Ranked #1
Jean-Baptiste-Camille COROT, Fishing with Nets [La pêche à l'épervier] 1847
Jean-Baptiste-Camille COROT, Fishing with Nets [La pêche à l'épervier] 1847
Jean Baptiste-Camille Corot trained in the Neo-classical tradition of painting, and progressively developed a highly per... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Ranked #2
Edgar DEGAS, A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris [La nourrice du jardin du Luxembourg] c.1875
Edgar DEGAS, A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris [La nourrice du jardin du Luxembourg] c.1875
In this important painting, Edgar Degas represents the city in a theatrical way. His nanny and young child sit on a stag... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Ranked #3
François-André VINCENT, Belisarius [Bélisaire] 1776
François-André VINCENT, Belisarius [Bélisaire] 1776
The central theme of François-André Vincent’s moving painting Belisarius is tolerance. The subject of the work is the il... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Ranked #4
Gustave COURBET, The Meeting or Good Day, Monsieur Courbet [La rencontre ou Bonjour Monsieur Courbet] 1854
Gustave COURBET, The Meeting or Good Day, Monsieur Courbet [La rencontre ou Bonjour Monsieur Courbet] 1854
One of Gustave Courbet’s most significant canvases, Good Day, Monsieur Courbet depicts a chance meeting of the painter, ... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Ranked #5
Achille-Etna MICHALLON, Landscape with Philoctetes on the Island of Lemnos [Paysage avec Philoctète dans l’île de Lemnos] 1822
Achille-Etna MICHALLON, Landscape with Philoctetes on the Island of Lemnos [Paysage avec Philoctète dans l’île de Lemnos] 1822
Achille-Etna Michallon was a highly ambitious prodigy, who first exhibited at the Salon at the age of fifteen. Michallon... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Ranked #6
Gustave COURBET, The Beach at Palavas [Le bord de mer à Palavas] 1854
Gustave COURBET, The Beach at Palavas [Le bord de mer à Palavas] 1854
Gustave Courbet visited Alfred Bruyas in Montpellier in the summer of 1854 and during his stay went to the seaside town ... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Alexandre CABANEL, Albaydé 1848
Alexandre CABANEL, Albaydé 1848
Its pristine finish, sharp lines and sober palette place Alexandre Cabanel’s Albaydé at the heart of academic excellence... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Ranked #8
Jules LAURENS, The Blue Mosque, Tauris [La mosquée bleue à Tauris] 1872
Jules LAURENS, The Blue Mosque, Tauris [La mosquée bleue à Tauris] 1872
Jules Laurens undertook an incredible three-year journey throughout the Middle East and Asia Minor to Persia in the late... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Jean Louis DEMARNE, A Ferry and Boats on a Canal [Bac et barques sur un canal] c.1800-1815,
Jean Louis DEMARNE, A Ferry and Boats on a Canal [Bac et barques sur un canal] c.1800-1815,
Jean-Louis Demarne’s career was not that of a powerful Academician. He was instead a painter who actively sought out and... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Léon BENOUVILLE, The Wrath of Achilles [La colère d'Achille] 1847
Léon BENOUVILLE, The Wrath of Achilles [La colère d'Achille] 1847
Léon-François Bénouville's splendidly modelled figure of Achilles intrudes into the space of the viewer. He literally st... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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