venus, c 1810 - 1812

Black chalk with white chalk heightening on blue-gray paper, 24 x 17 13/16 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Allegory of Music, unknown date

Phrosine and Mélodore

Book illustration

Logo of the Ministry of General Police, c 1800

Gallica Digital Library, National Library of France

The Fate of Artists, after 1786

Etching, 6.7 x 8.7 in //

Paul and Virginie, 1806

Book illustration

Albert Marquet

On March 25, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, march 27

Albert Marquet, French painter, March 27, 1875 - June 14, 1947

Sergeant of the Colonial Regiment, 1906 - 1907

Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 27.9 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Nude on a Divan, 1912

Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 31.8 in //

Lille Museum of Modern Art, France

Port of Marseilles, 1916

Oil on canvas, 25.59 x 31.88 in //

Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan

Fécamp/The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1906

Oil on canvas, 25.3 x 31.4 in //

Private collection

Blonde Woman on a Spanish Shawl Background, 1919

Oil on canvas, 38.7 × 38.7 in //

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

The Handcart, 1904

Chinese ink drawing on paper, 3.1 x 4.7 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeau

The Port of Algiers With Haze, 1943

Oil on canvas, 25.6 x 31.9 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux

Landscape, Mediterranean Bay, View of Agay, c 1905

Oil on canvas, 25.3 x 31.7 in //

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

Nude Against the Light, 1909

Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 23.6 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux

Self-Portrait, 1904

Oil on canvas, 18.1 x 14.9 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux

Vesuvius, c 1909

Oil on canvas, 24 x 31.4 in //

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Portrait of Marcelle Marquet, 1931

Oil on canvas, 24 x 19.6 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux

Jean-Antoine Houdon

On March 18, 2026 - 18th Century, 19th Century, French, march 20

Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor, March 20, 1741 – July 15, 1828

Rembrandt Peale

Jean Antoine Houdon, 1808

Oil on canvas

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

George Washington, Undated

Plaster, 18 3/4 x 12 x 10 3/4 //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Marble Bust of Voltaire, 1778

Marble, 14.5 x 8.4 x 8.3 in //

Fine Arts Museum of Angers, France.

Bust of Juliette Recamier

Voltaire Seated, 1780 - 1790

Terracotta, 47.2 × 24.4 × 37.4 in //

Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Flayed Man, 1767

Plaster, 72.8 x 31.4 in //

Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Flayed Man, 1767

Plaster, 72.8 x 31.4 in //

Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Diana, 1780

Marble, 82.6 × 38.5 × 45.2 in //

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly, Comtesse de Pange, 1780

Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Houdon, c 1787

Plaster, 18.8 x 15.3 in //

Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck, c 1775

Terracotta, 19 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in //

Cleveland Museum of Art

Robert Fulton, 1908 cast after 1803 original

Bronze

National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

Benjamin Franklin, 1778

Marble, 23 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 11 1/4 in

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

On February 26, 2026 - 19th Century, French, march 3

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, French painter, March 3, 1803 – August 22, 1860

Engraving of Self-Portrait of Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1852

Interior of a Turkish Cafe, 1833 or later

Oil on canvas, 0.50 in x 0.62 in //

Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Turkish Children by a Fountain, 1846

Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 29.1 in //

Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

The Hunter, 1818 - 1860

Oil on canvas, 7.4 x 9.5 in //

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, The Netherlands

The Turkish Patrol, 1831

Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 70.4 in //

Wallace Collection, London

Albanian Duel, 1828

Water- and bodycolour, with gum, heightened with white, 11.8 x15.5 in //

Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Albanian Dancers, c 1835

Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 48.8 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest

Experts in the Painter's Atelier, after 1837

Ink and wash on paper, 6.7 x 9.2 in //

National Museum in Warsaw

A House in Turkey, 1820–60

Ink, chalk, watercolor, and oils on blue wove paper, 7 11/16 x 11 7/16 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Bassets and Dog Seller

Watercolor on paper, 6.6 x 9.25 in

Private collection

A Turkish Council Meeting

Watercolor on paper, 8.1 x 10.4 in //

Amsterdam Museum

An Accident on the Hunt

Watercolor on paper, 7.8 x 10.9 in //

Amsterdam Museum

Turkish Guardsmen, 1841

Brown wash, watercolor and bodycolor, on grey paper, 9 7/16 × 13 in //

Getty Center, Los Angeles

Charles le Brun

On February 14, 2026 - 17th Century, february 24, French

Charles Le Brun, French painter, baptised February 24, 1619 – February 12, 1690

Portrait of the Sculptor Nicolas Le Brun, c 1635

Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 27.1 in //

Residenzgalerie Salzburg

Alexander and Porus, c 1672 - 1673

Oil on canvas, 15.5 x 41.5 ft //

Louvre, Paris

The Chancelor Séguier, between 1660 and 1661

Oil on canvas, 116.1 x 11.7 ft //

Louvre, Paris

Study of the Expressions

Etching

Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV of France, 17th century

Oil on canvas, 114.5 x 89.7 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, France

Alexander Entering Babylon, c 1673

Oil on canvas, 14.7 x 23.1 ft //

Louvre, Paris

Louis XIV, c 1662

Oil on canvas, 26.7 x 22.4 in //

Museum of the History of France, Paris

The Queens of Persia at the Feet of Alexander/The Tent of Darius, 1661

Oil on canvas, 117.3 x 14.8 ft //

Palace of Versailles

Louis Testelin, Painter, c 1648-1650

Oil on canvas, 25.1 × 20.4 in //

Louvre, Paris

Daedalus and Icarus, between 1645 and 1646

Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 48.8 in //

Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Descent from the Cross, late 1640s

Oil on canvas, 38 1/2 x 33 in //

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, after 1680

Oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon

Charles-François Daubigny

On February 3, 2026 - 19th Century, february 15, French

Charles-François Daubigny, French painter, February 15, 1817 –February 19, 1878

Nadar, Daubigny

The Apple Orchard Oil on canvas, 6.4 x 13.4 in // Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee

The Farm, 1855 Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 32 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Hamlet of Optevoz, c 1852 Oil on canvas, 22.7 x 36.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Moonlight, Champigny, 1867 Oil on panel, 8.6 x 17.7 in // Private collection

Field of Poppies, 1872 Oil on panel, 14.9 x 26.1 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The Cascade of Mahoura, Cauterets, 1872 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 44 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Sunset by a River Oil on canvas, 19.3 x35.5 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Before and After the Vote Oil on panel Manchester Art Gallery, UK

Tripleval on the Seine, 1875 Oil on canvas, 15.3 x 26.3 in // Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki

Ferry at Bonnières Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig

Laundresses in Bezon Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig

Marie Bridge, 19th century Oil on canvas, 9.45 x 11.4 in // National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Low Tide near Villerville, 1870 Oil on canvas, 17.7 x 32.2 in Private collection

Eugène Atget

On January 30, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, february 12, French

Eugène Atget, French Photographer, February 12, 1857 – August 4, 1927

Portrait of Atget, c 1890

Organ-Grinder, Paris, 1898–99, printed 1956 Gelatin silver print Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A Shopwindow on Avenue des Gobelins in Paris, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ragpicker, 1899 - 1901 Albumen silver print, 8.74 x 7.12 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Eugène Atget, People Watching an Eclipse, Embankment of the Place de la Bastille towards Rue Saint-Antoine, 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

People Watching an Eclipse, Embankment of the Place de la Bastille towards Rue Saint-Antoine, 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

"La Villette," a Prostitute, 19th Arrondissement, Paris, 1921 Private collection

Saint-Cloud, 1924 Gold chloride toned print, 8.6 x 6.9 in Yale University Art Gallery

Artichokes, before 1900 Museum of Modern Art, New York

Female Nude Viewed From Behind Lying on Bed, 1925 Getty Center, Los Angeles

Artichoke Seller, place Saint-Médard, 5th Arrondissement, Paris, 1899 Print on albumin paper, 8.5 x 6.7 in // Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Basket Seller, 1899-1900 Museum of Modern Art, New York

Atget_-_Heurtoir,_Hotel_de_Conflans,_24_Rue_de_l’Universite,_2008.111.37

Eugène Atget, Door Knocker, Hotel de Conflans, 24 Rue de l'Université

Sébastien Bourdon

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, february 2, French

Sébastien Bourdon, French painter and engraver, February 2, 1616-May 8, 1671

Christ Receiving the Children, c 1655 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Bathsheba Guiding Solomon to the Throne, c 1643 Oil on canvas, 16.9 x 11.8 in // Musée du Grand Siècle, Saint-Cloud, France

A Brawl in a Guard-Room, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 29.48 x 23.85 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

The Departure of Jacob, Unknown date Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 54.3 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Death of Dido, between 1637 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 53.9 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Christ and the Samaritan Woman Oil on canvas, 56.8 x 78.3 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Laban Searching the Belongings of Jacob Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 26.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Self-Portrait, 1652–1658 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 22 in // Palace of Versailles

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 102.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

The Baptism of Christ, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 45.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, between 1646 and 1647 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 57 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Finding of Moses, c 1655/1660 Oil on canvas, 47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Eugène Carrière

On December 31, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, january 17

Eugène Carrière, French painter, January 17, 1849 - March 27, 1906

Self-Portrait, c 1893 Oil on canvas, 16.2 x 12.8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Little d'Artagnan, between c 1880 and c 1885 Oil on canvas Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Winding Wool, 1887 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 34.4 in // Tate Gallery, London

Woman from Behind, Undressing, c 1890–95 Oil on canvas, 18.3 x 15.2 in // Unknown Collection

The Theater of Belleville, 1895 Oil on canvas, 86.6 x 192.9 in // Musée Rodin, Paris

Portrait of a Boy, 1886 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Verlaine, 1890 Oil on canvas, 59 x 48 in // Louvre, Paris

Portrait of Paul Gauguin, 1891 Oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery

Woman Leaning on a Table, c 1893 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Poster: Literary, Artistic, Social Aurore, 1898 Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Rodin, 1897 Lithograph National Gallery of Art , Washington DC

Arsène Carriere, 1899/1900 Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 × 18 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Berthe Morisot

On December 28, 2025 - 19th Century, French, january 14

Berthe Morisot, French painter, January 14, 1841 — March 2, 1895

Unknown photographer, Berthe Morisot

The Mother and Sister of the Artist, between 1869 and 1870 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 32.2 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Young Girl in a Green Coat, c 1894 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 32.1 in // Private collection

The Coiffure, 1894 Oil on canvas, 21.6 x 18.1 in // National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires

The Artist's Sister at a Window, 1869 Oil on canvas, 21 9/16 x 18 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Two Sisters on a Couch, 1869 Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 32 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Woman and Child on a Balcony, 1872 Oil on canvas, 24 x 19.6 in // Artizon Museum, Tokyo.

Boat on the Quay, 1875 Watercolor on paper, 9.1 x 6.7 in // Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Boats - Entry to the Medina in the Isle of Wight, 1875 Watercolor on paper, 6.9 x 7.5 in // Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boulogne Wood Watercolor Private Collection

Girl Picking Cherries, 1891 Red chalk with stumping on light brown paper, 29 5/16 x 19 15/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Peasant Girl, 1890 Red chalk with stumping on light brown paper, 20 3/8 x 17 5/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Nude Study of a Peasant Girl, 1891 Red chalk, 5.9 x 9.1 in

Newer Entries — Older Entries