Liberty Leading the People (La Liberté guidant le peuple)
Eugène Delacroix
1830
Louvre, Paris, France
“I have undertaken a modern subject, a barricade, and although I may not have fought for my country, at least I shall have painted for her.” - Letter from E. Delacroix to his brother, dated October 28.
Louis Daguerre
Boulevard du Temple
Daguerreotype
1838
Gérard, François
Teresa of Ávila (detail)
1827
Maison Marie-Therese, Paris, France (?)
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Jean Fouquet
The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
Tempera on panel
1452-1455
One panel of the Melun Diptych, currently in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
The Unicorn is Attacked, piece 3 of 7
Tapestry
1495-1505
Currently in the collection of the Cloisters (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York.
Gustave Caillebotte
The Floor Scrapers
Oil on canvas
1876
Currently in private collections.
Jacques-Louis David
The Oath of Horatii
Oil on canvas
1784
Currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris.
*This contributor would just like you all to know, this is my MOST DISLIKED painting of all time, haha.
Jean-François Millet
The Gleaners
Oil on canvas
1857
Currently in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
Joseph Niépce
View from the Window at Le Gras
Photograph
1826
Currently in the collection of the Harry Ransom Research Center, at the University of Texas at Austin.
This is the earliest surviving successful photograph. It took 8 hours to expose.
Notre-Dame de la Belle Verrière (Our Lady of the Beautiful Window), with the Temptation of Christ and the Marriage at Cana
Stained glass
c. 12th-century
In the choir of la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Chartres, France.
