Ophelia (1900)

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret: Ophelia

A Welcome Distraction (ca. 1900)

Madeleine Lemaire: A Welcome Distraction from Piano Practice

Le Chalet du Cycle au Bois de Boulogne (1900)

Jean Béraud: Le Chalet du Cycle au Bois de Boulogne

Les fleurs du lac (1900)

Edgard Maxence: Les fleurs du lac

Danae (1900)

Carolus-Duran: Danäe

Danäe is depicted here locked away from the reach of all men by her father - well, almost - and down from the roof comes Zeus in the shower of gold.

In Greek myth, Danäe was the royal daughter of Acrisius, an ancient king of Argos. After an oracle warned her father that Danäe's son would someday kill him, Acrisius had his daughter shut up inside a sealed room, atop an impenetrable bronze tower, away from all men. However, Zeus -- the amorous and all-powerful king of gods - desired Danäe. He came to her through the roof of the sealed chamber, in the form of a shower of gold that poured down into her lap. As a result of this union, Danäe had a son - Perseus - the hero who later took on the chilling Medusa. [John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery]

Maternity (1899)

Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy: Maternity

Femme En Deshabillee Verte (1899)

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse: Femme En Deshabillee Verte

Joyous Frolics (1899)

Paul Emile Chabas: Joyous Frolics

Greek Twilight (1899)

Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy: Greek Twilight

Le Boulevard St. Denis, Paris (1899)

Jean Béraud: Le Boulevard St. Denis, Paris

Vercingetorix throws down his arms (1899)

Lionel-Noël Royer: Vercingetorix throws down his arms at the feet of Julius Caesar

Peonies and Plums (1899)

Gustave Emile Couder: Peonies and Plums

The Banks of the Marne (1899)

Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry: The Banks of the Marne

The Idea of Evil (1899)

Ernest Normand: The Idea of Evil

Voyage à l’infini (1899)

Émile Friant: Voyage à l’infini

The Sculptor's Studio (1899)

Edouard Dammouse: The Sculptor's Studio

William Bouguereau (1898)

William Bouguereau: Malice

 

 William Bouguereau: The Veil

Danseuse (1898)

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse: Danseuse

A Water Nymph (1898)

Léon Jean Basile Perrault: A Water Nymph

Rue Royale, Paris (1898)

Louis Marie de Schryver: Rue Royale, Paris

Nymphs in a Forest (1898)

Adrien Henri Tanoux: Nymphs in a Forest

Mademoiselle Fifi (1898)

Ernest-Jean Delahaye: Mademoiselle Fifi

As described on the frame plaque, this painting illustrates a pivotal moment in Guy de Maupassant’s short story, Mademoiselle Fifi (1822), set during the Franco Prussian War. A group of German officers lodged far away from the fighting in a chateau in Normandy have become exceedingly bored after days of drinking, gambling, and destroying paintings. Thus, the Captain—whose soldiers have nicknamed “Mademoiselle Fifi”—arranges for women to entertain his fellow comrades at a dinner party. After an evening of “Fifi” and his officers praising German military power and disparaging France and its women, Rachel rebukes him.  As he lifts his hand, she swiftly and fatally stabs “Mademoiselle Fifi” with a dessert knife without anyone noticing—the dramatic moment captured in the present work.  The story continues with her jumping out of a window and running to a nearby church where she rings its bell until the day of armistice, signaling her own victory over the Germans. [Sotheby's]

Paul Lazerges (1898)

 Paul Lazerges: A Camp Near the Oasis

  

Paul Lazerges: The Caravan

Romeo and Juliet (1898)

Jules Salles-Wagner: Romeo and Juliet

The Terrace of the Seraglio (1898)

Jean-Léon Gérôme: The Terrace of the Seraglio