Mes Beaux-Arts

Here you will find a collection of works that would be found in my dream museum if I were a curator with access to works from museums, galleries and private collections, as well as architecture, from around the world.

While there are exceptions, the majority of the works seen here are from the 16th through 19th century with a particular emphasis on 18th century European art. Various artistic mediums are featured including painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving, pastel, and architecture.

Please feel free to leave a comment or ask a question pertaining to any of these works or European art in general. If you would like for me to include more work by a particular artist or one that I've yet to include, please let me know!


I do not own any of the following images unless specifically noted.
François Jean-Baptiste Topino-Lebrun. Death of Caius Gracchus. 1792-1797. Oil on canvas. Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille. Marseille, France.

François Jean-Baptiste Topino-Lebrun. Death of Caius Gracchus. 1792-1797.

Oil on canvas.

Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille. Marseille, France.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Portrait of a Negress. 1799-1800. Oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre. Paris, France.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Portrait of a Negress. 1799-1800.

Oil on canvas.

Musée du Louvre. Paris, France.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Empress Marie-Louise. ca. 1813. Oil on canvas. Château de Fontainebleau. Fontainebleau, France.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Empress Marie-Louise. ca. 1813.

Oil on canvas.

Château de Fontainebleau. Fontainebleau, France.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Marie Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese. 1808. Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Marie Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese. 1808.

Oil on canvas.

Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.

Jean-Jacques-François Lebarbier. A Spartan Woman Giving a Shield to Her Son. 1805. Oil on panel. Portland Art Museum. Portland, OR. USA.

Jean-Jacques-François Lebarbier. A Spartan Woman Giving a Shield to Her Son. 1805.

Oil on panel.

Portland Art Museum. Portland, OR. USA.

Charles Meynier. Entrée de Napoléon dans Berlin, 27 octobre 1806. 1810. Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.

Charles Meynier. Entrée de Napoléon dans Berlin, 27 octobre 1806. 1810.

Oil on canvas.

Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.

Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli. Farewell of Napoleon I and Alexander I after the Peace of Tilsit, 9th July 1807. 1810. Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.

Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli. Farewell of Napoleon I and Alexander I after the Peace of Tilsit, 9th July 1807. 1810.

Oil on canvas.

Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.

Louis-Léopold Boilly. Reunion of Artists in the Studio of Isabey. 1798. Oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre. Paris, France.

Louis-Léopold Boilly. Reunion of Artists in the Studio of Isabey. 1798.

Oil on canvas.

Musée du Louvre. Paris, France.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul. 1799-1805. Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles.Versailles, France.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul. 1799-1805.

Oil on canvas.

Château de Versailles.Versailles, France.

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar. Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain. 1808. Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles, Versailles, France.

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar. Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain. 1808.

Oil on canvas.

Château de Versailles, Versailles, France.