Le Crépuscule, or Dusk, was one of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s most acclaimed works. It is the first in a series of canvases representing the four Times of Day: the...
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Aurora, or Dawn, was one of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s most acclaimed works. It is the first in a series of canvases representing the four Times of Day: the others...
François Hubert Drouais (1727—1775) was a leading 18th century rococo portrait painter during the latter years of Louis XV’s reign. He became a member of the Académie...
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter”. — John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems. Édouard Bisson, A Nymph, 1901, Private collection.
The Wallace Collection is a free museum and home to one of the most significant collections of fine and decorative art — 5,500 masterpieces. From masterpieces by...
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836—1904) was closely associated with the Impressionists, but refused to exhibit at the first Impressionist Exhibition in 1874. His still lifes...
José Mirabent y Gatell (1831—1899) was a Spanish painter and decorator, professor at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, his hometown. He specialised in floral still...
“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” — Nicole Krauss, The History of Love....
It was as Anne Vallayer that she moved into apartments in the Louvre in 1780, where she was the only female artist with lodgings of her own. In the following year, on...
It is not known for whom the Flora and Zephyr was painted, but it has an illustrious provenance, first recorded in the collection of the celebrated Didot family of...
This remarkable work by Hubert Robert (1733—1808) painted depicts the famous cascades of Tivoli, a site that fascinated numerous Grand Tour artists. Hubert Robert...
⚜️Versailles: Science and Splendour⚜️ exhibition shows over one hundred works – paintings, objets d’art, magnificent scientific objects and instruments of the 17th–18th...
The French artist, who aspired to be a historical painter, but due to the financial crisis in 1720, he found himself forced to devote his whole creative energy to...
The painting symbolises night. Entranced by the shepherd’s Endymion beauty, the goddess Diana visits him one night as he sleeps. She steals a kiss, causing him to fall...
Jean-Marc Nattier painted this portrait of the eldest daughter of Louis XV and her daughter while the duchess visited her father at Fontainebleau so he could meet young...
At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the goddess Iris threw a golden apple among the guests, inscribed ‘to the fairest’. Venus, Juno, and Minerva all claimed the prize....
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.” — Dr. Seuss. Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, Sleeping nude, 19th century,...
The hydrangeas are in full bloom for little girl’s 8th birthday in the summer of 1887. An inscription on a label on the reverse suggests that the ‘petite fille’ is ‘Mlle...
Léon François Comerre (1850—1916) was a French academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women and Oriental themes. The colourful flowers on girl’s head...
This artwork “Jupiter and Thetis” is a small version of the same title and same composition as the large-sized masterwork, that is now in the collection of the Granet...
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