Nicolas’s work is defined by its medieval sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Murder of Thomas Becket, page one, from a Book of Hours
Flemish (Bruges) Nicolas Brouwer (Flemish, active c. 1420-c. 1450)

The Murder of Thomas Becket, page two, from a Book of Hours
Flemish (Bruges) Nicolas Brouwer (Flemish, active c. 1420-c. 1450)

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos
Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665)

Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples
Nicolas Bertin (French, 1668–1736)

Portrait of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen
Pierre Drevet (French, 1663-1738) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

The Beautiful Greek Woman
Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743)

The Happy Accident of the Swing
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)

Two Goats with Large Horns, from Various Animals
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis
Nicolaes Lauwers (Flemish, 1600-1652) after Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)

Le carquois épuisé (The Empty Quiver)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French 1723-1769)

Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-after 1565) after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)

Les Hazards Heureux De L'Escapolettes (The Happy Accident of the Swing)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)

Les Soins Tardifs (The Belated Care)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French, 1723-1769)

Composition
Nicolas de Staël French, born Russia, 1914–1955

Self-Portrait
Nicolas de Largillière (French, 1656–1746)

Cow Drinking
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (Dutch, 1621/22-1683)

L'Epouse indiscrete (The Indiscreet Wife)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French, 1723-1769)

The Diligence
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792–1845)

Le Petit Jour (Morning)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after S. Freudeberg (Swiss, 1745-1801)