3.1.3 France

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Musée du Louvre, Paris
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris
Musée du quai Branly, Paris
Musée Guimet, Paris
Musée National d’Art Moderne Paris
Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris

Musée Rodin, Paris
Palace of Versailles, Versailles
Petit Palais, Paris
National Museum of Prehistory, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
France – Miscellaneous locations

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3.1.3.10 Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France

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Fertility figurine of Tel Halaf  6,000-5,100 BCEMesopotamia
Mortuary figurines of two women  4,400 BCEPre-dynastic
Egypt
Ibex comb in hippopotamus ivory  3,800-3,500 BCEPre-dynastic
Egypt
Serekh of Djet aka Tombstone of Djet c2,980 BCEEgypt Early Dynastic
Seated Scribe, TheUnknown – 2600s BCEFound at
Saqqara Egypt
Stele of the VulturesCommemorating
Water Wars
2,600-2,350 BCESumerians
Cylinder Seal of Ibni-Sharrum  2350-2000 BCEAkkadian
Worshipper of Larsa  2004-1595Babylonian
Code of Hammurabi  1754 BCE Babylonian
King Melishipak II stele  1186–1172 BCE Babylonian
Winged Bulls bas-reliefsUnknown – 716-713 BCEFound in
Sargon II’s palace
Lady of the Auxerre (Kore of Auxerre) Cretan  650-625 BCEGreek Archaic
Period
Frieze of the Archers, from Darius’ palace at Susa. Louvre.Perhaps Darius I ‘The Great’ (522-486 BCE) royal guards?510 BCEPersia
Winged Victory of Samothrace, The (aka Nike of Samothrace)perhaps Pythokritos of Lindos200 – 190 BCEHellenistic
Greece
Venus de MiloAlexandros of Antioch?130-100 BCEHellenistic
Greece
Borghese GladiatorAgasias, son of Dositheus100 BCEHellenistic
Greece
Mummy portrait of a young woman, FaiyumUnknown3rd c CERoman Egypt
Nok seated man  c500African sculpture
Christ and Abbot Mena, Coptic Icon  8th c CEApollo monastery in Bawit, Egypt
Monzón Lionfound in Palencia, Spain12-13th cIslamic art
Coronation of the VirginFra Angelico1434-5Early Renaissance
Battle of San Romano (part of triptych)Uccello, Paoloc1435-1460Early Renaissance
Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, Thevan Eyck, Jan c1435Northern Renaissance
Charles VII of France, PortraitFouquet, Jean1445-50Renaissance
Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-AvignonQuarton, Enquerrand1455Early Renaissance
Virgin of the Rocks, Theda Vinci, Leonardo1483-6High Renaissance
Portrait of an Old Man with His GrandsonGhirlandaio, Domenico 1490High Renaissance
Lady and the Unicorn, The (six tapestries)Unknown1500High Renaissance
Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) da Vinci, Leonardo 1503-6High Renaissance
Dying SlaveMichelangelo Buonarroti1513-1516High Renaissance
Baldassar Castiglione, Portrait ofRaphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)1514-5High Renaissance
Money-lender and His Wife. TheMatsys, Quenti 1514Nothern Renaissance
Nymph of FontainebleauCellini, Benvenitoc1543Mannerism
Wedding at Cana, TheVeronese, Paolo1562-3Mannerism
Mercury abducting Psychede Vries, Adriaen1593Mannerism
Julienne and Gabrielle d’EstréesUnknown1594-5Mannerism/Fontainbleau school
Pietà with Saint Francis and Saint Mary MagdaleneCarracci, Annibale1602-7Bolognese School
Death of the VirginCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisa da1604-6Baroque
Perseus freeing AndomedaWtewael, Joachim1611Mannerism
Education of the Princess, The [Marie de Medici]Rubens, Peter Paul (Pieter Pauwel)1622-1625Baroque
Charles I at the Huntvan Dyck, Sir Anthony1635Baroque
Et in Arcadia EgoPoussin, Nicolas1637Baroque
Joseph the Carpenterde la Tour, Georgesc1642Baroque
Bathsheba Holding King David’s LetterRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn1654Dutch Golden Age
Astronomer, TheVermeer, Johannes  (Jan Vermeer van Delft)1668Dutch Golden Age
Lacemaker, TheVermeer, Johannes  (Jan Vermeer van Delft) 1669-1670Dutch Golden Age
Milo of CrotonaPuget, Pierre1682Baroque
Louis XIV, Portrait ofRuigaud, Hyacinthe1701Baroque
Study of HandsLargillière, Nicolas de 1715Rococo
Pilgrimage on the Isle of CytheraWatteau, Jean-Antoine1717-8Rococo
Gilles (aka Pierrot)Watteau, Jean-Antoine 1719Rococo
Horse restrained by grooms, the Marly horsesCoustou, Guillame1739-45Baroque
François Boucher, Portrait ofLundberg, Gustaf1741Rococo
Diana Leaving her BathBoucher, François1742Rococo
Brunette Odalisque, The (L’Odalisque brune)Boucher, François c1745Rococo
Marquise de Pompadourde la Tour, Maurice Quentin1748-55Rococo
Mercury attaching his wingsPigalle, Jean-Baptiste1753Rococo
Denis Diderot, Portrait ofLoo, Louis-Michel van1767Rococo
Denis DiderotFragonard, Jean-Honoré  1769Rococo
Lock, The (aka The Bolt; Le Verrou)Fragonard, Jean-Honoré 1777Rococo
Oath of the HoratiiDavid, Jacques-Louis 1784Neoclassicism
Psyche Revived by Cupid’s KissCanova, Antonio1793-4Neoclassicism
Intervention of the Sabine Women, TheDavid, Jacques-Louis 1798-9Neoclassicism
Madame Raymond de VerninacDavid, Jacques-Louis  1798-9Neoclassicism
Napoleon Crossing the AlpsDavid, Jacques-Louis  1801Neoclassicism
Coronation of Napoleon, TheDavid, Jacques-Louis  1805-7Neoclassicism
Valpinçon Bather, TheIngres, Jean Auguste Dominique1808Neoclassicism
Charging Chasseur, The (Officier de chasseurs à cheval)Géricault, Théodore c1812Romanticism
Leonidas at ThermopylaeDavid, Jacques-Louis  1812Neoclassicism
Grande Odalisque, TheIngres, Jean Auguste Dominique 1814Neoclassicism
Raft of the Medusa, TheGéricault, Théodore 1818-9Romanticism
Paganini, The Violinist NiccolòIngres, Jean Auguste Dominique 1819Neoclassicism
Orphan Girl in a CemeteryDelacroix, Eugene c1823-4Neoclassicism
Bridge at NarniCorot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille 1826Romanticism
Death of SardanapalusDelacroix, Eugene 1827Romanticism
Liberty Leading the People, TheDelacroix, Eugene  1830Romanticism
Frédéric Chopin, Portrait of (and George Sand)Delacroix, Eugene  1838Romanticism
Turkish Bath. TheIngres, Jean Auguste Dominique 1852-9Neoclassicism
Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VIIIngres, Jean Auguste Dominique 1854Neoclassicism
Young Martyr, TheDelaroche, Paul 1855Romanticism
Woman with a PearlCorot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille   c1870
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Romanticism
Other notable works in the Louvre: not yet listed

3.1.3.11 Musée d’Orsay
1 Rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 75007 Paris, France

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Burial at OrnansCourbet, Jean Désiré Gustavec1849Realism
Oak Trees and PondDupré, Jules1850-5Barbizon School
Studio of the Painter: A Real AllegoryCourbet, Jean Désiré Gustave 1855Realism
Gleaners, TheMillet, Jean-François1857Realism/Barbizon
Bellelli Family, TheDegas, Edgar 1858-67Realism
Angelus, TheMillet, Jean-François1859Realism/Barbizon
Gates of HellRodin, Auguste (François Auguste René)1860-1917Impressionism
Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, LeManet, Édouard1862-3Impressionism
OlympiaManet, Édouard 1863Impressionism
Parade, TheDegas, Edgar  1866-68Realism
Women in the GardenMonet, Claude1866-7Impressionism
Family ReunionBazille, Frédéric1867Impressionism
Balcony, TheManet, Édouard 1868Impressionism
Emile Zola, Portrait ofManet, Édouard 1868Japonism
Young Boy with a CatRenoir, Pierre-Auguste 1868Impressionism
DespairPerraud, Jean-Joseph1869Impressionism
Canal St MartinSisley, Alfred1870Impressionism
Studio in rue de la CondamineBazille, Frédéric 1870Impressionism
Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist’s Mother [Whistler’s Mother]Whistler, James McNeill1871Impressionism
The Dancing Class / Classe de DanseDegas, Edgar 1871-1874Impressionism
Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of VioletsManet, Édouard 1872Impressionism
Chemin de la Machine, LouveciennesSisley, Alfred 1873Impressionism
Cradle, TheMorisot, Berthe1872Impressionism
House of the Hanged Man Auvers-sur-Oise, TheCézanne, Paul1873Impressionism
Poppy Field (Argenteuil)Monet, Claude 1873Impressionism
Apparition, TheMoreau, Gustav1874-6Aesthetic
Movement
Foggy Morning, VoisonsSisley, Alfred 1874Impressionism
Absinthe, L’Degas, Edgar 1875-6Impressionism
Floor Scrapers, TheCaillebotte, Gustave 1875Impressionism
Dance At The Moulin De La Galette (Bal du Moulin de la Galette)Renoir, Pierre-Auguste  1876Impressionism
The Swing (La Balancoire)Renoir, Pierre-Auguste   1876Impressionism
Gare Sainte-LazareMonet, Claude 1877Impressionism
Path Leading through Tall GrassRenoir, Pierre-Auguste  1877Impressionism
Prima BallerinaDegas, Edgar 1877Impressionism
Red Roofs, ThePissarro, Camille1877Impressionism
Vegetable Garden with Trees in Blossom, Spring, PontoisePissarro, Camille 1877Impressionism
Snow at Louveciennes Sisley, Alfred 1878Impressionism
Bridge at Maincy, TheCézanne, Paul 1879Impressionism
Dinner at the BallDegas, Edgar 1879Impressionism
Portraits at the BourseDegas, Edgar  c1879Impressionism
Young Woman Sewing in the GardenCassatt, Mary1880-2Post-Impressionism
Women IroningDegas, Edgar  1884-86Impressionism
Self -Portraitvan Gogh, Vincent1889Post-Impressionism
Woman with a Coffee PotCézanne, Paul 1890-5Impressionism
Cathedrale de Rouen (series)Monet, Claude 1894Post-Impressionism
Water Lily Pond: Green HarmonyMonet, Claude 1899Post-Impressionism
Papal Palace, AvignonSignac, Paul1900Divisionism
Houses of Parliament, The (Effect of Fog)Monet, Claude 1903-4Post-Impressionism
Luxury, Calm and Desire (Luxe Calme et Volupte)Matisse, Henri1904Fauvism/Divisionism
Luxury, Calm and Desire (Luxe Calme et Volupte)Matisse, Henri 1904Fauvism/Divisionism
Cypress Trees in CagnesCross, Henri-Edmond1908Divisionism
Toilette, LaBonnard, Pierre1908Post-Impressionism
Café Royal in LondonOrpen, William1912
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Realism
3.1.3.12 Georges Pompidou Centre
Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France

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On White IIKandinsky, Wassilly1923Abstract
Ubu ImperatorErnst, Max1923Surrealism/Dada
Yellow.-Red-BlueKandinsky, Wassilly 1925Bauhaus
TorsoArp, Jean (Hans Peter Wilhelm)1932Dada
ZebraVasarely, Victor1937Op Art/Abstract
War, TheChagall, Marc1943Surrealism
Untitled (1954)Mitchell, Joan1954Action Painting
Totem Double FaceChaissac, Gaston1961Art Brut
Giap’s IglooMerz, Mario1968Arte Povera
Untitled (Sculpture that eats)Anselmo, Giovanni1968
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Arte Povera
3.1.3.13 Musée du quai Branly
37 Quai Branly, 75007 Paris, France

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Portrait vessel  100-700South American
Yup’ik mask, from Alaska    [3130-14]

North American – Alaska
3.1.3.14 Musée Guimet
6 Place d’Iéna, 75116 Paris, France

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Golden crown. Treasure of Tillia tepe, Afghanistan  1st c BCE – 1st c CEScythian
Wine-drinking and music (Detail from Chakhil-i-Ghoundi stupa, Hadda  1st–2nd c CEPakistan Art
The Bodhisattva Maitreya  2nd cPakistan Art
Head of a Buddha, Gupta period  6th c
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Pakistan Art
3.1.3.15 Musée National d’Art Moderne
Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France

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Oscar Miestschaninoff, Portrait of sculptorSoutine, Chaim1923Expressionism
Journalist Silvia von Harden, Portrait of theDix, Otto1926Expressionism -New Objectivity
Young Lady with GlovesLempicka, Tamara de1930Art Deco
Blue Nude IIMatisse, Henri 1952Abstract Expressionism
La GarrigueFautrier, Jean1956
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Action Painting
3.1.3.16 Musée de l’Orangerie
Jardin Tuileries, 75001 Paris, France

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Nature morte: les grosses pommesCézanne, Paul 1879-1882Impressionism
Water Lilies (Nymphéas)Monet, Claude 1897-1926Post-Impressionism
Flag over the Town Hall (La Mairie au drapeau)Utrillo, Maurice1924
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Expressionism – Paris school
3.1.3.17 Musée Rodin
77 Rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris, France

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Thinker, The (Le Penseur)Rodin, Auguste (François Auguste René) 1880-1Impressionism
Père Tanguy, Portrait of van Gogh, Vincent 1887Japonism
Kiss, The (three versions)Rodin, Auguste (François Auguste René) 1888-1889
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Impressionism
3.1.3.18 Palace of Versailles
Place d’Armes, 78000 Versailles, France

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Bust of Louis XIVBernini, Gian Lorenzo1665Baroque
Apollo tended by the Nymphs of ThetisGirardon, François 1666-75Baroque
Madame de Pompadour as Diana the HuntressNattier, Jean-Marc1746
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Rococo
3.1.3.19 Petit Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris, France

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Death of Leonardo da Vinci, TheIngres, Jean Auguste Dominique1818Neoclassicism
Sleepers (Le Sommeil)Courbet, Jean Désiré Gustave1866
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Impressionism
3.1.3.20 National Museum of Prehistory
1 Rue du Musée, 24620 Les Eyzies, France

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Bison licking insect bite  18,000 BCE
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Ancient Sculpture
3.1.3.25 France – Miscellaneous locations:
Ardèche, FranceFrance – Chauvet (or Pont d’Arc) cave, ArdècheIce Age cave dwellers
Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, 111 Rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris FranceNeptune’s Horses Crane, Walter 
Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, Quai François Mauriac, 75706 Paris, FranceGospels of St Medard of Soissons
Calvet Museum, AvignonFrance: Tarasque de Noves, statue
Cathedral of St. Lazare, Autun, FranceLast Judgment Tympanum
Claude Picasso Collection, ParisIl PicadorPicasso, Pablo
Cuttoli Collection, ParisLarge Nude Braque, Georges
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, ParisL’Hourloupe – series 1962-1974Dubuffet, Jean
Grand Palais, 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris No current listings
Jeu de Paume, 1 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, FranceOptical SocketsCampus, Peter
Louis Vuitton Foundation, 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris No current listings
Musée Calvet, 65 Rue Joseph Vernet, 84000 Avignon, FranceBar Counter, Thede Vlaminck, Maurice
Musée Cernuschi, ParisMounted warrior of the Northern Wei Dynasty
Musée Condé, Chantilly FranceTrès Riches Heurs du Duc de Berry, LesLimbourg brothers – Herman, Jean, Paul
Musée d’Aquitaine in Bordeaux, FranceVenus of Laussel
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near ParisMagdalenian Horse
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near ParisVenus of Brassempouy
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris Venus figurines of Balzi Rossi
Musée de Cluny National aka Museum of the Middle-Ages, 28 rue du Sommerard, 75005 Paris No currrent listings
Musée de l’Armée, 129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, FranceNapoleon I on His Imperial ThroneIngres, Jean Auguste Dominique
Musée de l’Homme, 17 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75116 ParisVenus of Lespugue
Musée des Beaux-Arts, CaenCotton Office in New OrleansDegas, Edgar 
Musée des Beaux-Arts, CaenMarriage of the VirginPerugino, Pietro
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon FranceDijon  AltarpieceBroederlam, Melchior
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, LyonWoman with Obsessive Envy (aka Insane Woman)Géricault, Théodore 
Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar FranceIsenheim Altarpiece, The
Musée Magnin, Dijon FranceSusanna and the EldersAllori, Alessandro
Musée Marmottan Monet, 2 Rue Louis Boilly, 75016 Paris, FranceImpression, SunriseMonet, Claude
Musée National du Château de Malmaison, Avenue du Château de la Malmaison, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, FranceOssian receiving the Ghosts of the French HeroesGirodet de Roussy-Trioson, Anne-Louis 
Musée National Fernand Leger, 255 Chemin du Val de Pôme, 06410 Biot, FranceTwo women, two sisters, The (Les femmes au perroquet)Léger, Fernand
Musée Picasso, ParisPlaster Male TorsoPicasso, Pablo
Musée Picasso, Paris, FranceTwo Women Running on the Beach (The Race) Picasso, Pablo
Palais de Tokyo, 13 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris No current listings
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Place de la République, 59000 LilleBelisarus Begging for AlmsDavid, Jacques-Louis 
Pavillon de l’Horloge, Musée du Louvre, ParisCaryatids on the Pavillon de l’Horloge, Palais du LouvreSarazin, Jacques
Place du Soldat Inconnu, 62100 CalaisBurghers of Calais, TheRodin, Auguste (François Auguste René)
Théâtre des Champs ElyséesMeditation of Apollon and the Muses, The (Apollon et sa méditation entourée des 9 muses)Bourdelle, Antoine (Emile-Antoine)
UNESCO headquarters, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, FranceLa SpiraleCalder, Alexander
Unterlindenmuseum, 1 Rue des Unterlinden, 68000 Colmar, FranceTheatre de Gerard PhilipeVieira da Silva, Maria Helena

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