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

Hercules Seated, study for Hercules and Omphale
François Lemoyne French, 1688-1737

Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”
François Lemoyne French, 1688–1737

Judgement of Paris
Possibly François Lemoyne French, 1688-1737

Seated Male Nude
Unknown Artist French or Italian, possibly Bolognese, 1700-1799

Bust of Woman with Turban
Attributed to François Lemoyne French, 1688-1737

Appenine Landscape
François Le Moyne (French, 1688-1737)

Saint Luke Painting the Madonna and Child
François Lemoyne French, 1688-1737

Saint John the Evangelist
François Lemoyne French, 1688-1737

Geese in a Farmyard
Jean François Millet French, 1814-1875

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

Madame François Buron
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Meekness
Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616–1655)

Boy with a Carrot
François Boucher French, 1703-1770

Brig on the Water
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Portrait of Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany (1797–1888)
Woven by Carquillat (French, 1803–1884) France, Lyon

Peasants Going to Work
Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907)

Study of a Triton
François Boucher French, 1703-1770

Landscape with a Rainbow
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

Magdalene in the Wilderness with Two Putti
François Perrier (French, 1590-1650) after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642)