 Parisian Sphinx. Alfred Stevens c. 1880 |
 Marie-Theresese Durand-Ruel Sewing. French: Pierre-August Renoir (1841-1919), c. 1882 |
 A Woman with a Fan. French: Pierre-August Renoir (1841-1919), c. 1879 |
 Compte Henri-Amedee-Mercure de Turenne-d'Aynac. French: Jacques-Louis David (17480-1825) 1816 The Compte de Turenne is portrayed wearing a uniform and medals, which record his distinguished service in the French army. David added another military symbol, a sword, after most of the painting was complete. Its hilt has since become slightly translucent. Both the sitter and the artist were closely associated with Napoleon, who had been defeated in Waterloo in 1815, a year before this painting was made. By 1816, both the count and David were living in excile. |
 The Abduction of Polyxena. Italian: Pio Fedi (1816 - 1892) c. 1858 Cast Bronze. Height: 43 5/16 in. (110 cm) Base: 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (56.5 x 44.5 cm) |
 The Abduction of Polyxena. Italian: Pio Fedi (1816 - 1892) c. 1858 Cast Bronze. Height: 43 5/16 in. (110 cm) Base: 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (56.5 x 44.5 cm) |
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 The Messenger. French: Martin Drolling, 1752-1817. 1815 Oil on canvas. A young woman interrupts her needlework to read a letter delivered by an errand boy. Drolling carefully records the details of the setting, from the portrait on the back wall to the caged bird by the window and the bouquet of flowers on the sill. This domestic interior, gently illuminated by light from the window, recalls seventeenth-century Dutch paintigs, which were celerbrated in nineteenth-century France. |
 The Bird Nester. Flemish: Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638) c. 1616. Oil on panel |